Example sentences of "i 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 . |