Example sentences of "n't see [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | On any given night you simply could n't see every decent band without inventing a time machine . |
2 | I ca n't see a decent one . |
3 | I ca n't see a bloody thing . ’ |
4 | " I ca n't see a bloody thing ! |
5 | Had to laugh yesterday towards the end of er our round , it was really tipping down , misty , fog , could n't see a hundred yards I had this almighty s I said well I 'll let the six iron , I did this almighty swing the ball went one way and the club went right up the top of a tree . |
6 | ‘ I do n't see a serious challenge to London as a financial centre as things stand currently , ’ Hugh Smith intones calmly . |
7 | ’ I could n't see a fellow mortal suffer , ’ he said with a grin . |
8 | ‘ I could n't see a damn thing , ’ he said . |
9 | I ca n't see a blinking thing you 're doing |
10 | she ca n't , she did n't see a fifteen |
11 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
12 | Er ca n't see a small turnip . |
13 | He said , ‘ We did n't see a great deal of one another , it 's true ; but I was fond of Jay . ’ |
14 | Joe did n't see a great deal of his dad during the year , with his trips abroad and everything , so they used to reserve at least one day when they could do things together . ’ |
15 | Erm we do n't see a great deal of difference that they 've had the same problem as we 've had , in that we ran out of time before we could put the er finished act together properly . |
16 | Well there 's Diane the hairdresser 's wife whom I do n't see a great deal of but she lives near . |
17 | So the normal man in the street wo n't see a great deal until very much nearer the time when it opens next spring . |
18 | And I I do n't see a limited widening of Church Lane to any access into either of these two sites , were that to be required by the Highway Authority , a as having any significant impact on the character of the village . |
19 | The fellow did not seem to understand me , for he simply said again : ‘ You wo n't see a better view in the whole of England . |
20 | ‘ If you wish to be an academic in the UK I ca n't see a better place than Bradford . |
21 | Ca n't see a bleeding thing now sneak round here and listen to our conversation . |
22 | If I do n't see a marked improvement by the end of the week , I am going to take my money out ! ’ |
23 | You wo n't see a lovelier setting than Woodbridge , or a course that is in better condition . |
24 | " They would n't see a four-leafed clover if they fell over it . " |
25 | ‘ When I look I do n't see a Kurdish state , ’ said Turkey 's ambassador to Iraq , ‘ just 400,000 miserable people . ’ |
26 | But I mean I , if they want to be nasty they 're going to be nasty , in a sense , and , and if they ca n't see a positive way of using something , but they still want to get it in , then the obvious thing to do is to be nasty about it . |
27 | On the continuity point their argument is that under the system of election by thirds , you do n't see a dramatic switch in the party control of the council . |
28 | I instinctively had a quick look but I could n't see a damned thing . |
29 | Wardrobe are seated round a huge dish of communal sweets on the Green Room table , sewing Freddie Fox 's tail in place , while Bertie Badger , the children 's favourite , complains : ‘ I ca n't see a fucking thing in this head-dress ! ’ |
30 | and then he 's , he 's fucking started marching us around the parade square and and we ca n't see a fucking thing inside there , and he said er come out a minute , so I 've blinking gone out and I 've noticed were about fifty yards from the beach |