Example sentences of "n't see [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't see their faces . |
| 2 | She could n't see their features , because they wore facemasks and goggles — not without reason , for when they tipped the ladles to pour , white-hot metal splashed like pancake batter and sparks flew through the air . |
| 3 | If I do n't see their names in the overnight declarations on Friday afternoon , I 'll be on the blower to the News of the World before you can say ‘ flagellation ’ , right ? |
| 4 | Several victims were so afraid they would n't see their loved ones again they set fire to their pubic hair . |
| 5 | I do n't see their relevance in our circumstances . |
| 6 | Fathers do n't have the sole authority in the home and mothers do n't see their role as servants to men . |
| 7 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |
| 8 | They did n't see their prewar friends again and did n't replace them , it was hard to know why . |
| 9 | Our chaps ca n't see their chaps , but their chaps ca n't see ours . |
| 10 | He does n't see their soft Vandykes |
| 11 | I mean you ca n't see their face |
| 12 | Most of the company wives do n't see their husbands for about sixty five per cent of the year , which is actually a very long time when you 're living in these sort of conditions . |
| 13 | Often at this time of day , when he felt the day 's journey should be ending or reaching a destination , but knowing that it was not , knowing that what he was looking for probably happened after everybody else had gone home , he wished that he could end his days walking at the edge of a sea or a lake so big that you could n't see its other shore . |
| 14 | Children learn it by rote to pass examinations , and they do n't see its relevance to the world around them . |
| 15 | She kept her eyes downcast so that he would n't see its telltale signs , and sullenly dressed while he continued to pace up and down , probably trying to release some energy . |
| 16 | At one point I felt as if I was drifting slowly across a huge , vivid moviescreen , so large I could n't see its edges . |
| 17 | Downstairs you could n't see her hair because it was all screwed up in a knot . |
| 18 | She looked away so that Trent would n't see her misery : ‘ He told me not to tell anyone . ’ |
| 19 | I could n't see her face but I knew she was older than I was . |
| 20 | The pianist was complaining about the sunbeam which was falling across her face so that she could n't see her music . |
| 21 | I could n't see her face very clearly now , but could sense how she 'd withdrawn from me . |
| 22 | Although I could n't see her face properly , her tongue was painting my image by numbers . |
| 23 | He did n't see her face . |
| 24 | They had reached the grave , and Ace obediently turned to face the crowd , so that they could n't see her freed hands , which had previously been hidden by Petion 's body . |
| 25 | But Camille had turned back to her toenails and could n't see her mother 's face . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Cassie could n't see her eyes , but she was sure that they would be almond shaped and green , to go with the sexy red hair and double-cream complexion . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |