alcancé a ver

No alcancé a ver el número de matrícula.
I didn't catch the plate number.
Todo lo que alcancé a ver fue una pequeña ventana.
All I could see was one little window.
Yo alcancé a ver la frente y el cuello .
I caught a glimpse of their foreheads and necks.
Yo ni siquiera alcancé a ver la esmeralda.
I didn't even get to see the emerald.
Bueno, solo alcancé a ver el futuro.
Well, I just caught a glimpse of the future.
Obviamente no alcancé a ver mucho en ese ambiente constantemente cambiante.
I obviously missed a lot in this constantly changing landscape.
Anoté parte de la placa. No alcancé a ver el resto.
I got some of the licence plate, I didn't see the rest.
Éxito, al menos lo que alcancé a ver.
Success, as far as I could make out.
No alcancé a ver la solicitud de trabajo de Gordon Brown – uy, lo siento.
I didn't actually see Gordon Brown's job application—um, sorry.
No alcancé a ver el resto.
I didn't see the rest.
Solo que el doctor no tenía muchas ganas, hasta donde alcancé a ver.
Only the doc wasn't too keen, so far as I can make out.
No la alcancé a ver bien, pero para ser honesto...
I didn't really get a good look at her, but to tell you the truth,
No alcancé a ver el área en general. Alguien dejó su dinero.
I didn't even see the general area.
Mire, escuché gritos y quejidos por la playa, pero no alcancé a ver nada.
Well, look, I heard screaming and yelling down on the beach, but I didn't even see anything.
Con el rabillo del ojo alcancé a ver al conserje que iba y venía.
And out of the corner of my eye, I could see this janitor pacing back and forth.
Al escuchar y observar atentamente a los niños en las clases, también alcancé a ver cuestiones de justicia.
By carefully listening and observing children in the classroom, I was also able to see issues of fairness.
Así que me quité el cinturón, solo para amenazarlo y me alcancé a ver en el espejo.
So I took out my belt, just to threaten him and I got a glimpse of myself in the mirror.
Cuando estábamos de pie allí, mojados, con frío y espantosamente hambrientos, alcancé a ver un repollo que flotaba en el agua.
As we were standing there, excruciatingly hungry, cold and wet, I spotted a cabbage floating in the water.
Apenas salí y alcancé a ver a un tipo alejándose... había una caja frente a la escalera.
I barely got out in time to see a skimmer pulling away... and there was a box on the front step.
Y luego, un día, alcancé a ver a mi estrella y me sacaron de aquí una noche, en barco.
And then, one day, I caught a glimpse of my star and they took me away, at night, on a ship.
Palabra del día
la lápida