Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fumbled his way into the chair provided for visitors and put a hand over his lips so that I should n't see how close he was to tears . |
| 2 | It is still very much in evidence , although you may not see too many garment patterns for it . |
| 3 | Might not seen obviously wrong . |
| 4 | Often , I would n't bother to try things on — I 'd look at the price tag and think ‘ I 've got to have this , ’ especially if I thought it was a ‘ bargain ’ I might not see again . |
| 5 | Some hip-hop or heavy metal fans might not see further than the pleasure of destruction , might be real-life misogynists and miscreants . |
| 6 | He excuses Boece 's historical inventions — on account of which his Latin History of Scotland and others have been long dismissed , and now have only curiosity value — by saying that Boece wrote in an age when all men , owing to lack of true knowledge , were credulous , and , dazzled with the light of discovery after such long dark ages , could not see distinctly . |
| 7 | I saw it , ’ and Chapman backed his players ' view : ‘ I could not see clearly from my position , but Arsenal , almost to a man , stopped playing and I do not think they would have done that unless they had been satisfied that the ball had been out of play , ’ he told the Sunday Express . |
| 8 | For a moment he could not see clearly … and then he did ! |
| 9 | On the verandah of the plantation house Auguste Lepine heard the commotion in the compound but in the half-light could not see clearly enough to identify its cause . |
| 10 | Tallis could not see clearly but he seemed to be pushing something on to the staff , working it round until , with a crack , it slid into position . |
| 11 | Things became so bad for the Charles Bal later on in the evening that she had to spend the entire night tacking back and forth south east of Krakatoa , probably remaining within twenty kilometres of it — the ash-fall from the eruption was so thick that Captain Watson could not see well enough to steer away to safety , but ironically , the glare from the volcano provided a weird and somewhat improbable lighthouse . |
| 12 | I could not see well , my eyes had been dazzled , after the darkness , by the candle . |
| 13 | ‘ Why , here 's my mother home at last , ’ he said , and came smiling to meet her , putting forth the child by the hand to her , a little clumsily because he could not see well for the tears in his eyes . |
| 14 | It was very full although I could not see properly what was in it because he kept the opening away from me . |
| 15 | The wind was behind her now , blowing her hair forward , so that she could not see properly unless she pushed it to one side . |
| 16 | I do not see how I can answer the question as I could not see properly the document that the hon. Member was waving . |
| 17 | Sam could not see exactly what they were , but he knew that they would be lions with their heads between their paws . |
| 18 | I could not see exactly what was in them but it was more than curiosity . |
| 19 | I had no intention of answering a Parliamentary question on soggy ham sandwiches and I could not see why Government was involved in the commercial operation at all . |
| 20 | She quoted to me an odd and illuminating point , that if he wanted to take a bath when he was with friends , he could not see why they should not all be in the bath together , boys and girls , black and white . |
| 21 | Hall said that he could not see why the first and second prize-winners had been passed over , as a Gothic building would have nothing in common with the nearby Treasury Chambers and Whitehall . |
| 22 | He agreed with Coningham 's protest against Gothic : ‘ it is going back to the barbarism of the dark ages ’ , and he could not see why all the buildings in the area should be the same style , as the ‘ neighbourhood of Downing Street is full of buildings of totally different styles of architecture ’ . |
| 23 | The authority to issue cattle vouchers enhanced the power and status of a headman , but many of those assigned to this task could not see why they should take the trouble to inquire into the origins of the cattle concerned . |
| 24 | CIMA suggested that the proposals should be included in Cadbury 's code of best practice , while Coopers & Lybrand thought that a Stock Exchange requirement would not work and added that ‘ it could not see why the OFR could not in principle be a Financial Reporting Standard ’ . |
| 25 | He could not see why Anna did not find her dull . |
| 26 | As she commented angrily to friends later , she could not see why Charles needed these constant reminders of Camilla . |
| 27 | She could not see why her mother wanted her , nor what she expected her to do in Northam , and whenever she mentioned the subject to others they exclaimed in horror , commiserating with her , telling her that she must be firm , never for half a moment assuming that she could or would really do it . |
| 28 | They were the crowd whose heads you could not see over . |
| 29 | In fairness , the bank manager would concede , he could not see where the poor fellow could make another economy and continue to live a half-way acceptable life . |
| 30 | As Clare staggered , her arms dropped and her banner wrapped around her head : she could not see where she was going . |