Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [not/n't] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs. Pridmore could n't see the sense of more examinations and all this talking about a career . |
| 2 | Scott could n't see the name painted along one side of it but he 'd already been told it was called The Abbott . |
| 3 | Rain suggested Cobalt carried on well past the Jonquil so that anyone arriving at the boat would not see the car and guess they were there . |
| 4 | The man who ladles the food into the steel bowl on the tray can not see the face of the man to whom he gives the food . |
| 5 | But the sceptic ca n't see the way that Paul 's example is an answer , because the things which made Paul joyful are alien to the non-Christian way of life . |
| 6 | They remind us that this is the very beginning of the idea of representing the world about us as it actually appears ; that we must think away our hindsight and remember that these artists could not see the way ahead . |
| 7 | The Computer Users Group should not see the collation of hardware requests from end users as their primary function . |
| 8 | That much of the population could not see the superiority of their society did not deter them : a workers ' uprising was crushed , the Wall was built , travel was extremely limited , all criticism rigorously suppressed . |
| 9 | Then he would realize he was smiling again for Sir William 's benefit , and swing round in his chair so that Morris could n't see the smile . |
| 10 | No. 7 on your list may be from Russia : ‘ The bat can not see the sun , and so it does n't believe the sun exists . ’ |
| 11 | However , insects can not see the warning spots , and to them the spider 's disguise is deadly perfect . |
| 12 | At that distance Adam could n't see the scar that ran down Kaas ' cheek . |
| 13 | Tragically , fans in the UK will not see the bone structures that make up Ministry 's US stage set . |
| 14 | They witness to a certainty that all the diversity of living beings are a part of a transcendent unifying spiritual whole which is by definition difficult to grasp in its totality ; individual dancers can not see the pattern of the whole dance — that is perceived only from outside . |
| 15 | Patients may not see the relevance of giving information about their social history when their problem is a physical one — and it may not be . |
| 16 | This would offer great possibilities for travel in space and time , but unfortunately it seems that these solutions may all be highly unstable ; the least disturbance , such as the presence of an astronaut , may change them so that the astronaut could not see the singularity until he hit it and and his time came to an end . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He was still holding his stomach , but Ace could n't see the damage there . |
| 19 | Of course , your neighbours wo n't see the Woodworker Fellowship logo so you will need to acquire an additional cloth badge to show off your membership . |
| 20 | Some doctors may not see the relevance of recording details of clinical signs . |
| 21 | Says Nina : ‘ Unless there is a valid reason why the man should not see the child , then the courts will probably grant some sort of access . |
| 22 | Blunt could n't see the reason for that . |
| 23 | When Cassie could not see the ring , she felt a moment of panic . |
| 24 | She prayed that Steve would n't see the truth — that she still loved that man , passionately , even though he had deceived her so , and that her heart was breaking inside her . |
| 25 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 26 | Pupils could not see the relevance of what they were asked to do and so lost motivation . |
| 27 | The blackbirds that saw it quickly treated this bird as though it were potentially dangerous and mobbed it , even when their fellows could not see the owl and so were making no noise . |
| 28 | Blake could n't see the face . |
| 29 | Lucien could not see the boy 's face through the steam . |
| 30 | Loretta could not see the water , but its course was clearly marked by the graceful trees , mostly weeping willows , through which a light breeze was whispering . |