Example sentences of "[modal v] n't see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must n't see me cry . |
| 2 | There were only a few spots of blood and all I could think about was how Mum must n't see them . |
| 3 | ‘ You must n't see it like that ! ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're beginning to make me wonder why I should n't see her , ’ he said blandly . |
| 6 | At first I could n't see them , but when I heard a little quack I had a close look and saw them all there huddled together and trying to keep warm . |
| 7 | He could n't see them . |
| 8 | Waistcoats or sleeveless pullovers sometimes worn with suits , though you could n't see them when the top button was done up . |
| 9 | Men wearing white gloves moved it , but you could n't see them do it as the bodies were out of shot . ’ |
| 10 | Mum was pleased as punch when she found that Mary had bought us new clothes , but she was not so pleased when Mary told her she could n't see them until the day of the wedding and took them straight up and locked them in her trunk . |
| 11 | But there were still the heat-sensitive beams and she could n't see them . |
| 12 | Well these had got , these cherries had been growing where they could n't see them you know . |
| 13 | Of course , he knew that the lasers did n't hurt ; you could n't see them and they did no harm by themselves , but he knew that they were another of the ways that they — the Tormentors — took points off him . |
| 14 | You could n't see them right if you were a few yards from them , but just the figures moving you know , and their arms going backwards and fore cleaning the windows . |
| 15 | I could n't see them either . |
| 16 | You could n't , you co you could n't see them when they were on the roadside , you know on , on the whe when they moved |
| 17 | I know , but I could n't see them though . |
| 18 | I could n't see them and I was and you had |
| 19 | Could n't see them |
| 20 | she said Joe would of got them all at the top where you could n't see them and things like that , I said well you wo n't get builders doing that |
| 21 | Though he could n't see her , the darkness was a black canvas , and he painted her there to perfection , her beauty gazing down on him . |
| 22 | Her mother was too full of mine and thine , you could n't see her sharing her house with another family . |
| 23 | My mother danced away and I could n't see her . |
| 24 | It bothered him to let her go like this , but she 'd insisted ; for a while he could n't see her at all , until she reached the skyline and stopped for a moment . |
| 25 | The girl , although Carson could n't see her , was obviously being evasive . |
| 26 | Could n't see her there . |
| 27 | Thank heaven he could n't see her . |
| 28 | In the dream she was smiling , holding out her hands to the man and the children , but her smile slowly faded as she realised they could n't see her . |
| 29 | I shone my torch around but could n't see her . |
| 30 | He could n't see her . |