Example sentences of "[modal v] n't see [pers pn] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could n't see them right if you were a few yards from them , but just the figures moving you know , and their arms going backwards and fore cleaning the windows . |
| 2 | It 's hardly worth drawing the cheques in certain cases and the capital programme , could n't see it actually when I looked for it first time , had to go back to the pink sheet and found the noughts , now we 're not as generous as we 'd like to be , but at least we try . |
| 3 | Obviously all the planets that we see orbiting the sun must be travelling at exactly the right speed to keep them in their orbits , or we would n't see them there because they would n't be there ! |
| 4 | Yes you think I ca n't see you just cos you 're behind me . |
| 5 | I ca n't see it though because you see I do n't do anything like this at all |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't see it now because of the floodwater . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I understand you 're going straight home to Mummy and I sha n't see you again until we meet in front of an altar … |
| 8 | Well , we enjoyed that outing , er we had tea on the roof , which was all glass , never seen anything like it before and I sha n't see it again since it got burnt down anyway . |