Example sentences of "[modal v] n't see [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't see much point in viewing this perfectly healthy animal again but I promised to call . |
| 2 | But he could n't see that happening to Henry . |
| 3 | Could n't see any sign of nervousness myself but er I 'm very happy with his sermons , quite good . |
| 4 | Blake could n't see any form of power and assumed this was a machine-driven contraption . |
| 5 | She was more than well acquainted with Lubor 's proclivity to see an invitation to grow amorous where there was none , though since he could n't do more than verbally flirt over the dinner table she could n't see any harm in accepting . |
| 6 | She stared out of the window again , but this time could n't see any movement at all . |
| 7 | ‘ It was a family company and I could n't see any future for me as far as equity was concerned , ’ Goodwin says . |
| 8 | We 're not , er we 're not the best thing about money and I would n't see that happening in the future . |
| 9 | No I ca n't see much sport in that . |
| 10 | We really ca n't see much future for a gang of derelicts like this — ‘ rather a favourable specimen of what is best in our English culture ’ , one character blithely insists — and they do n't see any for themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending , as I 've already said . |
| 13 | We ca n't see much point in avoiding emphysema at sixty-five |
| 14 | Do you play sometimes cos you ca n't be bothered doing the work cos you ca n't see any sense in it ? |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't see any sense in subjecting him to a hard race in the Gold Cup when I know that his blood has been wrong , ’ he explained . |
| 16 | Now I ca n't see any sense in throwing whatsit , the javelin . |
| 17 | Some of them have not been found guilty , and albeit they have been charged with horrendous crimes they are still innocent people and it does n't matter even if they are not innocent people , the Government still has a responsibility to life and limb and really I ca n't see any case at all for not storming . |
| 18 | Stain in the outside , but I ca n't see any sign at all . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's now half-past seven , and I ca n't see any sign of your phone call from Jeff . ’ |
| 20 | Neil can I ask you have n't have got on my eyes looking for it , but I ca n't see any reference at all in your report to local authority engineering craftsmen . |
| 21 | I do n't like gritstone : never did — it does n't fit any of my reasons for enjoying climbing , which is why I ca n't see any reason for not bolting it . |
| 22 | He says he ca n't see any reason for optimism . |
| 23 | He says he ca n't see any reason for optimism . |
| 24 | I ca n't see any connection between her and the product . |
| 25 | You just ca n't see any good in Jeff because of Silvia . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't see any good in him because there 's not a great deal of good to see . ’ |
| 27 | He ca n't see any harm in it but when I 've found him watching blue movies , I 've felt suicidal . |
| 28 | I ca n't see any harm in that . ’ |
| 29 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |
| 30 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |