Example sentences of "she could see his " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had spotted the cigarette smoke from afar and now she could see his feet protruding from under the canvas . |
| 2 | She could see his old confidence flooding back as he began to realize that everything was working out very conveniently … . |
| 3 | She could see his brain struggling to find an escape route and that he should want one hurt and shocked her . |
| 4 | She could see his face quite clearly , as it was lit by the gas street lamp just a few feet behind him . |
| 5 | She could see his mouth moving but the words were strange , alien . |
| 6 | She wished she could see his face . |
| 7 | " When she was lying on her thin pallet at night she screwed her eyes up tight and then she could see his face . |
| 8 | She could see his decision not to bother to try to explain that Brian hardly knew anybody in Northam Town Hall , and that Brian 's salary as Head of Humanities at an Adult Education College hardly rose to paying his own mortgage , let alone to buying a house for his ageing father . |
| 9 | He opened another button on his shirt , and she could see his thick , matted chest hair . |
| 10 | In the light from the partly-opened curtains , she could see his head above hers , his neck stretched , his eyes open and staring at the wall above the bed-head . |
| 11 | Even there she could not escape him ; she could see his distorted image in the slanted glass of the car 's windows , dim in the background , still lit by his instruments . |
| 12 | At last , turning so that she could see his face , he blurted out : |
| 13 | She turned his head so she could see his profile . |
| 14 | She could see his disdain , and it was n't so much for her — she hardly seemed to count for anything at all in his eyes . |
| 15 | All right , she could see his point . |
| 16 | ‘ You took nothing I did n't want to give , ’ she said , wishing she could see his face . |
| 17 | There was a grim edge to his mocking that drew her attention , and Folly wished that she could see his face more clearly . |
| 18 | He laughed again and she could see his teeth gleam whitely across the room . |
| 19 | ‘ What are you up to ? ’ she frowned , wishing she could see his face . |
| 20 | Moving back a fraction so that she could see his expression , she continued softly , ‘ You were right , I have been very stupid . ’ |
| 21 | Then he loosened his hold and tilted her back , so that she could see his outline in the half-light . |
| 22 | She could see his smile in perfect detail , ironic , thin-lipped , in command . |
| 23 | She could see his smile , his sympathy , but her perception of the picture had drastically changed . |
| 24 | She could see his lips slightly wet with champagne and was suddenly seized with a desire to feel that wetness against her own mouth . |
| 25 | In the silence that followed she gradually became aware of David 's stillness ; so aware that in the end she was forced to twist her head so that she could see his face . |
| 26 | Yet she wished fervently that she could see his face , see what kind of man he was . |
| 27 | She did , and she could see his white smile , brilliant , in the blackness of the room . |
| 28 | She could see his back stiffen . |
| 29 | Shelley crept in further , so that she could see his face . |