Example sentences of "[modal v] n't see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you sure you should n't see a doctor ? ’ asked Apricot , as Rhoda 's cough grew nastier . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Some obvious and important matters were left to one side for years because I could n't see a way forward , or had no time to do the experiments — or could n't find the funds to buy the equipment or chemicals needed . |
| 4 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
| 5 | Stephen could n't see a sign of its owner . |
| 6 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 7 | They followed the white arrows painted on the road between the parked cars and at first they could n't see a space anywhere . |
| 8 | They had turned back to Sicily and I could n't see a formation but spotted a straggler who , curiously enough , was flying diagonally across our line of approach and not heading pell-mell for home . |
| 9 | If it 's the and that down it he could n't see a blockage . |
| 10 | He could n't see a horse playing badminton . |
| 11 | He could n't see a thing . |
| 12 | For one thing , she could n't see a thing in the blackout without her glasses ; and for another , the uniform was n't half attractive enough . |
| 13 | I could n't see a thing . |
| 14 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 15 | He hurried out into the garden but to his disappointment he could n't see a pear tree anywhere let alone one with a partridge in it . |
| 16 | It was very packed in there but I could n't see a lot of anything . |
| 17 | I could n't see a car . |
| 18 | So th they , yo yo you could n't see a situation where the person who er was previously in disgrace , was no longer in disgrace , and the one , the the the brother , then showing je jealousy , was himself in disgrace . |
| 19 | ‘ I looked at the walls in the Goldie boathouse and saw the names of all the crews and could n't see a cox with three wins on the trot . |
| 20 | Dougal could n't see a television in the room . |
| 21 | He could n't see the gunman but at least he knew where he was . |
| 22 | I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock . |
| 23 | I could n't see the head of the column , only the swinging lantern carried by the leader . |
| 24 | He was still holding his stomach , but Ace could n't see the damage there . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He was right , she could breathe , but only if she closed her eyes so she could n't see the perspex two inches from her nose ! |
| 27 | He could n't see the patient when he first entered because of the people standing around her . |
| 28 | Scott could n't see the name painted along one side of it but he 'd already been told it was called The Abbott . |
| 29 | No I just could n't see the name Prima actually just |
| 30 | He looked up , but even now he could n't see the top of the giant tree . |