Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb mod] see [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made some coffee , and went out on the balcony in her cotton housecoat , where she could see the sun rising from behind the dark hills , and the slopes slowly become bathed with light . |
| 2 | The underground was still working , and brought her near the church , where she could see the crowd and the candles outside . |
| 3 | A distributor wo n't take your record unless he or she can see a demand for it . |
| 4 | In both cases a site visit will usually be made by the inspector , so he or she can see the property , usually accompanied by the appellant and the council . |
| 5 | His voice was still the same , although she could see the silver ball in his throat where it was generated . |
| 6 | As she pulled the dress over my head she said that she thought it would still fit her , that she could see the hole at the neckline where my grandmother had pinned a pearl brooch as something old , that the classic line never dated . |
| 7 | His head had flopped to one side and the thin neck , stretched so still that she could see the pulse beat , looked too fragile to bear the weight of his head . |
| 8 | Daisy Pettigrew changed her reading for her long distance glasses , so that she could see the vicarage garden more clearly . |
| 9 | She managed to make a half turn so that she could see the silver door , because perhaps she could reach out and reach over and grasp the elaborate handle and somehow pull herself out . |
| 10 | Some of her nails were still silver , Lee noticed , and some were so clear that she could see the blood through them . |
| 11 | The open neck of his shirt was so close that she could see the sheen of sweat on his skin . |
| 12 | In desperation , Ari started marking the days off on a chart , just so she could see the rime they had left on the road diminishing . |
| 13 | She cracked the last egg , one-handed , on the rim of the pretty , primrose bowl with the vine leaves painted on it , let the ochre centre and its more resilient aura slither into the middle of the mixture , threw the shattered shell into the pedal-bin and then beat the eggs furiously until she could see no separation at all . |
| 14 | Oh , she misses him , yes , but she 's better off without him , and she 'll see the truth of that before too long . |
| 15 | She wanted to marry him and she could see no reason to delay simply because of religious differences . |
| 16 | Already the shadows were receding from the room and she could see the darkness where his eyes were and the lighter line of his beloved lips . |
| 17 | erm , she made me bend my head and I could only bend it a little way and she could see the spasms |
| 18 | They were laughing and talking as if nobody were there at all but the two of them and she could see the source of Felipe 's annoyance . |
| 19 | The footsteps halted , and she could see the beam of the lantern swing from side to side . |
| 20 | And so erm , it was n't as though these children ran across an open zebra crossing and she could see the children travelling er , walking or running all the way across the er er er er the pedestrian crossing the two children one was estimated by her to be about six years old , and the one who was actually knocked down was estimated by her to be about er , nine years old and she was n't travelling at any significant speed at all , she was travelling slowly because of the amount of traffic and she says that er the first she saw them was erm , appearing from the behind a car and dashing across the front of her car , and in fact , it was only the the the one who ran first the the older of the two children that she actually hit , she hit hit her with the near side front of er of her vehicle . |
| 21 | ‘ … until Dr Greene told her he 'd decided to deliver , then she perked up immediately and insisted on an epidural so that Bill could be there and she could see the baby straight away . ’ |
| 22 | He 'd pulled the zip of his black ski-suit right down and she could see the fleecy red thermals he had on underneath . |
| 23 | Then and there the sun rose abruptly and she could see the city bright and sunlit , floating on the mists , a magic city of mediaeval romance . |
| 24 | The sun was behind him and she could see the glare that shone on his bald pate . |
| 25 | It is a fair assumption that the CBI knows at least as much about manufacturing as the hon. Lady does , and she will see a commendation of the Government 's policy in the 1980s and a firm recommendation that it should continue . |
| 26 | There should also be more investment in counselling for unwillingly pregnant women , more support for the lone mother who would keep her pregnancy if she could see a way of coping , and fewer politicians using our bodies as debating points to be scored over opponents . |
| 27 | She gazed at the pages as Carolyn read , as if she could see the events unfolding there . |
| 28 | She waited impatiently to be cleared , trying to peer meanwhile through the doorway beyond the Customs hall where friends and relatives of the travellers were crowded , but she could see no sign of Jenny . |
| 29 | But she could see the drawback . |
| 30 | But she could see the misunderstanding , the impatience , like a shadow across his face . |