Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] he could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace stuck out her tongue at Daak , who was grinning at her through the shuttle 's front window , but she doubted whether he could see her face inside the suit . |
| 2 | Robert went to the French windows and looked out to see if he could see anything . |
| 3 | He kept on firing until he could see each individual rope on the net , then hauled the nose up and vaulted the balloon , realizing as he did so that if it caught fire now he would be fried . |
| 4 | ‘ You said it ’ , slammed back Wimbush , ‘ and I bet he 'd puke if he could see the hollow tribute you 've paid him . ’ |
| 5 | He called at the Vicarage at about half past two and asked if he could see the church . |
| 6 | When he asked if he could see her again the next day , she would not have dreamed of declining ; they saw each other for about a fortnight , and her enthusiasm for him increased with each meeting , though he said not a word of any interest in the whole two weeks . |
| 7 | He 'd laugh if he could see you . ’ |
| 8 | He held it there , lowered his head , peeped into the room , smiling , wondering if he could see Fi from this angle . |
| 9 | This conjures up the picture of Thomas the disciple who refused to believe that Jesus was alive again after being killed and buried unless he could see with his own eyes the evidence of the injuries Jesus 's body had received . |
| 10 | He suggested that such a continent might have existed because he could see no other possible explanation for the modern distribution of lemurs . |
| 11 | ‘ I wonder what Herbie would say if he could see us now , my beauty . ’ |