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Example sentences for "could see"

  • I could see it proceeded from a big man in a big nightcap, leaning from a one-pair window; and as I was not yet abreast of his house, I judged it was more wise to answer.

  • I could see nothing--or else I could see too much.

  • Behind, their tongues already lolling out, ran the Wolf-women in great leaping strides.

  • We fancied that in his eyes and his gait we could see a snakish resemblance.

  • He little thought that the little black urchins around him, could see, through those vocal crevices, the very secrets of his heart.

  • We could see no spot on this side the ocean, where we could be free.

  • He could see or hear us nearly all the time.

  • I could see that he really thirsted to get hold of me.

  • The light was dim, and after the brilliant sunshine for a while he could see nothing.

  • I would have given much to be a disembodied spirit so that I could see them in the privacy of the studio and hear what they talked about.

  • Gently pressing it, I had the satisfaction of feeling the door slowly give before me, and in another instant we were looking into a dimly lighted apartment, which, so far as we could see, was unoccupied.

  • The buildings upon the south side of this square did not appear to be inhabited, as I could see no lights, and so I decided to gain the inner courtyard through one of them.

  • These bars were set one above another about three feet apart, and formed a perfect ladder as far above me as I could see.

  • Besides the dog, there was nothing left in the ship that had life; nor any goods, that I could see, but what were spoiled by the water.

  • If he could see no one within, then no one could see him once he was inside the door.

  • He could see them, huddled frightened behind Harding and Norris.

  • I could see it, in her face, at last clear itself; she put out her hand to me as a pledge.

  • Oh, that manner, I could see in my visitor's face, and not a little else besides!

  • You see how he could see," I meanwhile went on.

  • The terrace and the whole place, the lawn and the garden beyond it, all I could see of the park, were empty with a great emptiness.

  • In the midst of his babbling, though, he could see, in the welling dew of the woman's eyes, the tenderness of regard he had inspired.

  • He looked around anxiously, himself frightened by their fright, though he could see no sign of danger anywhere.

  • He now ruled over the land as far as he--or even someone with good eyesight--could see in every direction from the top of his highest tower.

  • Together they hastened to the window beyond which the girl could see a rope dangling from above.

  • Ahead, as far as he could see, there was no sign of any living creature to bar his way, and the frontier could not be more than twenty-five miles away.

  • For a moment he could see nothing, and then out of the glaring blur grew the figure of a man sitting at a table--with his back toward the panel.

  • That they were watching him Barney could see.

  • The roadway in front of us, as far as I could see it, was soon one unbroken stretch of white from fence to fence.

  • He said little, but I could see that he was very proud and very happy.

  • Though the sky was by this time overcast, the pond was so smooth that I could see where he broke the surface when I did not hear him.

  • Though I passed over it as gently as possible, the slight undulations produced by my boat extended almost as far as I could see, and gave a ribbed appearance to the reflections.

  • One day when I came to the same place forty-eight hours afterward, I found that those large bubbles were still perfect, though an inch more of ice had formed, as I could see distinctly by the seam in the edge of a cake.

  • I was tired, at any rate; but had I been as fresh as when I rose, I could see it was in vain for me to contend in speed with such an adversary.

  • The slopes of the knoll and all the inside of the stockade had been cleared of timber to build the house, and we could see by the stumps what a fine and lofty grove had been destroyed.

  • I could see by the working of his face that he was trying to think, and the process was so slow and laborious that, in my new-found security, I laughed aloud.

  • Smith, I could see, was undetermined how to act; he stood tugging at his ear and glancing from the impassive Chinaman to the wondering detectives.

  • I could see that he had no intention of turning in.

  • Another door communicated with a small study, and through the opening I could see a man on all fours examining the carpet.

  • Four times he walked me up the road to a point whence we could see a long distance; and there he would stand, shading his eyes with his hand, and looking.

  • I failed several times, as I could see out of the corner of my eye without being told; but at last I knew I must be looking straight at the thing--knew it from the pleasure issuing in invisible waves from him.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    could answer; could assume; could gather; could hear; could hope; could judge; could learn; could mean; could not have been; could not refrain from; could observe; could offer; could possibly; could produce misleading results; could reach; could rely; could ride; could scarce; could stand; could still; could summon; could swear; could understand; fifth parallel; laid down; poor children