Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] see a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might see a bit of shuffling amongst all the cells but nothing else . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Looking down towards the Orne I could see a thick mist over the water and patches of mist hanging over the cornfields . |
| 4 | At the entrance to the grounds of the Chateau I could see a few Commandos . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As I regained my composure I could see a wide grin on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 7 | I could see a white hound running through the trees . |
| 8 | I could see a heron standing motionless , and a curlew dabbling by the shore . |
| 9 | I could see a cat , dying stoically . |
| 10 | Through the window I could see a group of men walking away . |
| 11 | Over a hedge I could see a large stone sitting in the middle of the field , basking in the sun like a great toad . |
| 12 | I could see a noose had been thrown round my neck I 'd maybe never get free from . |
| 13 | I could see a few figures strung out across it in the gloom . |
| 14 | In the distance I could see a habited Deaconess clearing away the vessels from the early Communion service . |
| 15 | I could see a bin from where I was sitting : it was made of wooden slats with a red-painted metal bin inside . |
| 16 | I could see a bit of the drive through the rhododendron bushes and the trees . |
| 17 | Through the trees I could see a man pushing a barrow along the drive . |
| 18 | I could see a lot more of George , I thought , before I tired of him . |
| 19 | ’ I could see a woman in her late twenties . |
| 20 | Driving towards the bridge I could see a black plume of smoke . |
| 21 | Over the edge , I could see a shop in the street below , a single room like an open cave , where an old man with white hair stood behind a counter that held a pair of scales and boxes of eggs and seeds . |
| 22 | Walking along the riverbank or lakeside , I could see a variety of waterfowl , such as moorhens , seagulls and ducks ; up in the trees were virtually the entire crow family — jays , rooks and jackdaws — as well as blackbirds , thrushes , finches , all the everyday birds . |
| 23 | In the deck well I could see a couple of girls and two men in bathing suits . |
| 24 | At the far end of the street , where the beach curved into an arc — and where the water was far enough away from the slops of Main Street — there on my right I could see a grove of coconut palms behind the beach , almost bending over the sand like a canopy as they leaned against the trade winds . |
| 25 | Mr Parsons looked down at me at last , and I could see a different embarrassment replacing the first as he met my ironic eye . |
| 26 | Through one of the glass panes in Plover Hide I could see a twite : a plump little linnet-like bird , brown , streaky-breasted , with a bright yellow stubby bill . |
| 27 | All the time Lucille was talking , my mind was covering the side roads , and I could see a glimmering in the distance that might be the approach of daylight . |
| 28 | Through the raindrops which were snail-trailing across my visor as I accelerated , I could see a marshal on the start/finish line flapping his yellow flag at me and screwing a finger at his temple . |
| 29 | There was another door and I could see a smaller room , next to the office . |
| 30 | In the candle-light I could see a long table , in the middle of which was a large yellow shape , with hundreds of insects feeding off it . |