Example sentences of "could [adv] see [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could already see those vipers sorting out the Ambre Solaire . |
| 2 | BELFAST could soon see annual profits of over £1m go up in smoke and become a dumping ground for waste from all over Europe , it was warned today . |
| 3 | And as a background she could still see those policemen going in and out of the house in Mouncy Street the day she had seen John Coffin sitting outside . |
| 4 | There had been a storm the previous day and she could still see white horses in the bay from where she was sitting by a south-facing window . |
| 5 | Through the oculus Lexandro could now see crenellated parapets overhanging space , stained-glass galleries , battle banners springing from the tips of spires stiffly in the void , and the bristling snouts of defence lasers . |
| 6 | Sometimes they also carried stars because , at night , after one of the cloud towers had gone up , the nomes could sometimes see new stars moving across the sky . |
| 7 | I could barely see ten yards because of the glare , and it was no use trying to look far ahead . |
| 8 | But although he could see areas of hewn stonework that seemed to close him in , and although he could certainly see barred windows through which light streamed , there were no gaolers , and there were no other prisoners . |