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

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1 He could not see the Wood family .
2 The party 's problem was that it was a Catholic organisation and could not see the class basis of the problems .
3 Place could not see the police presence on the river walk above his head , but he could probably guess it was there .
4 It does n't mean pretending you can not see the peeling wallpaper and moth-eaten curtains , and going wild with a credit card .
5 In general terms , if you can not see the water surface you should trim and fly the aeroplane at the speed and configuration which gives the best combination of high nose attitude , low airspeed and minimum rate of descent .
6 Zenith can not see the source code because the copy is compiled ( in object code ) , but by using the program extensively , Zenith gets a good insight into the workings and structure of Acme 's program and , based on this insight , Zenith writes its program ( obviously without using a source code listing of Acme 's program ) .
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