Example sentences of "she could [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luca Giordano , Elisa went on , thinking that she had placed her hosts at a disadvantage , was a particular favourite of hers and she could easily see why he was regarded as one of Naples ' finest painters . |
| 2 | At the top of a wave she could easily see across the Longstone rock to the other side . |
| 3 | She could easily see the broadness of his shoulders underneath a tailored white sports shirt . |
| 4 | She could also see that Pete McCarthy and his waitress had just arrived . |
| 5 | There were a series of impossible pains like knife cuts , but she could also see distantly how the women were skilful and trustworthy . |
| 6 | She could even see a thrush pecking out a scarlet yew berry , swallowing the scarlet flesh and spitting out the poisonous pip . |
| 7 | She could even see the faint heat pattern of the cat in the next room . |
| 8 | She could even see it in this thing , the pallor of it , the fine dust of jet black fur . |
| 9 | From her seat she could see the winding road that led up to the elegant gateway of Casa Madrid , and she could even see the sprinklers sending blessed water swirling over the melon and pineapple fields . |
| 10 | Because as she opened her eyes she could plainly see that there was nothing even remotely ghost-like about the tall , broad-shouldered figure of her husband , Ross Wyndham , now sitting on the seat beside her . |
| 11 | She blew until she could barely see the shape of the social worker 's head through the pink bubble . |
| 12 | She 'd turned her back on him then and stormed away , her back ramrod-straight , so angry she could barely see straight . |
| 13 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 14 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 15 | Before Jos could knock at the door , it was opened by a tiny old woman bent at such an angle that she could not see them without straightening up , her head cocked to one enquiring side . |
| 16 | What a sharp , sneering face he had had , though she could not see it , as she had not seen it in the darkness of her dream . |
| 17 | She could not see how telling Cabochon would help . |
| 18 | He adored her for it and when Wilson chose to murmur against her interest , saying she could not see how it could be real , he was angry and said she was narrow and selfish , like most women . |
| 19 | She could not see him in any such clear moralistic light . |
| 20 | She could not see . |
| 21 | As he was partly hidden by the foliage she could not see his face clearly — only that he was wearing a cap and carrying a suitcase . |
| 22 | The wind was behind her now , blowing her hair forward , so that she could not see properly unless she pushed it to one side . |
| 23 | She could not feel anything at all — the anaesthetic having done its job — and she could not see anything as her eyes were tightly closed . |
| 24 | The steam was so thick that she could not see through it and she thought she was alone in the room . |
| 25 | She regarded the wife of former Beirut hostage Jackie Mann as a ‘ dear friend' and was heartbroken she could not see her before she died of lung cancer on November 30 . |
| 26 | He was backed by Walton colleague Daphne Hall , who said she could not see how anyone could fail to support it , and felt it was better to have the Naze under a management scheme . |
| 27 | He crouched before her , his big shoulders against the light from the window so that she could not see his expression . |
| 28 | She could not see much of the room because of how he filled most of the doorway , but she saw the glow of the fire and a glimpse of a baize-covered table on which were papers . |
| 29 | As she commented angrily to friends later , she could not see why Charles needed these constant reminders of Camilla . |
| 30 | She could not see if the platform emptied because she could not see the platform . |