Example sentences of "i [modal v] see the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I 'll see the funny side of it one day . |
| 2 | ‘ If it 's witchcraft , ’ Mandeville grated , ‘ I 'll see the old bitch burn within a week ! ’ |
| 3 | From the air , I could see the burned-out shopping centres along Western Avenue whose Korean signs were still visible in the ashes . |
| 4 | Turning a quarter circle away from the mosque towards the setting sun , through the early evening heat haze I could see the distant silhouette of the Qutab Minar , the tower of victory built by the first Sultan immediately after he had driven the Hindus from Delhi in 1192 . |
| 5 | When I travelled across to the other side of the island , I could see the other islands , and I said to myself , ‘ Perhaps I can get there with a boat . |
| 6 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 7 | We were so close that I could see the unhappy mixture of terror and subservience in his face . |
| 8 | In front of me I could see the dark shape of a summer-house and I moved towards it . |
| 9 | The new stripped-pine floor vibrated ; through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road , the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging , escaping into the very centre of the earth . |
| 10 | On the other hand , among the general clutter , only a few feet off , I could see the upturned keel of an old clinker-built rowing boat . |
| 11 | It was so close that I could see the tiny ball of silk held between its front pair of legs and its jaws . |
| 12 | I could see the tiny figures of Harvey and myself moving on two of the screens as we walked across the floor . |
| 13 | From the Land Rover I could see the awful brown flatness . |
| 14 | I could see the dull glint of the gun in the open drawer . |
| 15 | Through the gap in the fence I could see the red-haired woman hacking away at the tangle of greenery with a large silver blade that flashed in the sun . |
| 16 | Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal . |
| 17 | I could see the great livid weals of scars running across the small of her back and down her mighty thighs . |
| 18 | I could see the nervous tension in him . |
| 19 | In the distance I could see the rock-girl Acropolis crowned by the ruins of the Parthenon . |
| 20 | From my position at the entrance to the dug-out I could see the wounded in the sunken road in the same positions they were in before the shelling started . |
| 21 | From this side , I could see the modern town the French had built , outside the casbah . |
| 22 | The sea was flat , faintly streaked by a waning moon , and through the porthole of the saloon I could see the Southern Cross and the Milky Way , unblemished by cloud . |
| 23 | By the fire 's steady glow , I could see the shaved and scarred head of ST . |
| 24 | I thought I could see the horrible creature there in front of me . |
| 25 | Even from where I stood I could see the white and yellow of dog-daisies and hawkear blowing in the sea-breeze like coloured veils over the green . |
| 26 | Through my binoculars I could see the white wing bars and the slightly bizarre face pattern : two small blobs of white — like false eyes — on his forehead . |
| 27 | one , I could see the white one but I could n't see the erm |
| 28 | ‘ Do you think I could see the earlier implant ? |
| 29 | From where I lay I could see the repeated pattern of the sleepers slowly passing beneath the train . |
| 30 | The window gave on to a small lead roof beyond whose parapet I could see the topmost branches of the elm tree , the ornate brick chimneys of my own House — School House . |