Example sentences of "[adv] [vb mod] not see " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't need Dr David Kent , who obviously could n't see what was in front of his face . |
| 2 | Richard faced the non-existent audience and so could n't see my reaction as he gave vent to excruciating sounds . |
| 3 | Right now leave it there so Could n't see about |
| 4 | Unless you go in ca n't see it , oh . |
| 5 | perhaps waiting for all the kids to school first perhaps ca n't see to do it in the dark |
| 6 | Once , her taut nerves convinced her there were footsteps leaving the typists ' room and she dropped to her knees at the side of the desk where someone glancing in would not see her . |
| 7 | Following the laughter C , who apparently can not see the photograph , asks " what was I wearing ? " : her London English response to the Creole comment which elicited the laughter . |
| 8 | She had felt sad watching as Tallis had slipped behind her , a figure on the shore , watching with concern but without understanding , since she had failed to place her Moondream mask across her face , and thus could not see the woman in the land . |
| 9 | ‘ It was a feeling of being suspended — it was not a negative feeling and not even a loss to be mourned , but I just could not see a way ahead . |
| 10 | What Ferguson had found and what the left just could not see was that when Hollywood really tried they produced a thing that ought not be pedantically analysed for ‘ the thing exists by itself for its moments on the screen , unquestionable ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd not forgotten him , but I just could n't see why he 'd want to kill her . |
| 12 | When I 'd checked the pin positions in the morning I 'd decided that it was going to be someone already under par who would be in a position to win next day as opposed to someone coming through the field , because I just could n't see anybody scoring well . |
| 13 | I later realized that the reason I always did so badly was I just could n't see the blackboard because I was so short-sighted . |
| 14 | So until then , I just could n't see , but , of course , I did n't realize that I could n't see and it was all a blur , because I never knew what it was like to see objects in focus . |
| 15 | I was so frustrated with everything , my life and my game , the whole scene , that I just could n't see straight . |
| 16 | They just could n't see it . |
| 17 | The only trouble was , she just could n't see how she was going to manage it . |
| 18 | It 's been screaming at me for days , but I just could n't see it . |
| 19 | I think it was when he come back , I did n't wait , I just could n't see I just see , you know . |
| 20 | No I just could n't see the name Prima actually just |
| 21 | You just could n't see far enough . |
| 22 | Watching him , Tallis soon could not see him . |
| 23 | If you stand here it might look beautiful , but if you pick up each one individually you 'll see weeds germinating , brittle bits and you could pick up a disease in the early stages which you just would n't see otherwise . |
| 24 | ‘ In a way , — I 'm not in the least surprised , but on the other hand , I somehow ca n't see you as one of these modern , independent career women . |
| 25 | There 's something wrong with it , and I just ca n't see it clearly . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I know you 're right , but I just ca n't see how I 'd handle ‘ no ’ . ' |
| 27 | You argue furiously and pointlessly with your parents and any other dopes who just ca n't see what he 's doing . |
| 28 | I just ca n't see the point of trying to look good on stage if you 've got a horrible piece of yellow plastic hanging around your neck . |
| 29 | I read a book — I do n't know — some metamorphosist or something who went to live on an island — anyway , he believes , he says that there is something — that things are caught in light and space waves , that we do n't die , that it 's all still here , but that we just ca n't see it . |
| 30 | I just ca n't see us managing it , although we should finish off our season by beating Scotland in Cardiff . |