Example sentences of "could [adv] see his [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 | But as we were very small people in these days , he could only see his way to take Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 6 | That was all , because , when he sat down , people could only see his coat and his shirt , which were not very old . |
| 7 | As a good friend of mine once commented , ‘ If man could only see his aura , he would never go to war . ’ |
| 8 | He could just see his Mercedes with Dillon seated in the back . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She could just see his face when she told him her mornings began at six . |
| 11 | The hood was pulled up so that you could hardly see his head . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She could almost see his brain working . |
| 14 | She could certainly see his face was flushed with liquor , in that typical Asian way . |
| 15 | She might not have been able to see his expression , but she could definitely see his smile — and it was n't a very nice one . |