Example sentences of "they could see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could see girls with pony tails and college scarves walking in easy friendship with boys along the damp slippery footpaths up towards Earlsfort Terrace . |
| 2 | By mid-forenoon they could see Dunbar 's towers ahead ; and by noontide they were under the outer castle-bridge , with Ramsay shouting up his name to the watch and asking for the Countess Agnes . |
| 3 | As one rather disillusioned Protestant Unionist put it : ‘ they were a party who believed in their God given right to rule this country ’ and they were not about to give up that right , especially as they could see signs of regaining control of their own party . |
| 4 | People kept asking if they could see upstairs.It 's a constant challenge to restore the house . |
| 5 | Although the moon had set , they could see Maldita 's ghostly white body slumped in the corner like a cast-off shroud . |
| 6 | At last , from the top of the waves , they could see Thomasin Darling . |
| 7 | They could see Caspar tearing across towards Mrs Wright 's orchard . |
| 8 | Already they could see students in duffle coats , laughing and talking . |
| 9 | Through the open door of her room they could see Barbara Coleman 's packed bag just as she had promised . |
| 10 | They could see Mr Flood fussing round the window of his shop as if he were still worried about what they could have found so amusing in its contents . |
| 11 | In a moment , they were far enough out that they could see miles down the rocky shoreline … and they could see the other boaters scrambling up on to a piece of rock . |
| 12 | They could see patches of it through the over-run front garden . |