Example sentences of "she [modal v] not see the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He was all soft and scummy inside , and greenish , like his eyes , and she stood up and pulled the two halves of his torn torso together like a shirt she was going to button up so she should not see the spilling of his innards .
2 Sir Gregory knew that was out of the question , but it was also essential that she should not see the entrance to the tunnel .
3 He turned towards the stove so that she should n't see the flush of shame and dismay that he had let slip Berowne 's name .
4 She could not see the state of Eleanor 's neck because Eleanor wore the collar of her crisp white blouse up .
5 She could not see if the platform emptied because she could not see the platform .
6 She told me later she could not see the point of such correspondence .
7 One day when we were vacationing in Santa Fe in 1943 my daughter , Jennifer , who was then 3 , asked me why she could not see the picture I had just taken of her .
8 How very odd that she could not see the source of the light , but could see the light itself .
9 She could n't see the stain ; owing to the rain it was all dark , but of course it was there .
10 It was clear from the reports that he was an insanely jealous man who , for example , ‘ made [ his wife ] walk with her head down so she could n't see the bulge in men 's trousers ’ .
11 He was right , she could breathe , but only if she closed her eyes so she could n't see the perspex two inches from her nose !
12 He felt warm and solid , safe , and , so long as she could n't see the mockery that sometimes filled his eyes , she could pretend , could n't she ?
13 From where she was standing she could n't see the house , but she knew it was big , red-bricked and square .
14 She could n't see the number from where she was , so she stole through the undergrowth and came up to it from behind .
15 She could n't see the washing when the lights are out .
16 She could n't see the stranger 's face .
17 The hair above his left ear was matted and spiked like her kitten 's fur after he had washed , but she could n't see the blood against the dark hair .
18 Without her glasses she could n't see the effect .
19 Although she could n't see the gesture , he waved a hand as if to demonstrate the extent of her freedom .
20 As yet she could n't see the pattern clearly .
21 She would not see the heather again .
22 We have done our best to protect her ; we ensured she would not see the baby at birth , removing him from the Maternity Unit as soon as he was delivered .
23 She ca n't see the reason why she needs to have it done , since she 's unlikely to be used as a donor . ’
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