Example sentences of "[subord] i could see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leon always opened his door after that and , standing in the same spot where I could see him , he would play . |
| 2 | Not quite true , Sarah thought , although I could see their good points . |
| 3 | Her clothes were different — foreign , and smart — but her hair was red , and although I could see she was n't beautiful I thought she was . |
| 4 | We were in opposite camps , and he could no more appreciate my line of reasoning than I could see his point of view , and finally we parted . |
| 5 | ‘ We went to one beforehand just so I could see what it was like and what you did . |
| 6 | They threw the acid this time — only at the wall , to burn the paper — so I could see it , you know ? |
| 7 | I thought if I could see him … ’ |
| 8 | If I could see him at the back I 'll er , I 'll just get the question a bit more clearer and I 'm sure I can help . |
| 9 | No , if I could see myself as anything else it would be in a career that I was doing , but then I would n't be married . |
| 10 | For example , it would make me very happy if I could see you every night across my dinner table ; if when I woke in the morning , I would hear you wish me ‘ Bonjour , chéri ! ’ in that so charming accent of yours . |
| 11 | I mean in a way I think it 's probably the best thing that 's happened to me for a while cos I could see myself see the thing is I can I was n't ever planning to be here for even six months . |
| 12 | We talked about that for a while and that was when I got the idea of using the mud wagon-not just for him but for the McLaren girl too , and just like before I could see myself sitting in it with her . |
| 13 | She had an anonymous letter last night , and tried to burn it before I could see it . |
| 14 | The girl , when I could see her properly , was a rough-looking twenty , and had as many coats of paint over her eyes as a Roller gets on its doors . |
| 15 | She went on : ‘ I felt I 'd only believe I was pregnant when I could see it . |
| 16 | When we were in the meadow opposite the Grotto and Father was talking about Bernadette I felt as though I could see her . |
| 17 | For some reason I could n't , though I could see it was that which infuriated her more than anything . |
| 18 | In any case , he made feeble efforts to help me get him to his left foot , and with my almost total support he made the few hops to reach the boat , though I could see it hurt him sorely . |
| 19 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 20 | He was emerging in stately fashion from Wavebreaker 's companionway and , though I could see he was tall and lanky and had a ponytail of hair , I could make out no details of his face . |