Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [not/n't] see [pron] at " in BNC.

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1 I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all .
2 He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first .
3 I could n't see anything at first and Mister Johnny said , sit still and wait , and I sat still , and then the island sort of moved .
4 And I could n't see anything at first .
5 But this sub-orbital capacity … no , I ca n't see it at all .
6 Yes and of course I ca n't see anything at all without my magnifying glass
7 You may not see it at the back there a lot stronger , okay .
8 She could n't see anything at all now , and there was an odd buzzing sound in her ears .
9 Edge on , you could n't see it at all .
10 And so as I grew up er they knew me and I knew them and I was to need one or two later on , for various reasons , but er you could n't see it at the time .
11 I thought you ca n't see them at all can you
12 You ca n't see them at can you ?
13 Well you either put one bar on or the lot is on or it 's very dim like this is low and you ca n't see it at all .
14 She wo n't see me at night , because sometimes her husband rings up then .
15 You wo n't see him at that price again for a very long time .
16 Close your eyes and you wo n't see it at all
17 But as you can not see me at present with any advantage to yourself , I leave for Tunbridge , my dear , and hope we shall better understand one another on my return .
18 ‘ So we wo n't see you at the meet on Tuesday ? ’
19 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 .
20 When I saw them again I dropped down on one knee , knowing that even though they were constantly looking back they would n't see me at that low level , in my nature-coloured clothes .
21 It bothered him to let her go like this , but she 'd insisted ; for a while he could n't see her at all , until she reached the skyline and stopped for a moment .
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