Example sentences of "not see [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ego is the limited , separated , illusory self which can not see beyond the end of its own nose . |
| 2 | ‘ If you can not see beyond the painted image , beyond the obvious , then perhaps you should go , perhaps you should have never even come . ’ |
| 3 | Down at Lucifer 's feet , in front of the stage , a girl with long , black hair stood on tip-toe but still could not see over the heads of the crowd . |
| 4 | The wash boiler is on in the kitchen so you can not see through the French window for steam . |
| 5 | For , of course , you could not see to the foot of the hill , let alone seven counties , under the stars . |
| 6 | How fortunate for the denizens of The Daily Herald , then , that they could not see into the future — even the immediate future ! |
| 7 | She was short-sighted a could not see into the auditorium . |
| 8 | Dazzled by the evening sun the people in the garden could not see into the sitting room and had no idea who Rain 's visitor was until Wickham joined them . |
| 9 | All out 446 meant that England had a lot of batting to do in the last two days , and when Larkins went at the end of the third day to a ball that he did not see in the shadows , one felt they just were not going to make it . |
| 10 | However , it does not follow that his patients were all more ‘ abnormal ’ than those people he did not see in the consulting room . |
| 11 | Reflections are something you can not see in the flames of central heating . |
| 12 | She could n't see to the bottom of the scree slope . |
| 13 | ‘ Just the branches … ca n't see to the end of the tunnel in either direction . |
| 14 | get away from here , I ca n't see for the flaming |
| 15 | You ca n't see with the th the colour , a better colour . |
| 16 | But I ca n't see into the future ’ . |
| 17 | This does n't allow fine-detail viewing — the viewer ca n't see into the windows of homes — but individual streets , river traffic , troop or merchant wagon movements and suchlike are readily seen . |
| 18 | I ca n't see into the future in the way you said your Aunt Liti could do , but I 'm certain of this , for I feel it in my bones . |
| 19 | ‘ You could n't see into the office from the kitchen ? ’ |
| 20 | The writer complained that the City of London ‘ is essentially blind ’ , contains few Christians and ‘ ca n't see beyond the end of its ( hooked ) nose ’ ( emphasis in original ) . |
| 21 | The worst thing was having to climb that damned ladder to the roof of Flying Control in a howling gale and lashing rain , to see how far I could n't see across the air field and to estimate the strength of the wind which was doing its best to dislodge my desperate hold on the railing . |
| 22 | I took you both in and , you could n't see across the room ! |
| 23 | I ca n't see your house ; I ca n't see who 's having chips in Mario 's ; I ca n't see over the hill to Westlands . |
| 24 | A TRIBE of pygmies has been banned from driving after 37 accidents in Zaire — as they ca n't see over the dashboard . |
| 25 | Now she ca n't see over the weeds . |
| 26 | For a moment he could n't see through the train of bubbles left by the spear , which hit the fish dead centre and an inch behind the jaw hinge . |
| 27 | It was tough on the aircrews though , going out night after night to drop bombs on targets they could n't see through the murk and the searchlights , but perhaps this very impersonality kept them going — that and the fact that they were young and usually had a few days between each mission when they could recuperate in the relative peace and tranquility of the English countryside . |
| 28 | If you ca n't see through the glass because of condensation , remove the lid for a few days . |
| 29 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 30 | But I ca n't see in the long run that it would make any difference to what we 've been talking about , seeing who Maggie is . |