Example sentences of "[modal v] n't see [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Stephen could n't see a sign of its owner . |
| 4 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 7 | It was very packed in there but I could n't see a lot of anything . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Dougal could n't see a television in the room . |
| 10 | I could n't see the head of the column , only the swinging lantern carried by the leader . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He looked up , but even now he could n't see the top of the giant tree . |
| 13 | Fielding suggested calling it Good Money in the States and Bad Money in Europe , but I could n't see the percentage in that . |
| 14 | It just appeared that way because they could n't see the wonkyness of the rubber , ’ said Gedanken . |
| 15 | I could n't see the logic of this except that it protected Thatcher from any hint of ‘ doing deals with terrorists ’ . |
| 16 | I could n't see the cab at all . |
| 17 | Was he so besotted with the woman that he could n't see the fallibility of what she was saying ? |
| 18 | It was clear from the reports that he was an insanely jealous man who , for example , ‘ made [ his wife ] walk with her head down so she could n't see the bulge in men 's trousers ’ . |
| 19 | He could n't see the yacht from where he was sitting and Ruth was glad of that . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 21 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 22 | He could n't see the hedge at the far end . |
| 23 | It was as well he could n't see the scene at Inveraray castle that same minute . |
| 24 | Mrs. Pridmore could n't see the sense of more examinations and all this talking about a career . |
| 25 | But I really could n't see the sense in women wearing Armani by day and then letting someone else dress them by night . ’ |
| 26 | He said it was quieter in there , but I could n't see the lay-by from his room and after a bit I went outside . |
| 27 | The rope was attached to the tree , the crew set up on the bank , and we got ready to do three or four runs past the camera with Matt and me so busy arguing about baptising the Indians that we could n't see the danger behind us which the audience could see for themselves . |
| 28 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 29 | I could n't see the point of it any more . |
| 30 | I could n't see the point of rushing into it . |