Example sentences of "he could see [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trent walked round through the lean-to kitchen and stood in the doorway , from where he could see into the restaurant . |
| 2 | Half the wall of the next house had been blown out , and he could see into the room beyond . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He shuddered with pleasure , wishing he could see into the darkness of this other , and know its face . |
| 5 | He could see into the empty exercise yard . |
| 6 | Greg elbowed his way through and got behind the engines , from where he could see into the garden . |
| 7 | And when the platform emptied , he could see at the very end of it , a forlorn figure sitting all by herself . |
| 8 | In retrospect , one can see far better than even he could see at the time how deeply the logic of the ‘ New Theology ’ , biblical and historical rather than scholastic , was bound to challenge the whole shape of the contemporary Church and the way it perceived orthodoxy . |
| 9 | the sky was high , the air so clear that he imagined he could see to the ends of the earth . |
| 10 | Now he could see to the lane that led to the pavillon . |
| 11 | Philip Heslop QC , counsel for club chairman Alan Sugar , said January , 1994 , was the earliest date he could see for the full hearing of the dispute between Mr Sugar and Spurs ' chief executive Terry Venables . |
| 12 | Masklin waded through the puddles on the concrete so that he could see down the far side of the aircraft . |
| 13 | He could see down the road to No. 22 . |
| 14 | All he could see of the lifeboat was her searchlight beam , and with that as his only reference he guided her to the scene . |
| 15 | What he could see of the flat told him nothing . |
| 16 | Although it may have taken only an instant , the person to whom this sentence refers had to make the logical jump from what he could see of the possible escape routes open to him to the realization that flight was impossible . |
| 17 | He could see over the tops of the trees of the demesne ; over bog and river and plain to the distant Partry mountains . |
| 18 | It perhaps reveals Gedge 's ever-growing confidence that he could see beyond the macho nonsense and enjoy himself . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He slumped , then turned slightly , staring through the gloom of the house towards the north , as if he could see through the walls , through the wood , to that place of battle , that cold place , which lay northwards and to which he and Tallis — as everything that passed this way seemed to be moving . |
| 22 | He drew in his breath with elation , but he could see by the way she bit her lip that she had n't intended to let the confession slip . |
| 23 | He could see by the set of his father 's mouth . |
| 24 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 25 | He could see from the number of bells beside each door that they 'd nearly all been turned into flats now , or dentists ' surgeries , and some were in urgent need of renovation , but they still retained some of their former grandeur , or was it pretension ? |
| 26 | He could see from the changing mottle of the secretary 's complexion that Garvey had made up his mind for him . |
| 27 | As the cars lined up on the grid , Andretti on pole , Hunt alongside him , Pete Lyons wrote a wonderful paragraph which said it all : the mechanics drilling holes in Hunt 's visor so that he could see in the mist . |
| 28 | The only sign of life he could see in the house was the white light from a television screen shining through a chink in the living-room curtains . |