Example sentences of "[conj] i could [adv] see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked uneasily at Martinho , who no doubt was n't too happy either , except I could n't see his eyes . |
| 2 | Although I could n't see her face properly , her tongue was painting my image by numbers . |
| 3 | Although I could not see it , we were travelling beside the lake where all these controversies were raging . |
| 4 | Although I could not see his face , there was something unpleasing about him and I was glad I had a weapon . |
| 5 | I was now certain that I could not see myself in any type of residential home in the future . |
| 6 | The mist was so thick that I could not see anything . |
| 7 | She was n't doing anything interesting at all so I could n't see what the fascination was . |
| 8 | He pushed me through the door , face forward , so I could n't see him . |
| 9 | They had drapes up , so I could n't see anything gory , and Bill was there , and suddenly there was a wail … ’ |
| 10 | As I fiddled frantically with buttons that would n't depress and a monopod that would n't telescope downwards so I could actually see what professional fingers find in the dark , I became aware of the incredulous stare of a Japanese with an even bigger lens than mine . |
| 11 | I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all . |
| 12 | The dock looked dark beyond the curtain and I could n't see him , but he could indeed see me . |
| 13 | My mother danced away and I could n't see her . |
| 14 | I was dosed with saffron tea which tasted foul and I could n't see anybody . |
| 15 | He 's got a wart at the end of his nose and I could n't see it . |
| 16 | I stared at him because he sounded so cold , but he was sitting looking down at the glass which he held on his knees and I could n't see his face . |
| 17 | ‘ It was pitch black and I could n't see anything , ’ said Mr Davies , of Kirkby , Liverpool . |
| 18 | Then the sun got into my tears and I could n't see anything , just a blinding coloured rinse . |
| 19 | And I could n't see anything at first . |
| 20 | Well I had a look and I could n't see anything . |
| 21 | I mean it 's driving alright and I could n't see anything sticking out of it . |
| 22 | The passenger was sitting in a dark corner and I could not see his face . |
| 23 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 24 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 25 | Mind , when I give 'im the wallet and 'e looked inside it , 'e was a mite more pleasant , even if I could n't see nothing but 'is mince pies and 'is 'ooter . |
| 26 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 27 | Probably cos I could n't see her |
| 28 | It 's cheaper at twenty six ninety nine , I had to ask about that cos I could n't see it |
| 29 | I could see writing would be difficult , but I could also see I would possibly be good at it . |
| 30 | The lights were n't on but I could just see him . |