Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't see the cab at all . |
| 2 | And er then of course when I got better It hit me all on the head and that well Then er when I went back to school they found out as I could n't see the board properly . |
| 3 | ‘ Like him , I could n't see the putt drop in but the gallery 's roar said it all . ’ |
| 4 | It was hard to tell what the tide was doing , for I could n't see the shore , but each time the anchor held the dinghy would be carried one way or the other to the extent of her scope . |
| 5 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 6 | And when it was so deep I could n't see the bottom , Old Bolton 's prize sow , you know the one who had borne so many litters , there was no space atween her belly and the ground . |
| 7 | I could n't see the logic of this except that it protected Thatcher from any hint of ‘ doing deals with terrorists ’ . |
| 8 | But I could n't see the moon or the stars , only the gloomy sky . |
| 9 | Fielding suggested calling it Good Money in the States and Bad Money in Europe , but I could n't see the percentage in that . |
| 10 | I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock . |
| 11 | I could n't see the head of the column , only the swinging lantern carried by the leader . |
| 12 | When I looked up , cradling the gun and gasping , my backside sunk in sand , I could n't see the rabbit . |
| 13 | I could n't see the point … ’ |
| 14 | I could n't see the point in reviving it — and I wondered whether anyone on stage could , either . |
| 15 | I could n't see the point of it any more . |
| 16 | I could n't see the point of rushing into it . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Mental arithmetic and reading and I also had er er take an eye test because they said if there was a train accident and I could n't see the signal whether it was red or green or whatever , you see , you never know . |
| 19 | I could n't see the woman sitting in the corner of the window-seat . |
| 20 | I could n't see the difference , but his vet insisted he was n't fit enough , even when summer came . |
| 21 | I could n't see the washing when I come out of Googie 's and I said I 've got washing on that line and I said I ca n't see no there ai n't no washing on that line . |
| 22 | I could not see the land , only mountains of water all around me . |
| 23 | I could not see the heap ; it was hidden by brambles nowadays . |
| 24 | I could not see the cairn from here . |
| 25 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |
| 26 | I could not see the boy , and there was nothing else in that lonely place . |
| 27 | From where I sat I could not see the clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 28 | I could not see the state of the causeway . |
| 29 | I could not see the ravine and its bald cliff edges on account of the trees and shrubs that had reached a confident maturity despite long years of unprotected infancy and adolescence . |
| 30 | I could not see the fellow , but the voice had come from bushes nearby . |