Example sentences of "could see [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If you could see just one show at the ( Edinburgh ) Festival , it would have to be this one ’ .
2 There are spacious arcades and galleries on all sides of the square , and on these I could see nobly sculpted medallions of famous Spaniards .
3 As I picked it up , I could see only one word — dead …
4 Burun looked , but he could see only unprepared men who had not even drawn their bows because they were so confident of success .
5 For , as with the apple tree leaves , Johnny could see only those things from her world which he held within his hands .
6 The moon had come out again — even the moon did as he wanted , she thought hopelessly — and across the water she could see only high walls and shuttered windows .
7 Clare could see more rusty chain around the slender , peeling , silver trunk of a nearby birch tree .
8 As we untied her , we could see long red bruises across her neck .
9 I could see about 45 eggs in all .
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