Example sentences of "they [modal v] [not/n't] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need to take extra care when talking to elderly people because they may not see or hear so well . |
| 2 | ‘ But when they meet me , they may not see a kind creature who has helped them . |
| 3 | They may not see the value until they 've been on them . |
| 4 | ‘ They should not see television as a panacea for all financial ills . ’ |
| 5 | Not squeeze to the side because they might not see you there . |
| 6 | But lets just notice two or three things in this particular interview , the first thing that we see and its so obvious is that the way of salvation is so wondrously simple , it could n't be easier , you know there are so many people who think it is hard to get saved , who think it is hard to come to Christ and to become a Christian , well the problem is you see the devil has blinded their eyes , they 've blinded the eyes of men and women , so that they think that they ca n't do this , but what is actually happened , Paul tells us in , in , in Carinthians in the first er , in to Carinthians in chapter four and verse four , he says the god of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of god , and there is this shroud , this covering , but the thing is god takes that away so that we can see and so its not difficult to become a Christian , it is not hard to get saved , sometimes as Christians we are guilty of making it difficult for people to become Christians , we put all sorts of rules in , we , we make them undergo various periods of er , of probation before we wer we 've were , were willing to call them Christians , remember the Philippine jailer he cried out there to the apostle Paul who was er in jail there with Silus the , the be , the tremendous earthquake and they were released all their vetoers was , were broken and the prisoners were all , could of escaped and the ja , the Philippine jailer he cries out a question that I 'm sure he does n't even know what he means when he calls it out , he 's not thinking of heaven , he 's not thinking of the future life , he 's not thinking of having his sins dealt with but he just cries out what must I do to be saved and the apostle Paul and he gets , opens the scrolls and he starts in genesis and he explains the plan of salvation and he tells him what he 's got to do and he explains all the requirements and then about three or four hours later the mans mind is completely blurred he does n't understand a word of it , its gone way beyond him |
| 7 | Well the problem is , you see , the devil has blinded their eyes , he had blinded the eyes of men and women so that they think that they ca n't do this , but what has actual happened , Paul tells us , i i in , in Corinthians in the first er , in Two Corinthians in chapter four , and verse four , he says , the God of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of God . |
| 8 | True , there was a mixed Italian and German team climbing not far away , heading for the Traverse of the Gods ; he could see them but for some reason they could n't see him . |
| 9 | They could n't see beyond what had already been sold . ’ |
| 10 | What they could n't see though was that another interested spectator was Rico d'Agostino in the stalls . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The companies found this a major block to their activities and eventually pulled out from the area : ‘ The companies never officially admitted that they were leaving , just sort of let their prospecting licences lapse … the reason they departed was because they could n't see any way that they could effectively operate with such total opposition . |
| 13 | What they could n't see was the sadness in the eyes behind the mask . |
| 14 | They could n't see , either . |
| 15 | They could n't see the shepherd until they crossed the last rise but they could hear the sheepbells on the clear air . |
| 16 | They could n't see how they could go wrong . |
| 17 | Sylvie 's coffin slid away , swallowed up by flames they could n't see . |
| 18 | It just appeared that way because they could n't see the wonkyness of the rubber , ’ said Gedanken . |
| 19 | They could n't see anything . |
| 20 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 21 | They had reached the grave , and Ace obediently turned to face the crowd , so that they could n't see her freed hands , which had previously been hidden by Petion 's body . |
| 22 | And out would come the people to the door , course they could n't see anything or anybody , back they 'd go and then you 'd do it again . |
| 23 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 24 | All three were firing now , but the thick smoke was confusing them ; they could n't see properly through their masks . |
| 25 | They could n't see his face , so he raised his eyes heavenward , gritted his teeth , and gave a small prayer . |
| 26 | But what about the sailors in the southern hemisphere — the part of the earth south of the Equator ? they could n't see the Pole Star , so what did they use to guide them ? |
| 27 | There is a rather improbable story that , when Captain cook first sailed into Botany Bay , Australia , the size of his ship was so far beyond anything that the local aborigines had ever seen that they could n't see it at all . |
| 28 | Well these had got , these cherries had been growing where they could n't see them you know . |
| 29 | In the dream she was smiling , holding out her hands to the man and the children , but her smile slowly faded as she realised they could n't see her . |
| 30 | They could n't see the house or the road from here , there were no signs of people , it was a curious damp world of fungi and tall plants . |