Example sentences of "[modal v] not see a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot did not doubt the resilience or resolve of the British people ; but he remarked to me that he could not see a man like Neville Chamberlain coping with a major conflict . |
| 2 | A garrulous Welshman who could not see a beach without running along it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Stephen could n't see a sign of its owner . |
| 5 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 8 | It was very packed in there but I could n't see a lot of anything . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Dougal could n't see a television in the room . |
| 11 | And perhaps we would n't see an orange for a fortnight , three weeks perhaps . |
| 12 | After all , I ca n't see a girl like you giving up her freedom to live in a squalid little room above a shop — and , believe me , without help Peter certainly ca n't afford anything else . ’ |
| 13 | No , I ca n't see a weekend in Paris improving the situation … with all that it would obviously lead to . |
| 14 | Well if you if you ca n't see a door from the road then that will be the ideal entrance I would have thought . |
| 15 | Ca n't see a mountain from here , we 're on the top ! |
| 16 | Those who ca n't see a role for the trade unions and the Labour Party need to be given time to see the error of their ways . |
| 17 | Ca n't see a party without pooping . |
| 18 | You see the the inlet pipes and the outlets and this you ca n't see a thing of this , you ought to go and have a look at this place sometime . |
| 19 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
| 20 | You ca n't see a thing round that corner can you ? |
| 21 | You 're so twisted with suspicion that you ca n't see a hand in front of your face without imagining there 's a dagger in it ! |
| 22 | You ca n't see an inch through it , my men say . ’ |
| 23 | Fatal accidents involving children on farms always make distressing reading , but Mr Boswell ca n't see an end to those horrific accidents . |
| 24 | You will not see a goal of more classical quality and execution than this one . |
| 25 | We 'll get the real thing out of you soon enough and you wo n't see a farthing for it . ’ |
| 26 | One would hope we wo n't see a repeat of that ever again and we have said that before , ’ he said . |
| 27 | She can not see an institution without hitting it with her handbag . |
| 28 | Top riders Tony Rickardsson and Chris Louis are already feeling the effects of riding six or seven races every match — and Ipswich can not see an answer in sight . |