Example sentences of "could [adv] see the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most clients were too close to their organisation — they could not see the wood for the trees — to solve many of their senior recruiting problems . |
| 2 | Sometimes you could not see the food for the trees . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 5 | Blunt could n't see the reason for that . |