Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not see the land , only mountains of water all around me . |
| 2 | I could not see the heap ; it was hidden by brambles nowadays . |
| 3 | I could not see the cairn from here . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I could not see the boy , and there was nothing else in that lonely place . |
| 6 | From where I sat I could not see the clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 7 | I could not see the state of the causeway . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I could not see the fellow , but the voice had come from bushes nearby . |
| 10 | I could not see the female but , as I was raised to their shoulders , I caught a glimpse of my happy home , that cave where Elsbeth and I had been so content . |
| 11 | ‘ I can not see the logic in leaving him behind . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , now I can not see the logic of allowing all this leisure to catch people to come into Standlake for leisure and they put a gipsy site next door to a residential — well , no , not residential , it 's a holiday park . |
| 13 | Privilege could mean a shelf in a lavatory , but I can not see the word catching on . |
| 14 | Always going on about the Fate of the Graduate Wife and how she 's fed up being a cabbage — well as far as I 'm concerned I can not see the call for langwidge . |
| 15 | ‘ But I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer and the other ones poorer . ’ |
| 16 | President Lennart Johansson said last night they are prepared to discuss innovative plans from a group of Europe 's wealthiest clubs , but added : ‘ I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer , and the other ones poorer . ’ |
| 17 | I can not see the consistency . |
| 18 | While I can not see the attraction , at least it keeps her busy in the evenings . |
| 19 | I can not see the necessity of the shadow cast by a half-opened drawer in the kitchen table. , It is encouraging to find Fry underlining a point about critical writing — that with a description of a work of art it can be useful to be given an explicit account of how the critic responds . |
| 20 | I am careful to have my desk angled towards the centre of the room so that I can not see the view from the window across the park towards the lake and the western curve of the South Downs . |
| 21 | I can not see the point of building up your body by eating mountains of food just to pose before an audience . |
| 22 | Well , I mean I take the view that if we are going to erm have something on the agenda , I can telephone his secretary , I can write to him , anytime , which I 'm quite willing to do , I can not see the point in sending things through the post at twenty five P a time when we shall never see the man , and if he comes here |
| 23 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 24 | I can not see the answer . |
| 25 | Note down any other changes you may have noticed about yourself , even minor ones — you may not see the connection but they may be vital clues to the doctor . |
| 26 | He was all soft and scummy inside , and greenish , like his eyes , and she stood up and pulled the two halves of his torn torso together like a shirt she was going to button up so she should not see the spilling of his innards . |
| 27 | Sir Gregory knew that was out of the question , but it was also essential that she should not see the entrance to the tunnel . |
| 28 | Even for you the sun can cause premature ageing , although you might not see the damage until years later . |
| 29 | She could not see the state of Eleanor 's neck because Eleanor wore the collar of her crisp white blouse up . |
| 30 | She could not see if the platform emptied because she could not see the platform . |