Example sentences of "she could see [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could see her goal ahead of her , so close she was practically inside . |
| 2 | It was this latter statement that had got Agnes back into the house , because she could see her sister , in her present state devoid of any common sense , doing something drastic . |
| 3 | From the window , she could see her friend , Florence Ames , filling the freshly-turned beds with rows of small green plants from the boxes by her side . |
| 4 | She liked to be outside , liked to watch the day waxing or waning , liked to be where she could see her household moving about . |
| 5 | She could see her mother and younger brother John watching TV . |
| 6 | Every time she crossed Putney Bridge she could see her mother 's windows high above the north bank of the Thames . |
| 7 | She could see her grandfather was keeping his hands to himself , standing quiet and still , as if he wanted to make the least contact possible with the room . |
| 8 | Outside the front door , which was open , she could see her father standing talking to someone in the porch . |
| 9 | Out of the window she could see her father sitting in the plastic chair by the pool . |
| 10 | She could see her father , foolish in his pride , and the rich gentleman of her mother 's imagination laughing at the poor Durbeyfield family . |
| 11 | No , she could see its face now . |
| 12 | Seven-thirty came and she glanced through the curtains to see if she could see your car drawing up . |
| 13 | Then he loosened his hold and tilted her back , so that she could see his outline in the half-light . |
| 14 | She could see his brain struggling to find an escape route and that he should want one hurt and shocked her . |
| 15 | She could see his decision not to bother to try to explain that Brian hardly knew anybody in Northam Town Hall , and that Brian 's salary as Head of Humanities at an Adult Education College hardly rose to paying his own mortgage , let alone to buying a house for his ageing father . |
| 16 | In the light from the partly-opened curtains , she could see his head above hers , his neck stretched , his eyes open and staring at the wall above the bed-head . |
| 17 | She could see his disdain , and it was n't so much for her — she hardly seemed to count for anything at all in his eyes . |
| 18 | She could see his back stiffen . |
| 19 | She could see his smile in perfect detail , ironic , thin-lipped , in command . |
| 20 | She could see his smile , his sympathy , but her perception of the picture had drastically changed . |
| 21 | Moving back a fraction so that she could see his expression , she continued softly , ‘ You were right , I have been very stupid . ’ |
| 22 | She could see his mouth moving but the words were strange , alien . |
| 23 | She could see his face quite clearly , as it was lit by the gas street lamp just a few feet behind him . |
| 24 | She wished she could see his face . |
| 25 | " When she was lying on her thin pallet at night she screwed her eyes up tight and then she could see his face . |
| 26 | At last , turning so that she could see his face , he blurted out : |
| 27 | ‘ You took nothing I did n't want to give , ’ she said , wishing she could see his face . |
| 28 | There was a grim edge to his mocking that drew her attention , and Folly wished that she could see his face more clearly . |
| 29 | ‘ What are you up to ? ’ she frowned , wishing she could see his face . |
| 30 | In the silence that followed she gradually became aware of David 's stillness ; so aware that in the end she was forced to twist her head so that she could see his face . |