Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I could n't see the point of rushing into it . |
| 32 | He said it was quieter in there , but I could n't see the lay-by from his room and after a bit I went outside . |
| 33 | Mental arithmetic and reading and I also had er er take an eye test because they said if there was a train accident and I could n't see the signal whether it was red or green or whatever , you see , you never know . |
| 34 | I could n't see the woman sitting in the corner of the window-seat . |
| 35 | I could n't see the difference , but his vet insisted he was n't fit enough , even when summer came . |
| 36 | I could n't see the washing when I come out of Googie 's and I said I 've got washing on that line and I said I ca n't see no there ai n't no washing on that line . |
| 37 | ‘ My headache just grew and grew and suddenly the light faded and I could not see a thing . |
| 38 | I could not see the land , only mountains of water all around me . |
| 39 | I could not see the heap ; it was hidden by brambles nowadays . |
| 40 | I could not see the cairn from here . |
| 41 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |
| 42 | I could not see the boy , and there was nothing else in that lonely place . |
| 43 | From where I sat I could not see the clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 44 | I could not see the state of the causeway . |
| 45 | I could not see the ravine and its bald cliff edges on account of the trees and shrubs that had reached a confident maturity despite long years of unprotected infancy and adolescence . |
| 46 | I could not see the fellow , but the voice had come from bushes nearby . |
| 47 | I could not see the female but , as I was raised to their shoulders , I caught a glimpse of my happy home , that cave where Elsbeth and I had been so content . |
| 48 | The room was thick with smoke and I could just see a cot , but it was empty . |
| 49 | ‘ If I could just see the Master I could explain to him . |
| 50 | To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished . |
| 51 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 52 | He showed me one , magnifying 520 times , made of yttrium-aluminium-garnet , an artificial gemstone , mounted against a microscope slide , through which I could clearly see the tadpole-shaped trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness . |
| 53 | Granny was seated in her rocking chair facing the fireplace , but her back was to me and I could only see the paper curlers she had in her hair . |
| 54 | ‘ I could now see the strain was beginning to tell . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player . |
| 56 | She was breathing so quietly I could hardly see the rise and fall of her breasts , and those lips of hers looking fuller than I remembered , the mouth wider , and the line of the teeth just showing very white . |
| 57 | After that I could never see the point of toiling up a steep incline in preference to riding comfortably on a ski-lift ! |
| 58 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
| 59 | Although it was dark , I could still see the stone wall at the edge of the road . |
| 60 | Made some more bets that did n't quite work out , but I could still see the pattern — a good one , too . |