Example sentences of "you could see [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tide was far out over a wide plain of sand but you could see its many colours silvering towards those reaches where sky and horizon misted together . |
| 2 | You could see her whole body shaking and I remembered Clement Moore 's The Night Before Christmas ; ‘ a right jolly old elf … with a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly . ’ |
| 3 | Some wore only frilly drawers and black camisoles so you could see their bare thighs on which they wore fancy garters and suspenders . |
| 4 | ‘ But from where I was you could see their legs . ’ |
| 5 | You could see their ankles . |
| 6 | You know when I curtsied and all my skirt came up and you could see my knickers . |
| 7 | If you could see your way to writing the first chapters of an autobiography I would be honoured to read it and give you my thoughts on the subject . |
| 8 | They were cleaned until you could see your face in them and fellows were so keen that when they got a new tunic , they would cut all their new buttons off , and put their old buttons on that were beautifully shined . |
| 9 | 75 V Street was a black door with a small glass panel at head height where you could see your own face reflected . |
| 10 | She had brought a lot of her own furniture with her and would sigh and shake her head every time she found a burn or a ring mark on it , and tell me how she had always polished her things ‘ until you could see your face in them ’ . |
| 11 | As house prices begin to rise , you could see your loan costing less each month than the gain in your first house 's value over the same period . |
| 12 | Scorton has entered both the Britain in Bloom and the Best Kept Village competitions and the Parish Council would be grateful if you could see your way to getting the verges trimmed as soon as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ We are travellers from a far distant shore , and we wondered if you could see your way to giving us a drink . |
| 14 | ‘ And if you could see your way clear to buy me one of those little Scottish drummer-girl dolls in the transparent plastic cartons . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If you could see your expression ! |
| 16 | ‘ If you could see your face , Sophie . |
| 17 | Mind they 're dear oh but they 're lovely , you could see your face in them you know |
| 18 | In the heart of the vast city , Daddy again , his brown eyes bright , you could see his sparse hair growing down by the minute into the Hippie pigtail he 'd been too young or too old and always too respectable to wear … |
| 19 | You could see his brain working I must be able to do something about this , he was thinking , but there was no rule against hair colour , only length . |
| 20 | Madeleine said she did n't mind , but you could see his lordship was going down like a dose of castor oil . |
| 21 | Violet said : ‘ You could see his jaw and cheekbone moving as he spoke — the suffering he went through was appalling . ’ |
| 22 | You could see his muscles ripple , for he was dressed only in a lava-lava , the traditional kind of Polynesian loin cloth . |
| 23 | His shoulders were broad , his face handsome ; you could see his genius in his eyes and lips . |
| 24 | Over his not entirely clean white collar you could see his Adam 's apple thumping . |