Example sentences of "he [modal v] see [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BS spokesman said he could see no possible solution to the problem at this stage but the issue would be examined closely over the next six months . |
| 2 | He suggested that such a continent might have existed because he could see no other possible explanation for the modern distribution of lemurs . |
| 3 | He made it quite clear that he could see no other way out of the situation . |
| 4 | He could see no definable head , nothing which could be stricken off even with doleful consequences . |
| 5 | Huxley had been suspicious of evolutionism because he could see no plausible explanation of how species might change , and he welcomed Darwin 's theory with open arms because it offered a new hypothesis that confirmed the scientist 's right to treat the origin of species as a problem susceptible to natural explanation . |
| 6 | In the patchy moonlight filtering down through the latticework of branches above , he could see no lurking figures . |
| 7 | He could see a faint pink glow in the East . |
| 8 | Martin looked up into the dark sky where now he could see a faint pattern of grey , scudding clouds , then whispered , ‘ I do n't think it 'll last long with this wind , and there 's more snow in the air . |
| 9 | There was a light on in the house on stilts ; he could see a faint glow through the curtains of the window on the left of the door . |
| 10 | Rincewind thought he could see a faint streak in the air , as if something from the mountain had reached out and touched the beast . |
| 11 | By prodding his memory he placed Anna Beckett as the strange , dark little girl who was fostered with Mrs Wooldridge , his laundry woman , and with his new knowledge he thought he could see a slight resemblance to Sarah , though it would never be remarked upon . |
| 12 | In the light that came from these he could see a rough plank table and three chairs and in the darkest corner a bed of stretched hides on which was curled up something darker still , a bundle the size of an old woman . |
| 13 | He climbed to the upper level , and from the top of the stairs he could see a wide slice of moonlight telling him that he 'd not only forgotten to lock the door behind them , in his haste he 'd neglected even to close it ; he crossed the decking and closed it now , switching the key from the outside to the inside and turning it in the lock . |
| 14 | In his own house the curtains were open , the light was on and he could see a young girl with a pigtail , seated at the piano . |
| 15 | Through its crack he could see a plush bedroom , dominated by a large four-poster bed . |
| 16 | Composure regained , Richard said he thought he could see a good hold but was not totally sure ; hence the rapid retreat . |
| 17 | Over her shoulder , lying on the black leather upholstery of the back seat , he could see a black velour trilby which was vaguely familiar , though for the moment he did not have time to sort out exactly why or how . |
| 18 | He could see a tiny backyard with a scrap of lawn and a few flowers . |
| 19 | Now he could see a small knot of people in front of that roadblock , dressed in overcoats , caps and hats ; attempting , it seemed , to talk their way past half a dozen yellow-anoraked policemen on the other side of that barrier . |
| 20 | Through one purple window he could see a soft light , and sweet music was coming from inside the church . |
| 21 | He could see a hurt , misunderstood look spreading across Karen 's face . |
| 22 | Now Owen looked , he could see a thin gallery running round it . |
| 23 | From his side of the table he could see the self-service counter . |
| 24 | He could see the grassy wilderness forming a high bank beyond the old bulging stone wall that held back the encroaching hillside . |
| 25 | He could see the upturned hulls of a few boats drawn up onto the shore , mostly of fibreglass but some of varnished timber , all of them de-rigged and tied down against the weather . |
| 26 | The full-back appeared in Aberdeen 's penalty area and determination carried him into a spot where he could see the right-hand corner of Snelders 's goal , sending the ball there with all the assurance that had characterised Clydebank 's return from the brink . |
| 27 | He could see the savage glower on the face of the Ministry policeman some 50 yards ahead of him . |
| 28 | He could see the Imperial banner fluttering on the nearby hilltop . |
| 29 | To his right the ground rose gently towards the southern cliffs and he could see the dark mouth of a concrete pillbox , undemolished since the war , and as seemingly indestructible as the great hulks of wave-battered concrete , remnants of the old fortifications which lay half-submerged in the sand along part of the beach . |
| 30 | In blurred outline through the fine mesh of his muslin mosquito net he could see the dark shape of the Annamese peasant girl stretched naked on his bed . |