Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] see [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must n't see it like that ! ’ |
| 2 | You may not see it at the back there a lot stronger , okay . |
| 3 | We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks . |
| 4 | Maggie 's face flushed hotly and she was glad that Ana could not see her at that moment . |
| 5 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 6 | He could not see me behind the curtains , and clearly did not expect an answer . |
| 7 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |
| 8 | She could not see him in any such clear moralistic light . |
| 9 | Before Jos could knock at the door , it was opened by a tiny old woman bent at such an angle that she could not see them without straightening up , her head cocked to one enquiring side . |
| 10 | The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore . |
| 11 | Though the hardpressed French could not see it at the time , something had in fact gone dramatically wrong with the meticulous German plans ; that is , with the Crown Prince 's plans . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all . |
| 15 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |
| 16 | He could n't see him by the house or in the trees at the bottom of the big lawn . |
| 17 | And Miguelito could n't see him from the bank . |
| 18 | And erm then a I , Gillian could n't see me on Thursday , and then Friday William is coming up for half term , so er |
| 19 | I was wrapped up in an officer 's uniform ; you could n't see me for fur and leather . |
| 20 | Well I could n't see you with no money . |
| 21 | Unlike me , she could n't see you for what you are . ’ |
| 22 | He had set a pressure lamp on the Land-Rover 's hood before leaving the cabin but he could n't see it through the rain . |
| 23 | Mind you , Gedanken could n't see it for long . |
| 24 | Edge on , you could n't see it at all . |
| 25 | And so as I grew up er they knew me and I knew them and I was to need one or two later on , for various reasons , but er you could n't see it at the time . |
| 26 | There is a rather improbable story that , when Captain cook first sailed into Botany Bay , Australia , the size of his ship was so far beyond anything that the local aborigines had ever seen that they could n't see it at all . |
| 27 | At least you can see the weir today , we could n't see it on Wednesday could we ? |
| 28 | I did n't and could n't see it as a progressive condition which was bound to culminate in some sort of breakdown or breakthrough . |
| 29 | He just hoped they could n't see it from the stalls . |
| 30 | She could n't see it from there . |