Example sentences of "[modal v] n't see a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Stephen could n't see a sign of its owner . |
| 3 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 6 | It was very packed in there but I could n't see a lot of anything . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Dougal could n't see a television in the room . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | No , I ca n't see a weekend in Paris improving the situation … with all that it would obviously lead to . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Ca n't see a mountain from here , we 're on the top ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Ca n't see a party without pooping . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You ca n't see a thing round that corner can you ? |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | We 'll get the real thing out of you soon enough and you wo n't see a farthing for it . ’ |
| 20 | One would hope we wo n't see a repeat of that ever again and we have said that before , ’ he said . |