Example sentences of "she could see it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wood down there , below the water line , was spongy and rotten : she could see it crumbling away in his hands . |
| 2 | Clarissa observed dryly that she could see it was and that he 'd better go round ringing all the doorbells . |
| 3 | She could see it in the covert glances of the London girls , some of whom had been planning how to look at the Belvoir dance for the past month . |
| 4 | I spoke to her , telling her to do as we had earlier discussed and detach herself from the scene so that she could see it and tell me about it but could not feel any distress , whether mental , physical or emotional . |
| 5 | I would have the food in my hand — hence all the effort to make her take food from me at home — and I made sure she could see it , however much I loosened her leash . |
| 6 | She could see it still , made an ineffectual grab at it , seized only a girl 's skirt instead and , relinquishing it with a gasp , saw its wearer 's face loom close to hers , as distressed as her own must be . |
| 7 | This story was a favourite of the headmistress of her primary school , so she heard it often at Morning Prayers , and long before she could see it as a parable , she already felt shock before its injustice . |
| 8 | She could see it clearly now ; there were no drifting green currents , just blackness barred by light from the ruins of the Castle . |
| 9 | For a moment , she thought she could see it : fragile silver filaments of enchantment , gentle brittle frost-webs of something that was not quite light , but not quite solid , but somehow composed of both . |
| 10 | The afternoons were also good for going to the cinema ; they had all of the stuff that would take about six months to make a brief appearance in her home town and she could see it on decent-sized screens instead of one like the end of a shoebox . |
| 11 | She could see it all . |
| 12 | Even the nurse said she could see it . |
| 13 | With hindsight she could see it had been unwise , especially in view of the family history of heart disease . |
| 14 | She could see it in the black expression that crossed his face and the tightened lips . |
| 15 | But she could see it all the same , in the tremors that shook the broad plain of his chest as he struggled to contain his fury . |
| 16 | If ever she 'd seen determination shining from a man 's face she could see it shining from Alexander Vass 's now . |
| 17 | Saturday had merely been a run-in ; she could see it now . |
| 18 | Of course ! she could see it all now : Luke had suggested this date to give him the opportunity to warn her off Rob ! |
| 19 | Well she thoroughly enjoyed the life , in fact right up , oh till nearly the end she spoke about Pharay and as long as she was able she used to go and she imagined she could see it better with the spy glasses . |
| 20 | But as they crossed the sand she could see it was true . |
| 21 | She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills . |
| 22 | She could see it was the wrong thing to say and his black brows rose coldly . |
| 23 | As she returned to her nest , looking around her , she could see it so clearly that it made her laugh . |
| 24 | She could see it in his eyes . |
| 25 | Even if cosy was n't the word she would have applied to the conservatory opening out before her she could see it was a little more intimate than the vast medieval refectory in which they 'd previously dined . |
| 26 | She could see it all — Fernando 's heavies hauling Steve from his bed this morning , threatening him with concrete trainers and a long drop into the sea from Fernando 's yacht … |
| 27 | She could see it in his face , his guard , for the first time since she 'd known him , completely lowered . |
| 28 | And he got out of there fast , before she could see it , some masculine fear in him that if she knew how he felt she would use his vulnerability against him . |
| 29 | Dagmar knew it too , she could see it in her eyes . |