Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 2 | I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly-white bristles . |
| 3 | I could also see the rock that Neil had pointed out to me , still half out of water . |
| 4 | I could also see the potential that Llanbrynmair had to offer ( it took Carole a little longer to see te potential ) and was very eager to start renovation . |
| 5 | I could also see the spire of the Church of Scotland in Porteneil , and some smoke coming up from the town chimneys . |
| 6 | The room was thick with smoke and I could just see a cot , but it was empty . |
| 7 | ‘ If I could just see the Master I could explain to him . |
| 8 | To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished . |
| 9 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 10 | He showed me one , magnifying 520 times , made of yttrium-aluminium-garnet , an artificial gemstone , mounted against a microscope slide , through which I could clearly see the tadpole-shaped trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness . |
| 11 | Granny was seated in her rocking chair facing the fireplace , but her back was to me and I could only see the paper curlers she had in her hair . |
| 12 | ‘ I could now see the strain was beginning to tell . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player . |
| 14 | She was breathing so quietly I could hardly see the rise and fall of her breasts , and those lips of hers looking fuller than I remembered , the mouth wider , and the line of the teeth just showing very white . |
| 15 | After that I could never see the point of toiling up a steep incline in preference to riding comfortably on a ski-lift ! |
| 16 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
| 17 | Although it was dark , I could still see the stone wall at the edge of the road . |
| 18 | Made some more bets that did n't quite work out , but I could still see the pattern — a good one , too . |
| 19 | I could still see the causeway . |
| 20 | I know it sounds crazy , but even as I watched this little boy , Jimbo , I thought I could actually see a muscle quiver . |
| 21 | She could easily see the broadness of his shoulders underneath a tailored white sports shirt . |
| 22 | She could even see a thrush pecking out a scarlet yew berry , swallowing the scarlet flesh and spitting out the poisonous pip . |
| 23 | She blew until she could barely see the shape of the social worker 's head through the pink bubble . |
| 24 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 25 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 26 | She could still see the tableau this morning : her father with tears of pride in his eyes — she knew he would go to the business and bore everyone to death with tales about how his wonderful daughter was going to university . |
| 27 | Alice looked all round the table , but she could only see a teapot . |
| 28 | She could only see the ceiling , but she could imagine the sight her bottom made : just overlapping the table , with her thighs spread wide to present a perfect picture of her intimate sexual opening to an enthralled audience . |
| 29 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 30 | She could only see the glint of the whites of his eyes , and the gleam of his teeth as he smiled at her . |