Example sentences of "could see [pron] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Divers found the waters were so murky that they could see nothing and had to make their search by touch . |
| 2 | He sat still and straight-backed , where his son could see him and exchange an occasional word or smile , but well out of my way . |
| 3 | He trod water as the ketch sailed away from him , and raised a hand so that his crew could see him and sail back to pick him up . |
| 4 | They could see them and navigate by them , if they have n't got the sun or the stars , yeah , yeah , we 've lost all that of course , as we got what we called civilised , we 've lost all those old skills . |
| 5 | So Angus got up on to the rock and held his fist high and told young McCulloch to stand the hostages on a knoll where everyone could see them and called out the oath above the drone of the pipe : ‘ We do swear — never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — of this oppressive Act . |
| 6 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 7 | I looked out of the window for air raid damage but could see none and decided that this was one of the minor Ruhr towns which had not yet been attacked . |
| 8 | I spoke to her , telling her to do as we had earlier discussed and detach herself from the scene so that she could see it and tell me about it but could not feel any distress , whether mental , physical or emotional . |
| 9 | It was Mama , though , who wore it in the painting halfway up the great staircase — so that all who passed by could see it and admire . |
| 10 | We could see it as providing an insurance fund against loss caused by ( usually ) unintentional failure to keep within the bounds set by the principles of public law . |