Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] could see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I do n't know it the way you two do the work it looks so fine that I did n't think I could see it properly . |
| 2 | He did n't know I could see him . |
| 3 | And we did n't know we could see her and we were looking out the window going and he was there looking , put his sunglasses on to see . |
| 4 | She somebody has fenced it off , she says I could see them far enough , she said , we always had that bit for our camp and it was further down the glen . |
| 5 | Well she thoroughly enjoyed the life , in fact right up , oh till nearly the end she spoke about Pharay and as long as she was able she used to go and she imagined she could see it better with the spy glasses . |
| 6 | Then I finally realised you could see it , but you 'd decided simply to ignore it . |
| 7 | and when we and when we were dredging that up , that used to be all like er er trunks of trees and you could , I mean you could see it when they come up it was very light . |
| 8 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 9 | With his eyes closed he could see her as clearly as if she were standing in front of him . |
| 10 | I know I could see you writing them anyway . |
| 11 | I do n't think anybody could see me behind the bouquet and I had trouble finding the keyhole . |
| 12 | whatever they were using as bait presumably some mackerel or something like that but , but as I was saying you could see it trailing through and then all , suddenly out of like nowhere this fish would come and like chase after it |
| 13 | I suppose they could see I was in a mild state of shock . |
| 14 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 15 | Another door , Harry had said , down by the river 's edge : and in fact , when I looked I could see it , a once-painted slab of wood set in brickwork , its bottom edge barely six inches above the water . |
| 16 | And there if you went you could see them : |
| 17 | For a moment , she thought she could see it : fragile silver filaments of enchantment , gentle brittle frost-webs of something that was not quite light , but not quite solid , but somehow composed of both . |
| 18 | I never thought we could see it like this . ’ |
| 19 | Did n't that mean he could see her ? |
| 20 | I could n't really tell what it was till she told me , but when she did I could see it . |
| 21 | I mean … well , I mean , I 'm not sorry to leave the school , leave here , but I 'm sorry to leave you , and I wish I could see you again . |
| 22 | I really wish I could see you . |
| 23 | I wish I could see you for myself all the same . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , I wished I could see her . |
| 25 | With his head turned his face was close to hers and he would stare right at her , maybe thinking nobody could see him in the dimness , or maybe not caring if they did . |
| 26 | You said you could see it . |
| 27 | Even the nurse said she could see it . |
| 28 | She took the memory of it upstairs to bed with her , but all the time that she wrote she could see him sitting there as he had been when he had first lit the lamp , his face full of an old pain . |
| 29 | I 'm smiling to myself in the darkness , Timmy — I wish you could see me . |
| 30 | Not thinking he could see them , but thinking he would see something . |