Example sentences of "can see what [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We 'll go round , ’ said Simon , ‘ a couple more times , just so you can see what a long way down it is , and then , when we get right up there , right to the top , I 'm going to chuck you out . ’
2 I little knew then what the future held for me and looking back I can see what a lot I had to learn .
3 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 .
4 I suppose when we were younger , we all rather took Alice for granted , but looking back , one can see what a strong character she had even then .
5 You know and immediately can you see , you 've asked him all these questions you can see what a pain in the neck you are to all the people you 've asked these questions of .
6 It 's got a very thick safety glass door on it so you can see what the little dears are doing but ca n't hear them . ’
7 We can see what the testator had in mind .
8 Most parents can identify the first phase of interaction with their child , that is they can see what the child is doing that is irritating and they see how they react , but rarely do they then follow through the interaction to see what happens at the end .
9 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 .
10 ‘ You can see what the problem is ’ , G. says .
11 Now the author can see what the document will look like as soon as the text is typed .
12 we can have a look at the blood tests , we can see what the blood pressure is .
13 At the end of each six week period we have an assessment session whereby they have to do a ‘ performance ’ to everybody else in that year , so the music can see what the dance has done … etc .
14 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 .
15 I would also like to suggest that complaints be made as ‘ Letters to the Editor ’ because then we can see what the complaint is and try to deal with it .
16 He can see what the bitter outcome can be , but instead of washing his hands of the affair , he doggedly and morbidly follows the Carbone 's situation to its tragic resolution .
17 This was a solicitors pick it up and my Lord so you can , you can see what the dispute was .
18 I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your
19 Well , if you really want to know go to Jason McCoy before the end of August and you can see what an actual stable looks like , his stable .
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