Example sentences of "[pron] could see " in BNC.
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1 | Endless , he wrote , because I could see no end to them and because I could envisage no beginning . |
2 | For some reason I could n't , though I could see it was that which infuriated her more than anything . |
3 | I could see it in his eyes . |
4 | You was big enough for her , I could see , but you 're only a baby still really. , ’ Jessie was crying now too , the tears swelling slowly out above the bags and pouches of her face and running into the wrinkles . |
5 | This much I could see from the outside when I went down to have a look at it . |
6 | I went in , explained the position I was in and asked if I could see one of the rooms . |
7 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
8 | I could see in his eyes that he knew . |
9 | Out of the window I could see darkness falling . |
10 | I could see an idea coming into Kathleen 's head . |
11 | Last September I visited a garden which was nearly a thousand feet up , and I could see that the gladioli , planted as dormant corms in early May , were n't going to flower . |
12 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |
13 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |
14 | I could see her English neighbour shutting her front door in our faces , and yet all the same we left the two children there , rushing away after I 'd pinched their cheeks to make them cry so that she 'd have to come out to them . |
15 | He had n't slept in a bed like that before , yet there were all those advertisements for them on television , and they were on display in shop windows and in almost all the big stores in London so that I 'd imagined them in all the houses I could see from the bus . |
16 | Perhaps it was a tiredness resulting from the previous 14 pitches , but I could see no way of free climbing it at less than E5 , and I was n't good enough for that , not now . |
17 | Ahead I could see the rest of my party plodding towards the final slope that leads to the west ( main ) summit . |
18 | I stroked him , he gave me a big lick , and I could see relief sweep over him knowing I was n't going to hit him . ’ |
19 | He sat at his work ad I could see him . |
20 | I noticed I could see my breath . |
21 | However I could see that the class was against me . |
22 | Looking down towards the Orne I could see a thick mist over the water and patches of mist hanging over the cornfields . |
23 | As I entered the building I could see that it was damaged , probably by mortars , or shellfire . |
24 | At the entrance to the grounds of the Chateau I could see a few Commandos . |
25 | As I approached I recognised one of them as a Medic from Brigade H.Q As we chatted together , I could see a number of dead Commandos lying on the lawn in front of the Chateau . |
26 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
27 | As I regained my composure I could see a wide grin on the Frenchman 's face . |
28 | As I clambered out of the trench and made my way across to Brigade H.Q I could see the jeep with the stretchers on top waiting at the entrance to the orchard . |
29 | About a hundred yards along the path I could see guns that were dug in fairly close together . |
30 | The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see . |