Example sentences of "could not see him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viola could not see him , the message came back . |
| 2 | It was not that he had found the one secret place where the Author could not see him . |
| 3 | She could not see him in any such clear moralistic light . |
| 4 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |
| 5 | They surrounded him so completely that , for a few moments , Floy and Snodgrass could not see him . |
| 6 | And how dared the man standing between herself and the light so that she could not see him clearly speak so harshly of what she had done ? |
| 7 | I could not see him well ; he was mainly hidden behind trees , and motionless . |
| 8 | She could not see him but he was obviously close , and must have found something unusual to seize his interest . |
| 9 | Watching him , Tallis soon could not see him . |
| 10 | When he got back , Lucie was not in the barn ; he could not see him anywhere . |
| 11 | Whenever she looked , she could not see him . |
| 12 | Philip waited till he could n't see him any more , then went back to his hide . |
| 13 | He could n't see him by the house or in the trees at the bottom of the big lawn . |
| 14 | He must have been lurking in the church hall , though I could n't see him properly in that dark corner . |
| 15 | It was so crowded they had to unlace the side-flaps of the enormous tent and raise them up so that people could sit outside the tent , down the sides , and though we could n't see him very well , we heard him . |
| 16 | I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all . |
| 17 | The dock looked dark beyond the curtain and I could n't see him , but he could indeed see me . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And Miguelito could n't see him from the bank . |
| 20 | Could n't see him . |
| 21 | I could n't see him throwing it away , but I did n't want him to give himself the chance . |
| 22 | ‘ I could n't see him well enough . ’ |
| 23 | I turned as far as I could without rocking or creaking , but I could n't see him . |
| 24 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 25 | ‘ Very likely , ’ said the Leader , ‘ he 's been following us all the way , I could n't see him but I knew . |
| 26 | When he himself entered it he could n't see him ahead or on either side , although in most places the bracken and undergrowth was flat . |
| 27 | His mother was in the kitchen doing the ironing and although the door was open she could n't see him . |
| 28 | She could n't see him moving his lips . |
| 29 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |
| 30 | ‘ I could n't see him properly , not in the dark , but it was him all right . |