Example sentences of "she could see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 2 | She knew nothing about him ( none of us did ) , though of course she could see both how he looked and how we all looked at him . |
| 3 | The grey ovoid , some distance away , expanded and contracted in a movement which reminded Ace of nothing so much as chewing , although there was no way that she could see whereby the fruit could have been transmitted from one part of Legion to another . |
| 4 | This did not make any sense that she could see when she thought : but she felt the power of it . |
| 5 | She could see partly into the little room at the end of the main tunnel . |
| 6 | Mildred decided to get to the chest of drawers , on which stood a small mirror , so that she could see just how small she was . |
| 7 | A shy and tentative smile came to the girl 's face and then she turned and went out of the room , walking as surely and as gracefully as if she could see just like everyone else . |
| 8 | She could see her qualities ; she could see why Bob liked her . |
| 9 | Caroline privately decided that she could see why . |
| 10 | She could see why Ian did too . |
| 11 | She could see why he would want it . |
| 12 | The college had been one of the last to open its doors to women students , and she could see why . |
| 13 | No wonder Jamie feared him — having met him , she could see why . |
| 14 | She could see where she was going . |
| 15 | She could see where it got its name . |
| 16 | If she closed her eyes she could see again those glittering lights and hear the gay , entrancing music . |
| 17 | Tears rivered down Ruth 's face till she could see no longer . |
| 18 | In addition , having had several days in which to think about it , she could see quite clearly how it had been responsible for the problems which had been harassing her all her life . |
| 19 | After a moment Fenella 's eyes grew used to the dimness and she could see quite plainly into the room . |
| 20 | Making an effort she could see quite clearly , he took both her hands in his . |
| 21 | She came to a point where she could see far over the town , she had instinctively gone up following the fleeing daylight , and the mist over there under a sky that was greyish and purplish and darkening again , became apparent because it was being lit up from those distant buildings and streets , the points of light vibrating through the moisture . |
| 22 | Over the road were roofs — endless rows of them : Above them , like low cloud , she could see far away , an outline of hills . |
| 23 | Making herself examine this thought , slowly and properly turning it around in her mind , recreating the scene which she could see so vividly of Jasper and Bert with the two I.R.A. , she had to admit that Jasper and Bert had made a bad impression . |
| 24 | She could see only through a watery mist and realized after a moment 's panic that she still had her reading glasses on . |
| 25 | Then the boat went down between the waves and she could see only mountains of wild water everywhere . |
| 26 | Her involvement with Adam and Rourke had brought her nothing but trouble and recrimination so far , and when she looked ahead to the future she could see only a bleak landscape stretching out before her . |
| 27 | The moon had come out again — even the moon did as he wanted , she thought hopelessly — and across the water she could see only high walls and shuttered windows . |
| 28 | She could see more easily how he had dazzled Jenny , who , after all , did not have so much experience of the world and who was young and trusting . |
| 29 | On the landward side , they had opened a shutter a little and she could see inside . |
| 30 | She suspected that some aspects of rural life would be lost for ever but at the same time she could see that much was gained . |