Example sentences of "[pron] could see [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Changez looked so alone — and close up I could see bits of bristle sticking out of his badly shaved face — that even I could n't laugh at him in my usual way . |
| 2 | Looking out over the crowd , I could see members of rival gangs . |
| 3 | I could see Martina down the end of the passage , aproned , with plates in her hand . |
| 4 | I could see mist over the forests below the mountains , and fog out over the North Sea . |
| 5 | The darkness intensified down in the wood though I could see stars between the boughs . |
| 6 | It may surprise you to know that I could see things from your point of view there . |
| 7 | I could see the Wood to my right and way across the Paddock I could see Waters in the Shogun patrolling the edge of the Orchard . |
| 8 | An evening with a breeze ; I could see movement in the bracken that edged the track , and cloud-shadows moved from time to time over the sea-pinks . |
| 9 | It was a moving song , and I could see people with tears in their eyes , but I kept wondering why I could n't feel anything . |
| 10 | Everyone remarked on how she 'd taken after my side of the family but I could see George in her , I was certain of it . |
| 11 | His cloak hung down like a curtain , and I could see streetlamps through the bullet holes in it . |
| 12 | I reckoned , however , that if I went back to Edinburgh , I could see Leslie for the occasional ‘ forty-eight hours ’ . |
| 13 | As we did , I could see combines in some of the fields . |
| 14 | ‘ People ask why I do n't tour round seeing the sights , but I could see sights in Australia and be warm . |
| 15 | I could see daylight through a keyhole . |
| 16 | I could see Charlotte behind him . |
| 17 | He was n't letting her in , she could see racks of magazines behind and a dark wooden counter , bare . |
| 18 | She could see lights on inside and men moving about , and as she stood there a policeman in uniform came out of the front door . |
| 19 | At the end she could see part of the ward , a gleaming parquet floor and white-painted bedsteads . |
| 20 | She could see part of Dewer Street through the half-open gate and it seemed to be deserted . |
| 21 | At other windows she could see tables with folded paper napkins and nickel plated cruets . |
| 22 | He nodded , his mouth a bitter line , but she could see acceptance in the way he bowed his dark head , and she felt deep compassion for him , for his wasted life and wasted efforts and wasted pain . |
| 23 | She could see fly across his face a whole sequence of emotions and responses . |
| 24 | She could see Dreamer through his insubstantial form . |
| 25 | Now she could see shapes beneath the water ; now there were three , no here came another one — four — silvery fish dancing in mid-air on her line . |
| 26 | She could see Dorcas in the back of the cab , explaining what various levers did . |
| 27 | She could see blood on Jack 's cheek and on his arm above the gloves . |
| 28 | The parks and main avenue were awash with trees in full blossom , and when she looked back up towards the farm she could see patches of cloudy pink where the apple trees were in bloom . |
| 29 | Out of the corner of her eye , she could see Jamie in conversation with two people she did n't recognize . |
| 30 | Short and chubby , he once said that he was the only senior Hong Kong official who could see eye-to-eye with the equally diminutive Deng Xiaoping . |