Example sentences of "[modal v] n't see [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She could n't see Spike . |
2 | Down on ground level again , I could n't see gaunt-face anywhere . |
3 | Though I knew a remarkable plumber with only a stump for a hand who worked for Uncle Ted , I could n't see Changez decorating Anwar 's shop with one arm . |
4 | I was touched , I could n't see Mrs Thatcher touching , shaking my hand . |
5 | He could n't see Fernando Serra and his beautiful companion or the crew dispersing for the night . |
6 | Rory could n't see Fergus Urvill . |
7 | ‘ I could n't see Gillian . |
8 | Well anyway it gets half way through this wood I could n't see couple of yards in front of me |
9 | He could n't see Alina anywhere around . |
10 | He could n't see Lee . |
11 | She could n't see Oliver anywhere , but she could see Dickie , standing some way back in the crowd . |
12 | She could n't see Miguelito from here , but she had seen enough . |
13 | She could n't see William 's face but something in his voice discouraged further questions . |
14 | He could n't see Ruane 's face because it was bent below the rim of the desk , as he put his shoes back on . |
15 | But he could n't see Bertha because the bushes were too thick , and he could n't smell her because the smell of the myrtle was too strong . |
16 | But the patient was having treatment and could n't see visitors so he had an hour to spare . |
17 | He could n't see people . |
18 | I could n't see Emily 's expression as I did so . |
19 | I could n't see Russell 's face or his reaction to all this . |
20 | The Prior would eventually have to obey his superiors , no matter what his private thoughts on the matter , and he could n't see de Tracy going against the majority of England 's nobility . |
21 | That was important , for I could n't see Joanna . |
22 | dad , dad did n't say nothing about all evening just pop in for an hour , but I could n't see Stuey and me sitting there disturb him , scared |
23 | She could n't see Alice 's face , only the loose wispy bits of her hair , glinting in the light from the guttering candles behind her . |
24 | He could n't see curvature in the third dimension . |
25 | She could n't see Angela , but that was not surprising , because there were walls and various other objects in the way , although the land was flat and largely bare of trees and hedges . |
26 | Gazzer could n't see Marie clearly . |
27 | She could n't see Faye either . |
28 | She could n't see Daak . |
29 | She still could n't see Daak . |
30 | Ace could n't see Daak . |