Example sentences of "he [modal v] [not/n't] see the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't see the other end . |
| 2 | He looked up , and realized that he could n't see the other side of the quarry . |
| 3 | He turned round , looking south and west , though he knew he could n't see the tall building from the street . |
| 4 | He thanked God it was dark so that he could n't see the torn flesh , the ragged pit where the woman 's shot had entered his body . |
| 5 | He finally pushed the phone aside so that he could n't see the distracting light . |
| 6 | It appears that Moore 's observations were based on preserved specimens : he could not see the inner rows . |
| 7 | He could not see the distinctive yellow of Frances 's car . |
| 8 | He thanked her , and said that near it would do ; he could not see the well-groomed equipage negotiating the Bell o' the Brae . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to bed , ’ she muttered , averting her face so that he would not see the heated flush that stained her cheeks . |
| 10 | Nero wants a big river pearl to go in his belly-button , he says he ca n't see the other one for fluff . |
| 11 | Mr. Major must be blind as well as blinkered if he ca n't see the serious , dangerous and dismal developments which have reached crisis point since MPs went on holiday six weeks ago . |