Example sentences of "i can see what " in BNC.

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1 But , yes — I read plays and I can see actors in the parts — I hope I can see what is suitable to their personalities .
2 I can see what CAMRA has done from the local pubs .
3 It is better if I wait until the morning when I can see what I am doing . ’
4 Boris , my old comrade , I can see what you game is .
5 I can see what you mean , well , do n't worry , my lips are sealed ! ’ she giggled .
6 The board has the same switches on it as I have on the rack , so if Bryan presses the board they light up for me too , so I can see what he 's got on .
7 I laughed then but now I can see what she meant .
8 I little knew then what the future held for me and looking back I can see what a lot I had to learn .
9 All you need is an ‘ I know what you mean ’ or ‘ I can see what you 're getting at ’ for an entirely different kind of discussion to begin .
10 ‘ Ron compared getting Ray to Leeds signing Strach three years ago , and I can see what he means , ’ said McAllister .
11 I also know how to get the red-tailed buzzard out of a tree at night , so if it flies off I stay by the tree in which it settles until dark , then I go and fetch sticks and a torch so that I can see what I 'm doing .
12 But this talk about ‘ a frontier which is perceived from both sides ’ makes it sound as if in addition to the physical eye which I can use to get at the pin there is a sort of phantom eye in my skull with which I can see what goes on under my skin .
13 I suppose it 's erm in in that sense erm er I I I I can see what you 're , this , I do n't think that 's a factor in in in the , in the erm in in the fact that these wars are short .
14 I can see what 's troubling Fiver ; though he 'll get over it , I dare say .
15 As Carmel finished the 3s , she came to me and whispered : ‘ I think I can see what the 5s are going to be before I do it ’ , and she explained her prediction .
16 I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made .
17 It had never really occurred to me to put things in those terms but I can see what he meant and to an extent he was partly right .
18 I can see what you 're driving at .
19 I can see what your idea is , ’ says Phil , with sudden gloom .
20 I can see what you 're doing , ’ she told him icily .
21 I can see what fond memories you have of her . ’
22 I , I , I can see what you 're trying to do I just think
23 I can see what they mean about women softening you up .
24 I can see what 's gon na happen .
25 ‘ No , I can see what this means : it 's the end of beating in our time . ’
26 I want to be out on a limb with my back to the water so that I can see what the rest of the world is doing .
27 Yes , I can see what you 're thinking .
28 I can see what he is thinking : the pieces are falling into place .
29 Well , I can see what he meant .
30 I can see what you thought ! ’
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