Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] quite see " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spun round , but she could not quite see him . |
| 2 | Tom Tremayne had seen to that and Liza , irresponsible and hedonistic as she was , could not quite see herself leaving Harriet holding the baby while she went off to undertake some kind of training . |
| 3 | The crows attacked and her movements were strangely slow and disorientated as if she could not quite see them , or make her wings and talons move as she intended . |
| 4 | With talk of sweetbreads and liver and fillet she captivated him — I could n't quite see how she did it . |
| 5 | And why not credit cards ? — no , he could n't quite see American Express listing her . |
| 6 | Somehow he could n't quite see himself doing this . |
| 7 | Even though it was beginning to recede in her memory , Folly still could n't quite see what she had gone through as a joke . |
| 8 | Dorcas could n't quite see how frogs had got involved . |
| 9 | She felt close to him , although she could n't quite see his features or his choice of clothes . |
| 10 | The image was still nebulous , she could n't quite see it , though the cottage helped . |
| 11 | Charlie could n't quite see what was inside . |
| 12 | Ah yeah well I could n't quite see . |
| 13 | Nicholson remained slightly ahead of his group so that they could never quite see the expression of disdain of his face . |
| 14 | In 1951 ‘ he was so excited that all he could say was ‘ It 's a desperately close race — I ca n't quite see from here who is ahead — it 's either Oxford or Cambridge ’ . |
| 15 | And if you still ca n't quite see him , and this is not your ideal Boy at all , then I 'm sorry . |
| 16 | The lack of contouring presents no real disadvantage , though the lack of a ribcage cutaway means that the bass tilts slightly forward from the top , so you ca n't quite see where you are on the fretboard for occasional quick reference . |
| 17 | At the peak , you ca n't quite see Vivoli 's but it is on the right , near the Verdi Theatre . |
| 18 | ’ Ca n't quite see it , ’ I mumbled . |
| 19 | But I ca n't quite see how to deal with it yet . |
| 20 | Because of the angle of the mirror , I ca n't quite see them , but I can hear their voices as they approach . |
| 21 | I ca n't quite see the reason for discounting second homes altogether as the D O E have done . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't quite see you as a stonemason . ’ |
| 23 | I can nae ca n't quite see . |
| 24 | Which I ca n't quite see what that 's got to do with a television company but |
| 25 | They do not expect him to lose but can not quite see how he is going to win . |