Example sentences of "[indef pn] could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Propositions 53 — 71 are the application of this thought to expectation ( for example , 56 : ‘ If someone could see the expectation itself — he would have to see what is being expected ’ ; 60 : ‘ Reality is not a property still missing in what is expected and which accedes to it when one 's expectation comes about ’ ) ; 331–70 , to colours ( for example , 331 : ‘ One is tempted to justify rules of grammar by sentences like ‘ But there really are four primary colours . |
| 2 | We 'd then pull out a sandwich and a cake , put it on the tray : nobody could see what they were eating , and we 'd pocket the difference . |
| 3 | You had to go to a modelling school where you learnt how to get in and out of cars with your legs just so , so that nobody could see your knickers . |
| 4 | He arrived in a dark suit and a black shirt buttoned down over his dog collar and kept his hands folded so that nobody could see if he had on a ring at all , let alone one like a winegum . |
| 5 | Nobody could see me now . |
| 6 | The Doctor had four balls in the air now , although nobody could see where the extra one had come from . |
| 7 | Nobody could see his trousers . |
| 8 | Nobody could see her face . |
| 9 | I had no lights , and nobody could see us . |
| 10 | It 's so that nobody could see them . |
| 11 | With his head turned his face was close to hers and he would stare right at her , maybe thinking nobody could see him in the dimness , or maybe not caring if they did . |
| 12 | So Angus got up on to the rock and held his fist high and told young McCulloch to stand the hostages on a knoll where everyone could see them and called out the oath above the drone of the pipe : ‘ We do swear — never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — of this oppressive Act . |
| 13 | And all was well , as everyone could see when big , proud , handsome and scatty-but-obedient Moby launched himself out of the car ( on command , of course ! ) for the video cover photo call . |
| 14 | The bodies would look sordid and ugly , dressed in old , rather soiled nightshirts and laid in open-topped coffins , slightly tilted so that everyone could see the contents . |
| 15 | His handwriting was so bad that Mr Sunderland had pinned his composition to the notice-board in the hall so everyone could see he was the worst writer in the whole school . |
| 16 | I experienced a moment of complete terror in which my mind raced — I had been discovered after all ; it was obvious that I had a limp ; everyone could see it ; they 'd seen it all along and had chosen this moment to hit me with it , my weakest moment … |
| 17 | The Chairman placed a large digital clock on the conference table where everyone could see it . |
| 18 | Everyone could see where that trail was leading . |
| 19 | Raoul dabbed at his nose with the back of his hand , and everyone could see the resulting scarlet streak . |
| 20 | The matter , everyone could see , was closed . |
| 21 | She had the Monument built on top of the hill so everyone could see it as a landmark . |
| 22 | They were portrayed as somebody above us — and once it was seen they are not , everyone could see they are like the rest of us . |
| 23 | It was a big relief because everyone could see we should have won it . ’ |
| 24 | Then , without warning , she grabbed hard and pulled it up into the air so that everyone could see what she was doing . |
| 25 | The therapist and the group jointly answered those irrational statements , and everyone could see the funny side of the bizarre nature of her final image . |
| 26 | Well , they jogged along for some time but , as you might care to imagine , there had to come a moment when the legs had reached the top of the tree , everyone could see everything and therefore the game had finished . |
| 27 | Everyone could see his ship — all 20,000 tonnes of her . |
| 28 | The envelope was too big for the bag , so everyone could see it . |
| 29 | ‘ And when you got back here , everyone could see that Walter was just a shell , just a husk you 'd had all the goodness out of . |
| 30 | He rummaged under the counter and produced a colour chart , and , shoving the display-case of cakes to one side he flattened it out so that everyone could see and comment as they saw fit . |