Example sentences of "[pron] could not see any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Afterwards Dr McDaid said : ‘ I could n't see any train . |
2 | I could n't see any hospital near : it must be quite a way to walk . |
3 | ‘ It was a family company and I could n't see any future for me as far as equity was concerned , ’ Goodwin says . |
4 | I could n't see any reason why this story should be different from the rest . |
5 | First she could not see any mistress there at all and thought the girls were alone and then she caught sight of Mademoiselle 's head in the middle of a crowd of girls , what was happening ? |
6 | Right now , though , she could n't see any alternative . |
7 | She was more than well acquainted with Lubor 's proclivity to see an invitation to grow amorous where there was none , though since he could n't do more than verbally flirt over the dinner table she could n't see any harm in accepting . |
8 | and we could n't see any smoke belting down the corridor so we thought well oh ! give me my coat ! |
9 | The companies found this a major block to their activities and eventually pulled out from the area : ‘ The companies never officially admitted that they were leaving , just sort of let their prospecting licences lapse … the reason they departed was because they could n't see any way that they could effectively operate with such total opposition . |
10 | But he could n't see any opening locally to take up farming on his own . |
11 | She prayed that he could n't see any flesh . |