Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] see [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I went to Roundhay first I could still see fairies . |
| 2 | She could suddenly see years back , when her dad took her to smell the tar-bucket . |
| 3 | and that 's a bargain , and se you know these reps would come round selling this that and the other and if , you could only see samples after , would n't touch it with a barge pole like you know , yeah I 'll have that , that 's all but that 's because he had a good grounding |
| 4 | The Anchor brewery had been built in 1757 by a couple of brewers from Bethnal Green called Wastfield and Moss , at a time when the district was so quiet and un-built-up you could still see ships passing on the Thames from the brewery windows . |
| 5 | After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns . |
| 6 | He could just see boxes , litter blowing in the wind and rats scavenging for food . |
| 7 | He could also see bits of horns or wings down the side . |