Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't see a flag , but … |
| 2 | Somebody might be sitting there saying well how does he know it 's er how does he know it 's we I ca n't see a word for we in there . |
| 3 | After all , I ca n't see a girl like you giving up her freedom to live in a squalid little room above a shop — and , believe me , without help Peter certainly ca n't afford anything else . ’ |
| 4 | I ca n't see a way . |
| 5 | No , I ca n't see a weekend in Paris improving the situation … with all that it would obviously lead to . |
| 6 | In short : frankly , these days , without a theory to go with it , I ca n't see a painting . ’ |
| 7 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 8 | Mind you , I ca n't see a woman being the killer . ’ |
| 9 | But having said that I ca n't see a job where you can just kind of swan in and you know and think about a million different things in one day or whatever . |
| 10 | I know it 's a cave , even though it 's so dark I ca n't see a thing , 'cos there are voices calling all round me and they echo . |
| 11 | I ca n't see a thing . |
| 12 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
| 13 | I I suggest you do it on the same sheet that 's got the th the I ca n't see a copy , |
| 14 | ‘ Barry , I ca n't see a goshdarn thing . ’ |
| 15 | I ca n't see a soul today ! |
| 16 | Well , I ca n't see a reason , can you ? ! |
| 17 | I ca n't see a dog , where is it ? |
| 18 | I ca n't see a dog . |
| 19 | I , I can just see a touch of the black . |
| 20 | But simply that I can not see a case |
| 21 | I can only see a daddy and a little girl on a roundabout . |
| 22 | Well if you if you ca n't see a door from the road then that will be the ideal entrance I would have thought . |
| 23 | Whatever the reason , you will have to take my word for it that a hill-walk is still an exhilarating day out even when you ca n't see a thing . |
| 24 | You see the the inlet pipes and the outlets and this you ca n't see a thing of this , you ought to go and have a look at this place sometime . |
| 25 | You ca n't see a thing round that corner can you ? |
| 26 | which is the one , which is the erm like you put it erm , you ca n't see a flame like , it 's alcohol in n it ? |
| 27 | Alcohol burns and you ca n't see a flame can you ? |
| 28 | You 're so twisted with suspicion that you ca n't see a hand in front of your face without imagining there 's a dagger in it ! |
| 29 | cos you ca n't see a lot . |
| 30 | You ca n't see a proton because proton is too small erm the only things that you can see are microscopic bodies and again you only infer the existence of these microscopic bodies because you actually detect the light that comes from them . |