Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] see a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 2 | They had turned back to Sicily and I could n't see a formation but spotted a straggler who , curiously enough , was flying diagonally across our line of approach and not heading pell-mell for home . |
| 3 | Some obvious and important matters were left to one side for years because I could n't see a way forward , or had no time to do the experiments — or could n't find the funds to buy the equipment or chemicals needed . |
| 4 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
| 5 | I could n't see a car . |
| 6 | I could n't see a thing . |
| 7 | It was very packed in there but I could n't see a lot of anything . |
| 8 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 9 | ‘ My headache just grew and grew and suddenly the light faded and I could not see a thing . |
| 10 | The room was thick with smoke and I could just see a cot , but it was empty . |
| 11 | To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished . |
| 12 | I know it sounds crazy , but even as I watched this little boy , Jimbo , I thought I could actually see a muscle quiver . |
| 13 | Yeah , but even so , the well it , you 're I would n't see a film . |
| 14 | I ca n't see a flag , but … |
| 15 | Somebody might be sitting there saying well how does he know it 's er how does he know it 's we I ca n't see a word for we in there . |
| 16 | After all , I ca n't see a girl like you giving up her freedom to live in a squalid little room above a shop — and , believe me , without help Peter certainly ca n't afford anything else . ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't see a way . |
| 18 | No , I ca n't see a weekend in Paris improving the situation … with all that it would obviously lead to . |
| 19 | In short : frankly , these days , without a theory to go with it , I ca n't see a painting . ’ |
| 20 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 21 | Mind you , I ca n't see a woman being the killer . ’ |
| 22 | But having said that I ca n't see a job where you can just kind of swan in and you know and think about a million different things in one day or whatever . |
| 23 | I know it 's a cave , even though it 's so dark I ca n't see a thing , 'cos there are voices calling all round me and they echo . |
| 24 | I ca n't see a thing . |
| 25 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
| 26 | I I suggest you do it on the same sheet that 's got the th the I ca n't see a copy , |
| 27 | ‘ Barry , I ca n't see a goshdarn thing . ’ |
| 28 | I ca n't see a soul today ! |
| 29 | Well , I ca n't see a reason , can you ? ! |
| 30 | I ca n't see a dog , where is it ? |