Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] could see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glanced across the shore again , and even in the dark she could see lines deepen round his mouth . |
| 2 | From his bedroom he could see Macleod 's Tables , two flat-topped hills , Healaval Mhor and Healaval Bheag to the south-west . |
| 3 | Yet in those eyes he could see fear . |
| 4 | Out of the window I could see darkness falling . |
| 5 | Up at the pub window I could see Mr McIvory , the owner . |
| 6 | In the mob I could see Sally 's tawny head bobbing up and down . |
| 7 | Here and there on the hillside I could see sheep and goats grazing among the wild flowers and stunted trees . |
| 8 | As they approached down the long corridor she could see George , the sacrificial dummy , slumped over the console : the bait for Forster 's trap . |
| 9 | Through the window he could see Barry still fixing his chain . |
| 10 | As we were talking , out of the corner of my eye I could see Balvinder Singh stumbling back from the cooking-corner of the tent , holding a plate piled high with hot pakoras . |
| 11 | In the haze I could see figures lying on mattresses on the floor . |
| 12 | Through the open door of her room they could see Barbara Coleman 's packed bag just as she had promised . |
| 13 | Out of the corner of his eye he could see Maisie , who was now about a hundred yards south of the rest of the school . |
| 14 | Out of the corner of his eye he could see Mr Chan trying to comfort Steve while Ho stood by his side , staring at the Monument in terrified fascination . |
| 15 | From his vantage point he could see vehicles approaching from the north a good way off . |
| 16 | As I sat in the hot taxi I could see Balvinder Singh haggling with one of the healers . |
| 17 | At the back I could see Quigley purse his lips . |
| 18 | Even from the distance she could see Doreen clasping his arm while looking up into his face , and it was easy to guess that she was pleading to be moved into a chalet . |
| 19 | Even behind the glasses she could see Jessica roll her eyes . |
| 20 | But the effort was worthwhile as at the top we could see Portland Bill in the east , Start Point in the west and inland to Marshwood Vale . |
| 21 | In what seemed to him to be the far distance he could see Mariana and the President climbing up the meadow to meet him . |
| 22 | Through the haze of anguish and despair he could see Fedorov dragging the woman , dead or senseless , over to the canalside to heave her in . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The Rorim was almost subdued this morning , though from the upper storeys of the Manse he could see Hearthwares busy with horses and harnesses in the yard outside their barracks . |
| 25 | Through the open door I could see Harry hanging on to the horse 's head and staring at me with frightened eyes . |
| 26 | Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it . |
| 27 | From the thicket I could see the bridge and to my amazement I could see Commandos marching in file across the bridge and coming slowly towards me , a few of them looking and pointing in my direction . |
| 28 | Over by the door of the church I could see Meriel Viney , wearing a kind of white sack and a pair of what looked like tennis shoes . |
| 29 | At other windows she could see tables with folded paper napkins and nickel plated cruets . |
| 30 | Above the bare-branched trees on the edge of his vision he could see clouds of smoke . |