Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] see her [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They 're lovely , Rob , ’ she murmured , moving away so that he should n't see her weakness , and forcing herself to say , ‘ Luke told me that the party was a huge success .
2 He could not see her hair , which was wound tightly into a turban of peacock-feathered painted silk , low on her brow .
3 She knew enough , now , to be aware that , although Johnny could see her friends , could talk to them and touch them , he could not see her world .
4 Susan did not answer at once ; in fact , she was silent for such a long time that Breeze , who could not see her face , wondered if she had fallen asleep .
5 He could not see her face , since it was turned from him , but there was something about her that made his heart stand still .
6 The veil came from her head to her feet ; she could see out through it , but we could not see her face .
7 Gabriel could not see her face .
8 He could not see her face now .
9 A love struck farmer 's daughter was told she could not see her sweetheart .
10 Downstairs you could n't see her hair because it was all screwed up in a knot .
11 The pianist was complaining about the sunbeam which was falling across her face so that she could n't see her music .
12 She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe .
13 She was lying almost abeam of us , and at first I could n't see her hull , but only a sort of thickening of the mist that turned out to be her mast .
14 But Camille had turned back to her toenails and could n't see her mother 's face .
15 I could n't see her face but I knew she was older than I was .
16 I could n't see her face very clearly now , but could sense how she 'd withdrawn from me .
17 Although I could n't see her face properly , her tongue was painting my image by numbers .
18 If it was Memet , she would prefer to greet him out here in the dusk , in darkness just burnished with the overspill glow from the street lamps , where he could n't see her face .
19 She looked away so that Trent would n't see her misery : ‘ He told me not to tell anyone . ’
20 Not a black day when she would n't see her father at all , but not a yellow day like Sunday , when , unless on call , he might be there most of the time .
21 I ca n't see her fitting into a country lifestyle , somehow . ’
22 ( she rolls her eyes , knowing that he can not see her face . )
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