Example sentences of "he [verb] he could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the left , he could only at first see his own garden , his tennis court , the old wall that screened his vegetables — to eat what one has grown , actually to eat that ! — but then , across a low hedge and a fence that needed repair , he found he could see into the garden of the new Rectory , whose impersonal little back windows faced the same way as his own . |
| 2 | He felt an urge to reach out and rescue some of the sheets of paper on which he imagined he could see writing , but the heat was extreme . |
| 3 | the sky was high , the air so clear that he imagined he could see to the ends of the earth . |
| 4 | He fancied he could see a lower section at one end of the piled furniture where a horse might be able to jump the obstruction . |
| 5 | By prodding his memory he placed Anna Beckett as the strange , dark little girl who was fostered with Mrs Wooldridge , his laundry woman , and with his new knowledge he thought he could see a slight resemblance to Sarah , though it would never be remarked upon . |
| 6 | The car was a wide-bodied machine , and he thought he could see the unmistakable markings of a Mercedes . |
| 7 | Peering closer he thought he could see a smear roughly the same length on the jacket pocket , but the cloth was too dirty for him to be sure . |
| 8 | Composure regained , Richard said he thought he could see a good hold but was not totally sure ; hence the rapid retreat . |
| 9 | Looking down the basement steps which led to a paved area from which a door led straight into that kitchen which had secretly housed Bill Egan , he thought he could see that the door was ajar . |
| 10 | In one dim corner of the little box he thought he could see an easel , and a tiny unmade bed . |
| 11 | He thought he could see a figure moving in front of him . |
| 12 | Far away he thought he could see some goats grazing . |
| 13 | Outside , the gate had gone from the basement steps , and the slanting roof of the coal hole had fallen in , but when he looked he could see the chafed paint , those marks on the rusted railings , where once he had padlocked his motorcycle . |
| 14 | ‘ He said he could see I was a young man with all his wits about him . ’ |
| 15 | But in a letter to Mr Pinder he said he could see no sign of any change in the policy . |
| 16 | He said he could see no reason why the council should finance the scheme . |