Example sentences of "could [adv] see a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice looked all round the table , but she could only see a teapot . |
| 2 | and could only see a turn-up |
| 3 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 4 | ‘ If shoppers had their wish , the region could soon see a revolution with empty shops but booming business . ’ |
| 5 | Eliot did not doubt the resilience or resolve of the British people ; but he remarked to me that he could not see a man like Neville Chamberlain coping with a major conflict . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a feeling of being suspended — it was not a negative feeling and not even a loss to be mourned , but I just could not see a way ahead . |
| 7 | A garrulous Welshman who could not see a beach without running along it . |
| 8 | She ran and ran but could not see a house anywhere , so she sat down under a flower to rest . |
| 9 | ‘ My headache just grew and grew and suddenly the light faded and I could not see a thing . |
| 10 | Hari could just see a shape outlined against the uncovered glass , she had forgotten to put dad 's apron over the window . |
| 11 | The room was thick with smoke and I could just see a cot , but it was empty . |
| 12 | When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him . |
| 13 | And I never found any embarrassment there because there was I always saw the wom woman , you could always see a woman chemist . |
| 14 | To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished . |
| 15 | He could also see a line of washing , which included , he realized to his delight , the clerical undergarments . |
| 16 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 17 | ‘ Branford could immediately see a connection with us . |
| 18 | Some obvious and important matters were left to one side for years because I could n't see a way forward , or had no time to do the experiments — or could n't find the funds to buy the equipment or chemicals needed . |
| 19 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
| 20 | Stephen could n't see a sign of its owner . |
| 21 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 22 | They followed the white arrows painted on the road between the parked cars and at first they could n't see a space anywhere . |
| 23 | They had turned back to Sicily and I could n't see a formation but spotted a straggler who , curiously enough , was flying diagonally across our line of approach and not heading pell-mell for home . |
| 24 | If it 's the and that down it he could n't see a blockage . |
| 25 | He could n't see a horse playing badminton . |
| 26 | He could n't see a thing . |
| 27 | For one thing , she could n't see a thing in the blackout without her glasses ; and for another , the uniform was n't half attractive enough . |
| 28 | I could n't see a thing . |
| 29 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 30 | He hurried out into the garden but to his disappointment he could n't see a pear tree anywhere let alone one with a partridge in it . |