Example sentences of "i can see the " in BNC.

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31 I can see the way his eyeballs are unusually distended .
32 Yeah , OK , I can see the nose on my face . ’
33 I can see the spirit of Deadwood being forced out .
34 I can see the point he was trying to make — the Pallas ' Sandgrouse only turns up in this country once every 10 or 20 years .
35 The driver , from Honiton , Devon , said : ‘ I can see the funny side now but I initially thought I was going mad . ’
36 I can see the prince very well , thank you .
37 Although I can see the whole thing unrolling in my mind 's eye like a silent film , I ca n't really be precise about where everyone was and that sort of thing . ’
38 I can see the reasons for that and went along with my birth certificate , marriage licence and National Insurance card .
39 I can see the day when we are watching big-name clubs on television and the background will be empty seats , but the money will still be rolling in .
40 From my perch , I can see the effort going into it , the muscles starting out under his shirt and the sweat running down his face .
41 ‘ From my perch , I can see the effort going into it , the muscles starting out under his shirt and the sweat running down his face .
42 With no Lamb and no Gower I can see the chance for England 's batting enigma Graeme Hick to go on the senior tour , even if he has not been offered a winter retainer contract .
43 I can see the NME cover now .
44 As I sit here in the dark in , what is , after all , an artist 's home , writing by the light of the overhead lamp , I can see the shapes and colours and forms and the old excited feelings are returning .
45 I 've gone bankrupt once through it and I can see the same thing happening again … .
46 Up in the mountain , the Bible belt was drenched and from my window I can see the river running strongly as a result .
47 I can see the way you figure .
48 A. I can see the reasoning behind your wish to introduce air into the second filter chamber , but have never before heard of running a venturi in the position you intend .
49 Er , yes I am a person who uses public transport and I believe in it very much , but I must say that erm its very , very inconvenient , I have to rely on three different forms of public transport to get to my work and it takes twice as long as it would as if I , if I could go by car and so I can see the , the attraction of , of going by car and there are many improvements that could be made where I live for instance in , in Glasgow so that you would only have one change and not constantly shuttling to and fro between stations and buses and so forth .
50 I can see the spacecraft .
51 I can see the lights dancing bright as a river . ’
52 I can see the coffee houses ordering enormous quantities — if what I tasted at supper yesterday is any guide — ‘
53 I run into the arms of Andy 's parents walking with the dogs near the ornamental ponds and it seems like an age before I can tell them what 's happened because my voice wo n't work and I can see the fear in their eyes and they 're asking , ‘ Where is Andrew ?
54 ‘ My life 's slow ; I can see the moments passing ; I like that .
55 I watch it from my seat in the New York as well , which is down below to the right ; I can see the top of its maroon awning .
56 Christina thought how ungrateful he was , and turned her attention to Elaine , who was calling , ‘ I can see the sea , James , look ! ’
57 As a director of public health , and having been chief officer to a health authority for some 17 years and having experienced more reorganisations than I care to remember , I can see the career turbulence that the current reforms are producing for some senior doctors in public health medicine .
58 And I can see the o old father when he used to have s want to make the mo the machine immobile , while he did something particular to it , so like you switching the electricity off , well , h he used to have to take the belts off .
59 And this was a wonderful old grocery shop , er plain wooden floors you know , no tiles or anything like that , just the wood floors and I can see the barrels of apples and the barrels of this and then the oranges and the all the groceries and the bags of flour and the bags of sugar and and the and the grocer weighing the sugar up and all this sort of thing .
60 I 'll have a better idea when I can see the background .
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