Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [coord] [pron] could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 2 | He was old and she could see the empty teacup was trembling in his hand . |
| 3 | I got to the door and looked in , but all was dark and I could see nothing . |
| 4 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 5 | It was ajar and he could see the young woman busying herself with chores before reopening the shop for the afternoon trade . |
| 6 | The door of the Captain 's cabin was open and he could see the bearded hijacker sitting inside . |
| 7 | The door to the Little Vestry was open and I could see that he was n't there . |
| 8 | It was open and I could see inside and the closed loo door took on the semblance of the Berlin Wall . |
| 9 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |