Example sentences of "could see [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Hitler made world Christianity something that for a moment even people in the pews could see as an expression of peace , and amity , and human rights , and the moral law in politics . |
| 2 | He could see down the road to No. 22 . |
| 3 | And I could see during the week this was , in the mornings you know , say about eight or nine to ten in the morning , and I could see the figures of the ladies there , cleaning the windows in the morning . |
| 4 | A head of black silky hair came very slowly over the top of the rail until two dark cherry-like eyes could see over the top . |
| 5 | I took a step forward so I could see over the edge . |
| 6 | She still called it that ; and indeed , beyond the line of evergreen trees beside the main road south of the Lebanese city of Tyre , I could see above the coastline a faint , thin grey line of hills inside Galilee on the other side of the Israeli frontier . |
| 7 | Slowly , in case a sudden movement on his part might break his fragile control over his own legs , Hugh bent slightly so that he could see under the chest . |
| 8 | All Robert could see through the keyhole was the blur of Mr Malik 's grey jacket , passing and repassing ; he seemed to be running , now in one direction , now in another . |
| 9 | You could see through the window . |
| 10 | It would , I hoped , create the illusion that you could see through the base , dispelling any impression there was an operator inside . ’ |
| 11 | I looked at my watch , the time was just after 11 p.m. and I could see through the doorway the rain was still driving hard . |
| 12 | All you could see through the gap was a strip of wall and half a fridge . |
| 13 | In the middle of the long teak dining table lay Lilian Hatton 's wedding hat , an elaborate confection of satin leaves and tulle as green and fresh as the real leaves he could see through the picture window in the Kingsbrook meadows . |
| 14 | They were not very young , and from the back-slapping and laughter I could see through the glass rear doors in fine form . |
| 15 | Ruth noticed , with a tightening of the throat , that she could see through the glass rubble . |
| 16 | He shuddered with pleasure , wishing he could see into the darkness of this other , and know its face . |
| 17 | I could see into the pen and the sight was rewarding . |
| 18 | I could see into the hallway . |
| 19 | Trent walked round through the lean-to kitchen and stood in the doorway , from where he could see into the restaurant . |
| 20 | The sorceress could see into the future , and she could see how her curse might again fall on us . ’ |
| 21 | To the left , he could only at first see his own garden , his tennis court , the old wall that screened his vegetables — to eat what one has grown , actually to eat that ! — but then , across a low hedge and a fence that needed repair , he found he could see into the garden of the new Rectory , whose impersonal little back windows faced the same way as his own . |
| 22 | Greg elbowed his way through and got behind the engines , from where he could see into the garden . |
| 23 | Half the wall of the next house had been blown out , and he could see into the room beyond . |
| 24 | Light was coming from Duke Michael 's window opposite me across the moat , and I could see into the room . |
| 25 | Through this hole I could see into the room next to the hut . |
| 26 | They had their own windows with dark blue oil-cloth roller-blinds through which Dot could see into the compartment of the train alongside just like looking over at a next-door house . |
| 27 | The mother you could see about the place , hurrying on the streets of Dynmouth , a woman with brass-coloured hair who sold clothes in a shop . |
| 28 | This did not surprise me , since one could see at a glance that Herr Bremann was a gentleman of great decency . |
| 29 | Another innovation made in 1932 was a huge 45-minute clock which Chapman had installed at the north end of the ground so that players and spectators could see at a glance how much time was left for play . |
| 30 | The inner side of the track was almost sheer at this point , brown broken rock glistening with water , and I could see at a glance where the rock had come from , a gaping hole oozing mud as though a giant molar had been extracted . |