Example sentences of "we could see [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After we had mounted the third hill , we found the country one continued village , tho' mountainous every way , as before ; hardly a house standing out of a speaking distance from another , and … we could see that almost at every house there was a tenter , and almost on every tenter a piece of cloth , or kersie , or shalloon , for they are three articles of that country 's labour ; from which the sun glancing , and , as I may say , shining ( the white reflecting its rays ) to us , I thought it was the most agreeable sight that I ever saw , for the hills , as I say , rising and falling so thick , and the valleys opening sometimes one way , sometimes another , so that sometimes we could see two or three miles this way , sometimes as far another ; sometimes like the streets near St Giles 's , called the Seven Dials ; we could see through the glades almost every way round us , yet look which way we would , high to the tops , and low to the bottoms , it was all the same ; innumerable houses and tenters , and a white piece upon every tenter . |
| 2 | This second metal was very strange as we could see through it to some mysterious writing and pictures . |
| 3 | I did notice that we could see through the one that brought us here , ’ said Twoflower . |
| 4 | Sheila was in complete agreement with me on this subject , and the only disadvantage we could see to living in a barracks was having men in heavy boots walking about over your head . |
| 5 | From the window we could see to the right a barrel-organ with a small dog dressed as a clown , to the left a pile of rags heaped on the Métro ventilation grille . |
| 6 | We could see at least twelve entrances to what must be a labyrinth of tunnels . |
| 7 | We could see on limestone crags the sooty marks left by Tom in his desperate bid to escape . |
| 8 | But here we could see for ourselves how timber-framed partition walls , filled in with brickwork , were used on the upper storeys over the larger rooms to ensure no weight pressed on their ceilings ; and how joiners had constructed the mahogany bookcases in the library . |
| 9 | From here we could see for quite a distance , but there was no sign of the hunt , nor any sound . |
| 10 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 11 | We could see by its black bib that it was a male ; the female 's throat is unmarked . |
| 12 | Soon we could see Rona in detail and skirting Gealldruig Mhor , the outlying skerry to the south , we could see by the white-based cliffs that a heavy swell was running . |
| 13 | Most impressive of all to us children was the fact that the house had two staircases , the staircase we could see from the front door , and the back stairs , used by the servants . |
| 14 | I had to admit my first impression was not quite what I had expected : instead of bold cliffs and mountain peaks , all we could see from the heaving deck of the boat was a seemingly endless beach of black shingle fringed by white breakers . |
| 15 | because when Marcus and I went we did n't actually see up there , but we could see from down there and |
| 16 | You did n't even wax lyrical about the incredibly romantic island we could see from the cliff-top at the cape . |