Example sentences of "he [modal v] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should see things as they are . |
| 2 | ‘ He 'll see Gerry while he 's still a baby anyway , although he 's missed his first few months , ’ she said . |
| 3 | He 'll go there first , I expect , and when he has eaten and rested , he 'll see Arghatun and Wotai . |
| 4 | Pride — that 's all he needed , Colonel Windsor recognised : restore his pride and he 'll see sense . |
| 5 | ‘ But in this case I think he 'll see sense . ’ |
| 6 | I think he could see things that he wanted to do individually , maybe in the same way that Hendrix did . |
| 7 | Even now as he stood there by the kitchen table he could see Caspar closing in on the weaker lamb , and he could hear that weird and terrible wailing of Lee 's . |
| 8 | The tide was turning and he could see debris drifting downstream in the yellow afternoon light towards the River Gate , a mere hundred yards downstream . |
| 9 | And Julius Caesar stood in France in because he was in , the place he captured in France , and he could see Britain across the water and he wondered what the land was like over there . |
| 10 | His eyes opened wide , and suddenly he could see Kirov in a new light . |
| 11 | He could see Donna on the other side of the barrier heading towards a dark-haired woman , whom she embraced . |
| 12 | The door of number sixteen stood open and he could see Laura , on her knees , polishing the linoleum in the front passage . |
| 13 | Lieutenant Gerry Mackenzie reported by telephone — the civilian network remained open long after the Japanese invasion — that he could see lights in the estuary of the Comoro river and a patrol went out for a quick recce . |
| 14 | Behind him , along the road leading down to the town , he could see lights start to glow as home fires were kindled against the cold night . |
| 15 | But although he could see areas of hewn stonework that seemed to close him in , and although he could certainly see barred windows through which light streamed , there were no gaolers , and there were no other prisoners . |
| 16 | When he finally reached the doorway of the hut , he could see Alex Household slumped against it , the arm holding the gun limp at his side . |
| 17 | He was the first to emerge from the water , partly because he had an appointment with Rose , partly because he could see Araminta leaving . |
| 18 | Through the haze of anguish and despair he could see Fedorov dragging the woman , dead or senseless , over to the canalside to heave her in . |
| 19 | He could see part of the canal , part of a garden , barges loaded with potatoes , a rear view of houses being pulled down by workmen , and in the distance rows of trees and street lamps , a complicated little almshouse with its gardens , and finally a grand expanse of roofs . |
| 20 | He could see Doyle 's curly hair , but the man 's face was hidden by the anaesthetist 's mask . |
| 21 | He could see Chris in the little circle surrounding Finnegan 's ball . |
| 22 | From his bedroom he could see Macleod 's Tables , two flat-topped hills , Healaval Mhor and Healaval Bheag to the south-west . |
| 23 | From his cell in Gloucester , he could see women walking to and from the Castlemeads car park . |
| 24 | Not while he could see Hank . |
| 25 | Not really whimpers , Guy thought , holding the candle higher as he entered the solar so he could see Isabel more clearly . |
| 26 | He could see fingers of suspicion approaching nearer every minute . |
| 27 | He could see Steen 's face in its pained repose , and felt certain that he was up against a case of murder . |
| 28 | He could see Vasco on the street , fourteen years old , face like a guitar . |
| 29 | By the light of the fires he could see Paul already sitting cross-legged on a buffalo skin by the pholy , and he sank gratefully down on the other side of him . |
| 30 | He could see Georgiades stop to catch his breath . |