Example sentences of "i [vb mod] n't see [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always intended to visit him after the war , but you know how it is : things were difficult , I was confoundedly busy at the University , I did n't particularly want to see Viola again though you 've got to swallow the pill with the jam , have n't you , and there was no particular reason why I should n't see her again . |
| 2 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 4 | I said , well I could n't see her very well . |
| 5 | I could n't see them either . |
| 6 | I know , but I could n't see them though . |
| 7 | ‘ I could n't see him well enough . ’ |
| 8 | He must have been lurking in the church hall , though I could n't see him properly in that dark corner . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't see him properly , not in the dark , but it was him all right . |
| 10 | He was in the shadow , I could n't see him very well . |
| 11 | Well it was once , once , I could n't see it again , but the music was beautiful of course , but then |
| 12 | I could n't see it too clearly 'cos it was at the other end of the pitch , but it seemed that Jamie had the ball around the right hand edge of the box and curled it into the top left hand corner . |
| 13 | But I could n't see it as funny at all . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't see you earlier , Inspector , ’ Nicholson said . |
| 15 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 16 | " Foolishly , I dined with him to make clear that I would n't see him again and that if he persisted with his unwanted attention I would have no choice but to go to you . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't see ye too well . ’ |
| 18 | I ca n't see him physically but I meet with him in dreams . |
| 19 | I ca n't see her just |
| 20 | Only Grace is not here so I ca n't see her today . |
| 21 | I ca n't see me ever catching up … ( pointing to a nearby block of flats ) … see that dump over there ? |
| 22 | it 's , it 's fair do all together anyway I ca n't see me ever painting a car again |
| 23 | Yes you think I ca n't see you just cos you 're behind me . |
| 24 | I ca n't see you very well anyway , but I 'm going to turn around , and count to two hundred . |
| 25 | I ca n't see it nowhere — it must have fell off someplace . |
| 26 | I try and find the fag packet , but I ca n't see it no more . |
| 27 | But I ca n't see it either . |
| 28 | I ca n't see it now . |
| 29 | Well I ca n't see it so I 'm going round , I 'm going round the back . |
| 30 | I ca n't see it though because you see I do n't do anything like this at all |