Example sentences of "but i could see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that Eric was interested in seeing a panzer division on the move and being so close to the enemy but I could see him getting paler and paler , probably at the thought of what would happen if we were stopped . |
| 2 | She made a lot of conventional noises , of course ; she had to because you ca n't have Rose and Grace getting any sillier than they are already and they might have taken it into their heads to copy you , but I could see she thought you had real spirit . |
| 3 | She said yeah I 'll be alright , but I could see she 'd been crying earlier on in the evening , she said you always feel as if you 're |
| 4 | But I could see he looked sad as he added , ‘ I think it 'll be fer the best fer all of us . ’ |
| 5 | But I could see he was perfectly serious . |
| 6 | He grimaced , but I could see he was not unpleased , though he tried to hide it by marching me off to give his vegetables their evening watering . |
| 7 | The hammer lock kept my head down , but I could see he was carrying a bottle of whisky by the neck . |
| 8 | It 's right , it 's correct it is minus twelve but I could see you were really not very sure what you should be doing about that , that 's great , you 've found , you 've got that down to there , let's have a little look at the number line , zero , one , two , three and so on , minus one , minus two , minus three , minus four . |
| 9 | But I could see I had lost his attention . |
| 10 | Mum was acting normally , but I could see it was a strain . |