Example sentences of "i could see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see Dad was worried so after a couple of hours of hanging about I offered to return to Mary 's . |
| 2 | I could see Sister 's point . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | With the doors open , I could see Cawthorne walking over to him . |
| 5 | But Changez looked so alone — and close up I could see bits of bristle sticking out of his badly shaved face — that even I could n't laugh at him in my usual way . |
| 6 | I could see interviewers thinking that , frankly , this evidence did n't add up to much . |
| 7 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |
| 8 | It was as if I could see Dorothy looking at them , looking at them , trying to draw something from them to help her to hold on . |
| 9 | Out of the window I could see darkness falling . |
| 10 | I dragged mightily and in the mauve gleam I could see Davis more clearly , the bunched muscles in their tanktop . |
| 11 | From the thicket I could see the bridge and to my amazement I could see Commandos marching in file across the bridge and coming slowly towards me , a few of them looking and pointing in my direction . |
| 12 | At the back I could see Quigley purse his lips . |
| 13 | I could see Quigley was about to make another move , but before he could do so I held out my hands , palm downwards , in a gesture much favoured by Mr Toombs in his last ecclesiastical campaign . |
| 14 | ‘ When the tram passed Springfield Park , you know , by Alder Hey Hospital , I could see trenches dug all over the park . |
| 15 | Looking out over the crowd , I could see members of rival gangs . |
| 16 | I could see Martina down the end of the passage , aproned , with plates in her hand . |
| 17 | Below my blindfold I could see tiles and a toilet set in them . |
| 18 | Through the open door I could see Harry hanging on to the horse 's head and staring at me with frightened eyes . |
| 19 | I could see Bonefish and his sons working the lateen-sail of their skiff way beyond the reef , perhaps looking for turtles which they could sell to the men who exported the rich flesh to the Japanese . |
| 20 | In the mob I could see Sally 's tawny head bobbing up and down . |
| 21 | I could see mist over the forests below the mountains , and fog out over the North Sea . |
| 22 | I could see Mum really had it hard for money . |
| 23 | All at once I could see Galway Bay . |
| 24 | I was ashamed of him , especially as I could see Estella laughing at me over Miss Havisham 's shoulder . |
| 25 | The darkness intensified down in the wood though I could see stars between the boughs . |
| 26 | The lessons of A Course In Miracles provide many wonderful affirmations such as — ‘ There is nothing to fear ’ , ‘ I could see peace instead of this ’ , ‘ All that I give is given to myself , ‘ All things I think I see reflect ideas ’ , ‘ Let me be still and listen to the truth ’ , ‘ Light and joy and peace abide in me ’ , ‘ Today I will judge nothing that occurs ’ , and ‘ The past is over . |
| 27 | Although I could see marriage appearing in the distance , it was still a long way off . |
| 28 | As I drew level with the back of the farm , I could see Jenkins remonstrating with Cawthorne and Waters . |
| 29 | About a hundred yards along the path I could see guns that were dug in fairly close together . |
| 30 | Patrick Chauvel and I could see things were about to happen in Panama , Noriega had declared war on America , but it was Xmas and only a few of us went there . |