Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] could see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt an urge to reach out and rescue some of the sheets of paper on which he imagined he could see writing , but the heat was extreme . |
| 2 | No , but I mean you could see play really well . |
| 3 | All the same , her protests went unheeded , and each day that passed she could see Matthew becoming more and more influenced by old Luther . |
| 4 | John Major 's fate is now in the balance and if he loses the vote on Europe and resigns , dealers reckon we could see shares in freefall with at least £15bn to £20bn wiped off . |
| 5 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 6 | In the uncertain light Rincewind thought he could see rows of enormous teeth , white as bleached beechwood . |
| 7 | But , as the wheel hurtled down and round he could see Tony , safe in his little illuminated booth . |
| 8 | I think he could see things that he wanted to do individually , maybe in the same way that Hendrix did . |
| 9 | I said I could see Victor was right , I had over-complicated the plot ; I should not have introduced the letters , which were paraphrases of a correspondence I 'd been reading on my journey to London . |
| 10 | I wish I could see Annie again , but they took me away , and they would n't let me see her again . |
| 11 | And if I am not mistaken you could see share prices really motoring after that . |
| 12 | She wished she could see Chambers ' face when Wolff-Dietrich , the werewolf king , carried the tale back . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Topaz wished she could see Andrew and comfort him , but for the time being that would be too dangerous . |
| 15 | Afterwards Brewer said he could see Auckland holding the shield for as long as they could keep together their very strong scrum of Olo Brown , Sean Fitzpatrick , Steve McDowell , Michael Jones , Gary Whetton , Robin Brooke , Mark Carter and Zinzan Brooke — All Blacks all . |