Example sentences of "could see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Phil promised he would make as many trips as he could to see the lads in the red and white . |
| 2 | I was told to sign three cards and then they just dumped this bag on the counter , and I could see the rope inside . |
| 3 | One contributor said that one could see the contrast between the traffic volume of people going to work in the morning in West Belfast compared to East Belfast , and also the quality of cars . |
| 4 | Her breasts were covered now , but I could see the shape of the aureoles through the wet fabric . |
| 5 | It was white now , and behind it you could see the shape . |
| 6 | come out , you know , one or two were leaves and you could see the shape of the leaves well that was just like me on my on my back . |
| 7 | She was poised now over her garden and could see the whole of it , laid out like a little world , from her great height . |
| 8 | From their vantage point they could see the whole of their world . |
| 9 | High above the disc the second albatross soared ; so high in fact that its tiny mad orange eyes could see the whole of the world and the great , glittering , girdling Circle Sea . |
| 10 | But when I got back to work the people that was in the observation post on the factory , they saw this aircraft , it came down low over the King George 's playing fields and they could see the markings on it and they 'd sounded the alarm but but course the aircraft went straight over . |
| 11 | They cheered again when the train passed under the next , much bigger shaft , again the sunshine came flooding in and again you could see the sky and brickwork and even trees . |
| 12 | Through the windows I could see the sky and clouds passing by , and I could hear the noise of the bird 's wings . |
| 13 | The right results could see the East Anglians overhaul faltering favourites Blackburn Rovers for the first time . |
| 14 | Mr Piggott could see the vegetable garden from his vantage point in the churchyard . |
| 15 | Ahead they could see the telephone-box which stood almost outside their gate . |
| 16 | From camp we could see the silhouette of its palm-trees , framed by dunes on either side , which , as daylight faded , were decorated with pin-points of silver light . |
| 17 | Well we 'd seen to the back of the garden anyway cos we could see the hedge going across like that at forty five degrees . |
| 18 | I could see the mood Dad was in and all I wanted to do was to make myself scarce before they started to quarrel . |
| 19 | He was dismayed by the change in his old friend and could see the darkness in his soul warring with the light . |
| 20 | Already the shadows were receding from the room and she could see the darkness where his eyes were and the lighter line of his beloved lips . |
| 21 | As Lewis watched him walk sway up to Hamilton Road , he wondered , as he 'd so often wondered , what exactly Morse was thinking ; wondered about what was going on in Morse 's mind at that very moment ; the reading of the clues , those clues to which no one else could see the answers ; those glimpses of motive that no one else could ever have suspected ; those answers to the sort of questions that no one else had even begun to ask … |
| 22 | To the right rose the three swelling domes of the great Jama Masjid ; to the left you could see the ripple of small semi-domes atop the ancient Kalan Masjid . |
| 23 | So what you could do , you could see the defence , and then from that you could work backwards , to the motive of the defence . |
| 24 | You could see the candlelight flickering through the small-paned windows , under roofs covered in moss . |
| 25 | Harry could see the sun glistening on the naked patches of her body although she had not yet removed her undergarments . |
| 26 | She made some coffee , and went out on the balcony in her cotton housecoat , where she could see the sun rising from behind the dark hills , and the slopes slowly become bathed with light . |
| 27 | And I could see during the week this was , in the mornings you know , say about eight or nine to ten in the morning , and I could see the figures of the ladies there , cleaning the windows in the morning . |
| 28 | We could see the army post now and the shuffling sentries and a few jeeps passing in and out of the gate . |
| 29 | As they came down the sloping road to the harbour they could see the ferry just coming in to dock . |
| 30 | He could see the sounds turn into dancing musical notes . |