Example sentences of "[pron] could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ magic ’ medium in this endearing space-hopper device is Siporax , claimed to work wonders in nitrate-removal , though my levels stuck resolutely at 30ppm and all I could seen in terms of visual improvement was a better class of blanketweed : sort of lusher , nar mean ? |
| 2 | As I wrote to you at the time ( since you refused even then to see me or any of your old friends and supporters ) I accepted the MS as a sacred trust and would do what I could to see that it eventually saw the light of day in the most appropriate form . |
| 3 | The two young girls , I predicted , would not find such changes so difficult to accommodate , but I did all I could to see that Mrs Clements suffered the least adjustments , to the extent that I undertook for myself a number of duties which you may consider most broad-minded of a butler to do . |
| 4 | Endless , he wrote , because I could see no end to them and because I could envisage no beginning . |
| 5 | For some reason I could n't , though I could see it was that which infuriated her more than anything . |
| 6 | I could see it in his eyes . |
| 7 | You was big enough for her , I could see , but you 're only a baby still really. , ’ Jessie was crying now too , the tears swelling slowly out above the bags and pouches of her face and running into the wrinkles . |
| 8 | This much I could see from the outside when I went down to have a look at it . |
| 9 | I went in , explained the position I was in and asked if I could see one of the rooms . |
| 10 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
| 11 | I could see in his eyes that he knew . |
| 12 | Out of the window I could see darkness falling . |
| 13 | I could see an idea coming into Kathleen 's head . |
| 14 | Last September I visited a garden which was nearly a thousand feet up , and I could see that the gladioli , planted as dormant corms in early May , were n't going to flower . |
| 15 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |
| 16 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |
| 17 | I could see her English neighbour shutting her front door in our faces , and yet all the same we left the two children there , rushing away after I 'd pinched their cheeks to make them cry so that she 'd have to come out to them . |
| 18 | He had n't slept in a bed like that before , yet there were all those advertisements for them on television , and they were on display in shop windows and in almost all the big stores in London so that I 'd imagined them in all the houses I could see from the bus . |
| 19 | Perhaps it was a tiredness resulting from the previous 14 pitches , but I could see no way of free climbing it at less than E5 , and I was n't good enough for that , not now . |
| 20 | Ahead I could see the rest of my party plodding towards the final slope that leads to the west ( main ) summit . |
| 21 | I stroked him , he gave me a big lick , and I could see relief sweep over him knowing I was n't going to hit him . ’ |
| 22 | He sat at his work ad I could see him . |
| 23 | I noticed I could see my breath . |
| 24 | However I could see that the class was against me . |
| 25 | Looking down towards the Orne I could see a thick mist over the water and patches of mist hanging over the cornfields . |
| 26 | As I entered the building I could see that it was damaged , probably by mortars , or shellfire . |
| 27 | At the entrance to the grounds of the Chateau I could see a few Commandos . |
| 28 | As I approached I recognised one of them as a Medic from Brigade H.Q As we chatted together , I could see a number of dead Commandos lying on the lawn in front of the Chateau . |
| 29 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 30 | As I regained my composure I could see a wide grin on the Frenchman 's face . |