Example sentences of "she could see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was strange that she could see Simon so clearly , thought Isabel , because everything else seemed lost in a hazy mist . |
| 2 | Even behind the glasses she could see Jessica roll her eyes . |
| 3 | Her brief confusion at his sudden rejection of her had evaporated ; now she could see things very clearly indeed , and the hot flush of embarrassment washed over her . |
| 4 | She wished she could see Chambers ' face when Wolff-Dietrich , the werewolf king , carried the tale back . |
| 5 | She could see Alison 's roses and felt them to be a rebuke . |
| 6 | But when she looked at the sides of the hole , she could see cupboards and books and pictures on the walls . |
| 7 | He was n't letting her in , she could see racks of magazines behind and a dark wooden counter , bare . |
| 8 | She could see Nathan arguing with quiet forcefulness and sensed some hard bargaining in progress . |
| 9 | The two were now inside the grille together and Mena Iskander had been given strict instructions to try to secure Miss Postlethwaite a seat from which she could see Zoser clearly and if possible his wife as well . |
| 10 | She wished there was a window in front , so she could see Midnight sitting up on the driver 's seat beside Hawkins . |
| 11 | She could see lights on inside and men moving about , and as she stood there a policeman in uniform came out of the front door . |
| 12 | He paused , and she could see laughter dancing in his eyes . |
| 13 | Carrie could n't see his face because she was behind him but she could see Nick 's . |
| 14 | Outside , on the mean sweep of gravel , she could see Lal 's sleek expensive car overwhelming the place , expressing money in every line , expressing all that Nicandra could not give . |
| 15 | Seated beside Miss Jarman on the faded red-leather seat , she could see houses and shops and people passing the window , and a certain pleasure added to her nervous apprehension . |
| 16 | She could see houses and a church . |
| 17 | She could see dance programmes filling up , and not a name on hers . |
| 18 | She could see Yatton Farm too , quite clearly . |
| 19 | At the end she could see part of the ward , a gleaming parquet floor and white-painted bedsteads . |
| 20 | She could see part of Dewer Street through the half-open gate and it seemed to be deserted . |
| 21 | At other windows she could see tables with folded paper napkins and nickel plated cruets . |
| 22 | He was lying on his back with the sheet round his waist , one arm flung up over his head , and she could see bruises all down the underside of his arm and down his ribs . |
| 23 | He glanced across the shore again , and even in the dark she could see lines deepen round his mouth . |
| 24 | In a voice that shook in spite of her efforts to control it , she asked if she could see Mrs Blessington-Dalrymple . |
| 25 | From there she could see Barbara 's profile . |
| 26 | He nodded , his mouth a bitter line , but she could see acceptance in the way he bowed his dark head , and she felt deep compassion for him , for his wasted life and wasted efforts and wasted pain . |
| 27 | He went into the monitoring room , and as the door swung open she could see Mr. Kegan and Miss Hervey talking over the banks of monitor screens , and she stepped back out of their sight . |
| 28 | Beyond the doctor , she could see Trefusis and Juliet , peering at her . |
| 29 | She could see fly across his face a whole sequence of emotions and responses . |
| 30 | She wished she could see Bella 's face properly , but the shadows were thick and all she could make out was the outline of a head . |