Example sentences of "could see from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Badly , that is , if you were the owner , for I could see from the outside that the shelves provided loads of blind spots for shoplifters well out of sight of the cash till . |
| 2 | I could see from the four small puncture marks on Fenella 's wrist that she had tried to stroke him during lunch . |
| 3 | Most impressive of all to us children was the fact that the house had two staircases , the staircase we could see from the front door , and the back stairs , used by the servants . |
| 4 | Behind the house fields and woodland dropped gently away towards the sea coast at Lilstock , Kilve and East Quantoxhead , and it was this view which Dorothy and her brother could see from the tall sash-windows of their favourite parlour . |
| 5 | He could see from the changing mottle of the secretary 's complexion that Garvey had made up his mind for him . |
| 6 | Martha could see from the humourless stretch of her grandmother 's mouth that she judged Mrs Joyce and her offspring an unwelcome addition to the neighbourhood . |
| 7 | I had to admit my first impression was not quite what I had expected : instead of bold cliffs and mountain peaks , all we could see from the heaving deck of the boat was a seemingly endless beach of black shingle fringed by white breakers . |
| 8 | I had to see Helen , After all , she was just over that hill which I could see from the top windows of the Grand . |
| 9 | You did n't even wax lyrical about the incredibly romantic island we could see from the cliff-top at the cape . |