Example sentences of "he [modal v] not see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We thought he might not see the body , ’ said Libab . |
| 2 | He could n't see the suitcase but he knew where it was , in the cavity between the walls and the roof . |
| 3 | He looked up , but even now he could n't see the top of the giant tree . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 5 | He could n't see the patient when he first entered because of the people standing around her . |
| 6 | He could n't see the hedge at the far end . |
| 7 | Was he so besotted with the woman that he could n't see the fallibility of what she was saying ? |
| 8 | He could n't see the boy any more . |
| 9 | He could n't see the gunman but at least he knew where he was . |
| 10 | He could n't see the yacht from where he was sitting and Ruth was glad of that . |
| 11 | It was as well he could n't see the scene at Inveraray castle that same minute . |
| 12 | If he could n't see the guy shooting at him , he did n't have a chance . |
| 13 | He could n't see the ground either . |
| 14 | From where he stood he could n't see the hospital wing . |
| 15 | Initially , he could n't see the body , and then he noticed the tell-tale blanket draped over a shape on the floor . |
| 16 | He could n't see the torch being flashed underneath and through the windows , but he felt the car sway as one of the coppers tugged at the driver s handle and the boot . |
| 17 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 18 | Guard dogs hurled themselves against the wire and then chased the car the length of the property , barking frantically , while Cinzia told Zen how she had persuaded Gianluigi to buy a place in the country although he could n't see the point , but to her nature was not a luxury but something fundamental , a source of sanity and order , did he understand what she meant ? |
| 19 | He could n't see the point of the story at all , but Ellen refused to explain . |
| 20 | He had always told me that education was a waste of time and he could n't see the point of it . |
| 21 | Unhappily , she averted her head so that he could not see the glimmer of tears that smarted behind her eyelids . |
| 22 | The court also absolved General Jorge Rabanal , who led the operation , on the grounds that from his post he could not see the slaughter of the prisoners . |
| 23 | I have always looked upon you as Theo Daniel said he could not see the pain Frederica said was in the olives , and Alexander , still lecturing , said that Vincent had objected to paintings of symbolic Christs in Gethsemane by Bernard and his compères , had torn up his own , had made do with the olives themselves . |
| 24 | Stirling jumped as the first man of his stick and in the darkness made a bad landing as he could not see the ground . |
| 25 | One tells of Drud , or Nightmare , familiar in folk-tale , another tells of an uncanny , supernatural instance : a master gunsmith could hit anything in range of his rifle even if he could not see the object . |
| 26 | In the dark he would not see the obstacle . |
| 27 | Ruth turned away and groped for her sunglasses and clamped them over her face so he would n't see the hurt in her eyes . |
| 28 | ‘ One of us just had a lucky escape , ’ she said , turning abruptly so that he would n't see the smile on her face . |
| 29 | Kate turned away so that he would n't see the pain in her face . |
| 30 | Ruth turned away so he would n't see the torment on her face . |