Example sentences of "he [vb mod] 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 | Although he could see no more than the man 's black outline , he sensed it was a rival he was moving towards , one who saw himself as having rights in the moor , even rights of possession over it . |
8 | ‘ Show me , ’ whispered Wynne-Jones , but when he looked through the mask he could see no more than the darkness . |
9 | He could see a faint pink glow in the East . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Rincewind thought he could see a faint streak in the air , as if something from the mountain had reached out and touched the beast . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Through its crack he could see a plush bedroom , dominated by a large four-poster bed . |
18 | Composure regained , Richard said he thought he could see a good hold but was not totally sure ; hence the rapid retreat . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | He could see a tiny backyard with a scrap of lawn and a few flowers . |
21 | He fancied he could see a lower section at one end of the piled furniture where a horse might be able to jump the obstruction . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Through one purple window he could see a soft light , and sweet music was coming from inside the church . |
24 | He could see a hurt , misunderstood look spreading across Karen 's face . |
25 | Now Owen looked , he could see a thin gallery running round it . |
26 | He could see a few of the other scullions nearby . |
27 | From his side of the table he could see the self-service counter . |
28 | He could see the grassy wilderness forming a high bank beyond the old bulging stone wall that held back the encroaching hillside . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |