Example sentences of "[modal v] n't see the " in BNC.

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1 He turned towards the stove so that she should n't see the flush of shame and dismay that he had let slip Berowne 's name .
2 She turned quickly , anxious that David should n't see the sudden tears in her eyes .
3 But I could n't see the moon or the stars , only the gloomy sky .
4 I could n't see the difference , but his vet insisted he was n't fit enough , even when summer came .
5 You could n't see the card until you unfolded the handkerchief and now Wexford looked at it for the first time .
6 He said it was quieter in there , but I could n't see the lay-by from his room and after a bit I went outside .
7 But I really could n't see the sense in women wearing Armani by day and then letting someone else dress them by night . ’
8 He could n't see the boy any more .
9 He could n't see the sheep .
10 This had now been soldered to the main building so well that you could n't see the join .
11 We could hardly get inside for rubbish and could n't see the floor , it was all dirt , and there used to be two or three benches on which we had to sit down ; then old Morgan would read the Bible to us and pray , we had to kneel down — oh what a dry lesson .
12 It was as well he could n't see the scene at Inveraray castle that same minute .
13 I could n't see the point … ’
14 People could n't see the danger we were in — in fact Lee could n't see it either — because it just looked as though his ball was in a sand hole .
15 Without her glasses she could n't see the effect .
16 She could n't see the number from where she was , so she stole through the undergrowth and came up to it from behind .
17 Working out the visibility was easier as we did have guidelines here — a tree on the other side of the airfield was at 1,000 yards , a distant farmhouse 2 miles , and if you could n't see the briefing room it was foggy .
18 We could n't see the slightest movement in the fog , but gradually the noise of the engines diminished and died away , and the collective sigh of relief from the top of Flying Control must have had some part in the clearance of the fog , as by the time all four aircraft returned ( bomb-less ) we could actually see the 1,000 yard marker on the other side of the field .
19 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 .
20 ‘ If I could n't see the funny side of life , I think I would have murdered someone by now ! ’ says Mel .
21 Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies .
22 I could n't see the point in reviving it — and I wondered whether anyone on stage could , either .
23 A SHORT-SIGHTED burglar tried to break into an optician 's but could n't see the right way in .
24 He thanked God it was dark so that he could n't see the torn flesh , the ragged pit where the woman 's shot had entered his body .
25 As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below .
26 And when it was so deep I could n't see the bottom , Old Bolton 's prize sow , you know the one who had borne so many litters , there was no space atween her belly and the ground .
27 ‘ Like him , I could n't see the putt drop in but the gallery 's roar said it all . ’
28 I later realized that the reason I always did so badly was I just could n't see the blackboard because I was so short-sighted .
29 I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock .
30 He looked up , but even now he could n't see the top of the giant tree .
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