Example sentences of "[modal v] 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 | He could n't see properly ; the bitch had half-blinded him . |
| 3 | All three were firing now , but the thick smoke was confusing them ; they could n't see properly through their masks . |
| 4 | My face scorched , and I could n't see properly . |
| 5 | I could n't see properly in that light , but by the way he kept his head turned away , I could tell he was blushing . |
| 6 | I could n't see properly . ’ |
| 7 | Just for a moment the sun was in my eyes and I could n't see properly . |
| 8 | I 've watched it on TV and could n't see either . |
| 9 | She could n't see either . |
| 10 | The windows were like the windows of the children 's ward where Baby used to be , of white glass which you could n't see through . |
| 11 | If he was so thick-skinned that he could n't see when he was n't wanted then that was his problem . |
| 12 | So we 'd fill them and we could n't see anyway , lookin We could n't look down and see , we had to wait for the foreman shouting all the instructions , move left , forward or up or down . |
| 13 | Ace was running from boulder to boulder along the summit of the ridge , stopping wherever she found good cover , just long enough to hurl one of her primitive looking grenades , or fire her blaster , or launch some kind of tiny projectile that Defries could n't see clearly . |
| 14 | He hurriedly tried to wind the window down as he could n't see clearly through the thin layer of frost and condensation , but by the time he 'd done so , the red Ferrari had spurted to the top of the ramp , its undipped lights blinding him , swung to the right and roared down the street . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , well , the thing was that — I mean , I could n't see clearly — but I reckon those two had European clothes on underneath their tobs . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd not forgotten him , but I just could n't see why he 'd want to kill her . |
| 17 | Jean-Paul flicked the pages ; he could n't see why Edouard had given him this . |
| 18 | But Adam could n't see why they should . |
| 19 | I could n't see why , because apparently the kid is looked after by a local nursemaid , who had taken it off that day to visit her own family . |
| 20 | Scarlet could n't see why Tim should know the name of some geriatric sex-pot and said so . |
| 21 | She 'd paid up before so I could n't see why she was refusing to do it again . |
| 22 | I could n't see why the man kept it in the shop if it was n't for sale . |
| 23 | The substitution did seem strange as I could n't see why Wallace was being taken off and not Deane ( or a defender ) . |
| 24 | Could n't see why Speed was substituted but he was n't playing well ( see previous matches ) ; the West ham ground is looking quite impressive with the building of the new Bobby Moore stand ; and Beaney should have been booked for time-wasting ( blatant ) but the ref let him off . |
| 25 | Well I could n't see why he could n't ! |
| 26 | When they turned off the main road Uncle George had to drive at little more than walking pace , for he could n't see where the lane ended and the ditches at the sides began , for snow cloaked everything . |
| 27 | Dad had been right ; it was foggy and getting thicker so I had to slow down because I could n't see where I was going . |
| 28 | When the hatches were shut you could n't see where they were , but whenever the Thing was really interested in something it opened up and extended a small silver dish on a pole , or a complicated arrangement of pipes . |
| 29 | I could n't see where he was heading . |
| 30 | You said this morning you could n't see where anyone had forced their way in . ’ |