Example sentences of "could [adv] see [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began to shake , not because he was physically afraid of Nicholson , though the man was twice his size , but because he could suddenly see his world falling apart around him . |
| 2 | Cobalt 's mouth curved in his mischievous smile although she could only see her reflection in his lenses . |
| 3 | They had to take their places on a enormous swing ; once seated it was lowered from the flies until the audience could only see their legs as they went through their act . |
| 4 | But as we were very small people in these days , he could only see his way to take Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 5 | The man had stopped pacing now ; he was talking , at first quietly , so that she could only see his lips moving through a screen of ferns , then he began arguing , gesticulating , running through the phrases again and again like an actor in rehearsal , pleading with someone who was n't there . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 7 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 8 | That was all , because , when he sat down , people could only see his coat and his shirt , which were not very old . |
| 9 | As a good friend of mine once commented , ‘ If man could only see his aura , he would never go to war . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Ca n't say much about 'is looks , 'e 'ad a scarf wrapped around 'is neck an' face ; you could only see 'is hooter an' mince pies . |
| 11 | And here 's me with one eye and here 's I could fucking see our William , here 's me round the back then me I 'm away in here to waken up , fuck ten past seven |
| 12 | PATIENTS so short-sighted they could scarcely see their car from 25 yards can now see well enough without glasses or contact lenses to read its number plate . |
| 13 | For some years her vision had only enabled her to find her way about her house : she could not read and could scarcely see her television . |
| 14 | He could just see her face as he walked over to the pavement beneath . |
| 15 | He could just see his Mercedes with Dillon seated in the back . |
| 16 | Towards dawn , Miranda no longer knew whether or not she was dreaming , as she felt Adam 's flesh against hers and inhaled the pungent almond smell of love ; by the dying embers of the drawing-room fire , she could just see his face . |
| 17 | She could just see his face when she told him her mornings began at six . |
| 18 | I could just see my hand when I held it out . |
| 19 | I could just see my face in it . |
| 20 | Dorcas does n't believe in you , and I certainly do n't believe in you , but if you could just see your way clear to existing just long enough for us to find them , we 'd all appreciate it very much . |
| 21 | Instead of Greece they went to Wyvis Hall because Adam was broke and Mary was close to broke because that first time it had been so beautiful and peaceful and private there that you could hardly see what advantages Greece would have had over it . |
| 22 | The hood was pulled up so that you could hardly see his head . |
| 23 | One such gillie , towards the end of his career , carried out his duties more by instinct than by reason : he had always been shortsighted , but , nearing retirement , he could hardly see his hand in front of his face . |
| 24 | He could still see her painting in the garden . |
| 25 | Looking out over the snow-covered park , she could still see her brother 's reflection in the glass . |
| 26 | I could still see her eyes twinkling , hear her voice and her laughter like a gold thread sparkling through a tapestry of words . |
| 27 | I had been polishing it for what seemed hours and you could now see your face in it perfectly . |
| 28 | The , for example , where I worked I had to bale out you know in the morning about thirty pails of water , you know before I could even see my footboard . |
| 29 | Myra 's face was a study , and beneath her curls Claudia could almost see her brain making two and two equal a hundred . |
| 30 | When she crossed her legs you could almost see her stocking-tops . |