Example sentences of "i can see what " in BNC.
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1 | But , yes — I read plays and I can see actors in the parts — I hope I can see what is suitable to their personalities . |
2 | ‘ I can see what CAMRA has done from the local pubs . |
3 | It is better if I wait until the morning when I can see what I am doing . ’ |
4 | Boris , my old comrade , I can see what you game is . |
5 | ‘ I can see what you mean , well , do n't worry , my lips are sealed ! ’ she giggled . |
6 | The board has the same switches on it as I have on the rack , so if Bryan presses the board they light up for me too , so I can see what he 's got on . |
7 | I laughed then but now I can see what she meant . |
8 | I little knew then what the future held for me and looking back I can see what a lot I had to learn . |
9 | All you need is an ‘ I know what you mean ’ or ‘ I can see what you 're getting at ’ for an entirely different kind of discussion to begin . |
10 | ‘ Ron compared getting Ray to Leeds signing Strach three years ago , and I can see what he means , ’ said McAllister . |
11 | I also know how to get the red-tailed buzzard out of a tree at night , so if it flies off I stay by the tree in which it settles until dark , then I go and fetch sticks and a torch so that I can see what I 'm doing . |
12 | But this talk about ‘ a frontier which is perceived from both sides ’ makes it sound as if in addition to the physical eye which I can use to get at the pin there is a sort of phantom eye in my skull with which I can see what goes on under my skin . |
13 | I suppose it 's erm in in that sense erm er I I I I can see what you 're , this , I do n't think that 's a factor in in in the , in the erm in in the fact that these wars are short . |
14 | I can see what 's troubling Fiver ; though he 'll get over it , I dare say . |
15 | As Carmel finished the 3s , she came to me and whispered : ‘ I think I can see what the 5s are going to be before I do it ’ , and she explained her prediction . |
16 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
17 | It had never really occurred to me to put things in those terms but I can see what he meant and to an extent he was partly right . |
18 | I can see what you 're driving at . |
19 | ‘ I can see what your idea is , ’ says Phil , with sudden gloom . |
20 | ‘ I can see what you 're doing , ’ she told him icily . |
21 | I can see what fond memories you have of her . ’ |
22 | I , I , I can see what you 're trying to do I just think |
23 | I can see what they mean about women softening you up . |
24 | I can see what 's gon na happen . |
25 | ‘ No , I can see what this means : it 's the end of beating in our time . ’ |
26 | I want to be out on a limb with my back to the water so that I can see what the rest of the world is doing . |
27 | Yes , I can see what you 're thinking . |
28 | I can see what he is thinking : the pieces are falling into place . |
29 | Well , I can see what he meant . |
30 | ‘ I can see what you thought ! ’ |