Example sentences of "you could see [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | All you could see through the gap was a strip of wall and half a fridge . |
| 3 | It would , I hoped , create the illusion that you could see through the base , dispelling any impression there was an operator inside . ’ |
| 4 | From the outside of the Opéra-Comique in the 9th arrondissement of Paris , you could see through the windows on the ground floor to where vast bales of orange and pink and purple cloth were being unwound by workmen , laid out and cut into huge rectangles and squares . |
| 5 | You could see through the window . |
| 6 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |