Example sentences of "could [adv] see the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erlich could only see the soles . |
| 2 | The British Trias is almost completely lacking in marine fossils below the Rhaetian , but I maintained that one could nevertheless see the effects of alpine transgressions reflected in our continental sediments . |
| 3 | Looking to the north , she could already see the curtains of snow which were sweeping towards them with terrifying speed . |
| 4 | I could already see the books piled high in the better shops , garlanded with white slips of praise . |
| 5 | She leaned on a staff as tall as herself , and could not see the visitors to her fur-lined chamber , but her nearsense informed her . |
| 6 | Perhaps even more important is the inclusion of a preview facility since before you could not see the effects you had selected until printing out . |
| 7 | So far as we know , Ptolemy spent his whole life in Alexandria , which is well north of the Earth 's equator , so that he could not see the stars of the far south . |
| 8 | He could not see the clubs . |
| 9 | When sorting the stimulus cards into order , it was ensured that subjects could not see the cards . |
| 10 | When sorting the stimulus cards into order , it was ensured that subjects could not see the cards or the experimenter 's worksheet , on which s/he recorded the subject 's responses . |
| 11 | Place could not see the police presence on the river walk above his head , but he could probably guess it was there . |
| 12 | But luckily enough I got up and walked round the back and I could just see the lights on in the living room downstairs . |
| 13 | Between the block and the house you could just see the walls of the walled garden , flint-built , crossed and coped with brick-work . |
| 14 | Jezrael could still see the lights of sunflowers strung out like mercury on rose satin . |
| 15 | Nearby , alum has been worked for centuries and we could still see the remains of the old landing stage where little coasters brought brimming vats of urine from London , which was mixed with the local mineral to produce dyestuff fasteners for textiles . |
| 16 | Years later , on my last visit to that pioneering control-room , I could still see the marks on the wall where our preliminary broadcast signals were given . |
| 17 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 18 | The sudden pressure of cold metal against her nose forced her to turn her head sideways until she could n't see the keys any more . |
| 19 | Frau Hoflin , a sensible woman , old-fashioned , but not so old-fashioned that she could n't see the signs of rebellion beginning to germinate , pressed for the safest ‘ revolt ’ she could think of . |
| 20 | As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below . |
| 21 | We could n't see the swans today Sally . |
| 22 | Could n't see the lights the other day . |
| 23 | You could n't see the trains but you could hear them . |
| 24 | We were facing the front of the truck , so we could n't see the men . |
| 25 | In the sea of pebbles I could n't see the bolts — so much for environmental concerns — but fortunately it was easy climbing . |
| 26 | You could n't see the signposts . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Through the trees she could sometimes see the roofs of houses . |
| 29 | She thought she could almost see the memories and she could certainly hear the echoes . |