Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] could see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
| 2 | She made some coffee , and went out on the balcony in her cotton housecoat , where she could see the sun rising from behind the dark hills , and the slopes slowly become bathed with light . |
| 3 | The underground was still working , and brought her near the church , where she could see the crowd and the candles outside . |
| 4 | His voice was still the same , although she could see the silver ball in his throat where it was generated . |
| 5 | In desperation , Ari started marking the days off on a chart , just so she could see the rime they had left on the road diminishing . |
| 6 | He sa he 's just discovered everybody 's gon na be colouring in so you could see the deterioration in the wi |
| 7 | But there was n't much to fear once you could see the enemy . |
| 8 | However , each time we called she would n't answer the door although we could see the curtain move so we knew she was at home . |
| 9 | When it was time to set off again , there was a lot of noisy discussion , live chickens in baskets were moved and we were ushered into the front window seat across from the driver so we could see the view together . |
| 10 | ‘ Is n't it lucky I dropped all the paint , because now you can see where the trail starts , because we did n't paint any trees once we could see the road . ’ |
| 11 | The curtains were drawn so they could see the video that Drew was playing of their semi-final against the Quorn . |
| 12 | A single-track lane had taken them down through a straggling copse to a brackish meander of the Beaulieu river and Mossop had stopped the car just short of the cottage so they could see the building , the garden , the overgrown jetty which had given it its name and the shadowed finger of the pontoon reaching out into deeper water , without themselves being seen at all . |
| 13 | He found humanism , which posits no values outside human beings , very hard to swallow , although he could see no case against it . |
| 14 | The Doctor looked at Ace in genuine amazement until , with a smile , she raised a hand so he could see the oil glistening on her gloved fingers . |
| 15 | Philip twisted round so he could see the dog better . |
| 16 | I asked if I could see the screenplay on which the film was now based . |
| 17 | Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing . |
| 18 | That 's why I said it cos I could see a tape moving . |
| 19 | She cracked the last egg , one-handed , on the rim of the pretty , primrose bowl with the vine leaves painted on it , let the ochre centre and its more resilient aura slither into the middle of the mixture , threw the shattered shell into the pedal-bin and then beat the eggs furiously until she could see no separation at all . |
| 20 | There should also be more investment in counselling for unwillingly pregnant women , more support for the lone mother who would keep her pregnancy if she could see a way of coping , and fewer politicians using our bodies as debating points to be scored over opponents . |
| 21 | And erm you could see a long distance with it like that you know , especially if you could see a fox from er about a mile and a half , you could see right going along the rocks in the mountains . |
| 22 | So erm and another thing I was going to suggest erm I need help really erm for the meetings , I need somebody who will help , a social secretary say somebody who will help with the raffles and somebody who will organize meetings , what 's going on at meetings because it 's getting , the job is getting most difficult and I work part-time and it 's , it 's , I 'm not getting any younger and I 'm finding it a struggle to try and get everything fixed , the raffles and the what 's going on and everything organized , so if you , if you if you could see the way clear , perhaps we could create a social secretary or an assistant secretary where we could have somebody who can give a hand with the organization of the meetings |
| 23 | Well we 'd seen to the back of the garden anyway cos we could see the hedge going across like that at forty five degrees . |
| 24 | Cos we could see the spire of the cathedral . |
| 25 | If they could see the theatre to see what was going on and an example of audio description |
| 26 | In a tough speech to the Crime Reporters ' Association he said the IRA would cease their evil trade if they could see the level of public support given to the police — much of it from the Irish community . |
| 27 | The French , like the Austrians and the Russians , were quite ready to consider the exclusion of the Turks from Serbia and , indeed , from all their European provinces , if they could see an advantage for themselves , but they also saw the danger of a disastrous confrontation if any of them moved before the time was ripe . |
| 28 | I asked Derek if he could see a life-raft . |
| 29 | If he could see the sense behind Darwin 's arguments , it is unlikely that his subscribers would ; and it was for their tastes that he catered . |
| 30 | He called at the Vicarage at about half past two and asked if he could see the church . |