Example sentences of "could see [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could see close up , could n't he ? |
| 2 | ‘ Room service , ’ said the waiter , glancing down at the tip of the silencer he could see pointed at him from through the white cloth covering the lower part of the trolley . |
| 3 | Piphros ' one big eye that she could see looked at her reproachfully before it was entered by the moving , living tentacle of slime . |
| 4 | He could see slanting light pointing up the brave thrust of her breasts , emphasising the marvellous trough of her waist above the firm swell of her nates . |
| 5 | What major differences do you have , as a couple , that you could see causing real problems in marriage ? |
| 6 | The cows I could see grazed on and on , and I was trying to remember if I had ever seen an ox grazing instead of working . |
| 7 | But the only posters I could see disfiguring the town were those of the ecology party . |
| 8 | She was thin and rather tall with a very lined gentle face and hair that was white but which Alice could see had once been blonde . |
| 9 | A glance at Luke obviously caused Florian to think better of the quip she could see hovering on his lips . |
| 10 | Away to the north , curving smoothly , stretched a branch line that Holly could see illuminated by the arc lights . |
| 11 | ‘ Anybody could see involved . |
| 12 | There was every reason to take off for home , and nothing he could see to stop him . |
| 13 | She could see rising tiers of treetops , the endless green punctuated in its season by the brilliant orange flowers of the tree called the flame-of-the-forest . |
| 14 | The bright brown eyes rested on her and you could see written all over his face the jealousy that this girl , daughter to some man , was still alive while his child was gone . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr. Kopek , I did n't know you had it in you , ’ was the phrase I could see written all over her expression . |
| 16 | The studio was shaded with heavy blue curtains and as he drew them back so that she could see to read more easily , a shaft of sunlight struck across her hair . |
| 17 | At nine o'clock , after twelve miles , I came to a slippery escarpment , a cascade of sand tumbling five hundred feet to a plain which , in spite of a slight haze , I could see stretching some sixty miles south and west . |
| 18 | A. T. With the strike having taken place , everyone was jockeying , everyone that had sat for Sergeant and passed their exams , the only way they could see to get promotion was to report another man . |
| 19 | Olomouc is full of churches , huge and chillingly ornate , freezing inside and as far as I could see deserted during the week . |
| 20 | Aha , that lady you could see have responsibilities , no ? |
| 21 | But Catherine was sure she could see Wuthering Heights . |
| 22 | Later toll-houses were usually built with a projecting bay having windows flanking the door at roughly 45° angles so that the keeper could see approaching traffic in both directions . |
| 23 | Somehow Finnan made sense of the tangled labyrinth , and brought them through the lanes and alleys of boats until they could see looming ahead of them the solid sunwashed stone of the city wall . |
| 24 | The summer evenings were getting shorter and she was lighting the wick of the lamp on her husband 's desk so that he could see to write his sermon . |
| 25 | This Orient was , moreover a mirror in which Europe ( and subsequently America ) could see reflected its own supremacy . |
| 26 | After each such movement , the small old woman , not stiff , but poised , erect and in good rhythm with her horse , responded with minute disposition of hand , leg or body weight which the informed eye could see reflected in the horse 's performance . |
| 27 | The only other regular vehicles to come by would be cement lorries , large yellow giants driven by steam which , as darkness fell , you could see coming with the fire boxes aglow . |
| 28 | The ferry closed on its starfire , Jez let its luminous wonder account for the flashes of terrified imminence she could see crowning her reflection in the viewports . |
| 29 | I could see Battling Billy Bumpham , a well-known local ‘ character ’ , and the Captain seated facing each other at the other end of the room , deep in conversation . |
| 30 | Consequently he could see making car-purchasing a joint effort as an expression of love . |