Example sentences of "could [not/n't] see the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She leaned on a staff as tall as herself , and could not see the visitors to her fur-lined chamber , but her nearsense informed her . |
| 2 | The court also absolved General Jorge Rabanal , who led the operation , on the grounds that from his post he could not see the slaughter of the prisoners . |
| 3 | Pupils could not see the relevance of what they were asked to do and so lost motivation . |
| 4 | They could not see the glow of triumph in his eyes . |
| 5 | So far as we know , Ptolemy spent his whole life in Alexandria , which is well north of the Earth 's equator , so that he could not see the stars of the far south . |
| 6 | Unhappily , she averted her head so that he could not see the glimmer of tears that smarted behind her eyelids . |
| 7 | From where I sat I could not see the clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 8 | Most clients were too close to their organisation — they could not see the wood for the trees — to solve many of their senior recruiting problems . |
| 9 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |
| 10 | I could not see the state of the causeway . |
| 11 | She could not see the state of Eleanor 's neck because Eleanor wore the collar of her crisp white blouse up . |
| 12 | I could not see the cairn from here . |
| 13 | She told me later she could not see the point of such correspondence . |
| 14 | He decided to be nice about the whole business , though he still could not see the point of it , and offered to put the little biscuity things into bowls . |
| 15 | He was uncertain , and could not see the point of hazarding a guess before the forensic labs had reported on the pair of scissors . |
| 16 | That much of the population could not see the superiority of their society did not deter them : a workers ' uprising was crushed , the Wall was built , travel was extremely limited , all criticism rigorously suppressed . |
| 17 | How very odd that she could not see the source of the light , but could see the light itself . |
| 18 | Sometimes you could not see the food for the trees . |
| 19 | She had felt sad watching as Tallis had slipped behind her , a figure on the shore , watching with concern but without understanding , since she had failed to place her Moondream mask across her face , and thus could not see the woman in the land . |
| 20 | I could n't see the head of the column , only the swinging lantern carried by the leader . |
| 21 | Control of body roll is good , although we could n't see the advantage of manually selecting the sport setting when the suspension firms things up automatically at higher speeds . |
| 22 | Frau Hoflin , a sensible woman , old-fashioned , but not so old-fashioned that she could n't see the signs of rebellion beginning to germinate , pressed for the safest ‘ revolt ’ she could think of . |
| 23 | He looked up , but even now he could n't see the top of the giant tree . |
| 24 | Fielding suggested calling it Good Money in the States and Bad Money in Europe , but I could n't see the percentage in that . |
| 25 | It just appeared that way because they could n't see the wonkyness of the rubber , ’ said Gedanken . |
| 26 | I could n't see the logic of this except that it protected Thatcher from any hint of ‘ doing deals with terrorists ’ . |
| 27 | I could n't see the cab at all . |
| 28 | Was he so besotted with the woman that he could n't see the fallibility of what she was saying ? |
| 29 | It was clear from the reports that he was an insanely jealous man who , for example , ‘ made [ his wife ] walk with her head down so she could n't see the bulge in men 's trousers ’ . |
| 30 | He could n't see the yacht from where he was sitting and Ruth was glad of that . |