Example sentences of "not see [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ego is the limited , separated , illusory self which can not see beyond the end of its own nose . |
| 2 | Down at Lucifer 's feet , in front of the stage , a girl with long , black hair stood on tip-toe but still could not see over the heads of the crowd . |
| 3 | For , of course , you could not see to the foot of the hill , let alone seven counties , under the stars . |
| 4 | Reflections are something you can not see in the flames of central heating . |
| 5 | She could n't see to the bottom of the scree slope . |
| 6 | ‘ Just the branches … ca n't see to the end of the tunnel in either direction . |
| 7 | This does n't allow fine-detail viewing — the viewer ca n't see into the windows of homes — but individual streets , river traffic , troop or merchant wagon movements and suchlike are readily seen . |
| 8 | ‘ You could n't see into the office from the kitchen ? ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't see into the future in the way you said your Aunt Liti could do , but I 'm certain of this , for I feel it in my bones . |
| 10 | The writer complained that the City of London ‘ is essentially blind ’ , contains few Christians and ‘ ca n't see beyond the end of its ( hooked ) nose ’ ( emphasis in original ) . |
| 11 | I ca n't see your house ; I ca n't see who 's having chips in Mario 's ; I ca n't see over the hill to Westlands . |
| 12 | For a moment he could n't see through the train of bubbles left by the spear , which hit the fish dead centre and an inch behind the jaw hinge . |