Example sentences of "could see no [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The door was still locked and , when I peered through the shuttered windows , I could see no sign of candlelight . |
| 2 | I was concerned , but as I could see no sign of disease I decided not to interfere . |
| 3 | She raised her eyes to his face , but he could see no flash of emotion there , nothing of the slightly vulnerable girl who 'd tried to hide her hurt under an efficient exterior . |
| 4 | Yet she could see no hope of escape . |
| 5 | I could see no reason for panic . |
| 6 | Whilst the inconclusive debate between monogenists and polygenists in anthropology , and the influence of Christianity and political liberalism , somewhat tempered the ethnocentrism of scientific and official attitudes , the Darwinian revolution swept away many of the restraints which checked the development of racist views , at least for those who could see no difference between evolution in the natural world and human achievements . |
| 7 | He could see no improvement in prospect anywhere . |
| 8 | Ford set out to see this cynosure and found Her so wrapped and swaddled in lace robes and veiling that he could see no trace of figure or countenance . |
| 9 | Judge John Petrie said he took account of Wilson 's admissions to police but he could see no alternative to imprisonment , especially since some of the charges involved supplying other people . |
| 10 | He declared that he could see no alternative to perestroika , but he won loud and prolonged applause when he observed that " all manner of rash radicalism , improvisations and dithering have not given us much in five years " . |