Example sentences of "she [vb mod] n't see " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned towards the stove so that she should n't see the flush of shame and dismay that he had let slip Berowne 's name . |
| 2 | Andrew felt his heart turn over and looked back at the view so that she should n't see what she was doing to him . |
| 3 | The track felt soft and slithery but in the dark she could n't see what it was she was stepping on . |
| 4 | But she could n't see what or where . |
| 5 | She could n't see their features , because they wore facemasks and goggles — not without reason , for when they tipped the ladles to pour , white-hot metal splashed like pancake batter and sparks flew through the air . |
| 6 | She could n't see without her glasses , which made her frown with frustration . |
| 7 | Without her glasses she could n't see the effect . |
| 8 | She could n't see the number from where she was , so she stole through the undergrowth and came up to it from behind . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | When Miranda looked up Puddle Lane , she could n't see anyone . |
| 11 | Jess was glad she could n't see . |
| 12 | ‘ Napoleon ? ’ she said , and laughed until she could n't see . |
| 13 | Unlike me , she could n't see you for what you are . ’ |
| 14 | Mum was pleased as punch when she found that Mary had bought us new clothes , but she was not so pleased when Mary told her she could n't see them until the day of the wedding and took them straight up and locked them in her trunk . |
| 15 | She could n't see who drove it , whether it was the familiar face of either Doyle or his companion , but it seemed to be keeping its distance . |
| 16 | For one thing , she could n't see a thing in the blackout without her glasses ; and for another , the uniform was n't half attractive enough . |
| 17 | Her mind swung away from her brother and she told herself that she could n't see herself spending her life with someone whose toes were just touching the ground ; her nature demanded stability . |
| 18 | She could n't see either . |
| 19 | But when Jasmine was born they put Joan in a room by herself at the hospital so she could n't see other fathers cuddling their first-born as Bobby would have done . |
| 20 | His mother was in the kitchen doing the ironing and although the door was open she could n't see him . |
| 21 | She could n't see him moving his lips . |
| 22 | She could n't see to the bottom of the scree slope . |
| 23 | The pianist was complaining about the sunbeam which was falling across her face so that she could n't see her music . |
| 24 | From where she was standing she could n't see the house , but she knew it was big , red-bricked and square . |
| 25 | It was clear from the reports that he was an insanely jealous man who , for example , ‘ made [ his wife ] walk with her head down so she could n't see the bulge in men 's trousers ’ . |
| 26 | At first she could n't see . |
| 27 | She could n't see Daak . |
| 28 | She could n't see him , but she did n't have time to consider many options . |
| 29 | There was nothing the big , anxious woman could do to investigate the matter further and although she played the beam of the torch on every inch visible to her , she could n't see whatever it was that might have made her daughter scream other than the damp and secret darkness of the place . |
| 30 | She could n't see Meredith . |