Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] not see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain suggested Cobalt carried on well past the Jonquil so that anyone arriving at the boat would not see the car and guess they were there . |
| 2 | The man who ladles the food into the steel bowl on the tray can not see the face of the man to whom he gives the food . |
| 3 | But the sceptic ca n't see the way that Paul 's example is an answer , because the things which made Paul joyful are alien to the non-Christian way of life . |
| 4 | The Computer Users Group should not see the collation of hardware requests from end users as their primary function . |
| 5 | That much of the population could not see the superiority of their society did not deter them : a workers ' uprising was crushed , the Wall was built , travel was extremely limited , all criticism rigorously suppressed . |
| 6 | No. 7 on your list may be from Russia : ‘ The bat can not see the sun , and so it does n't believe the sun exists . ’ |
| 7 | This would offer great possibilities for travel in space and time , but unfortunately it seems that these solutions may all be highly unstable ; the least disturbance , such as the presence of an astronaut , may change them so that the astronaut could not see the singularity until he hit it and and his time came to an end . |
| 8 | He was still holding his stomach , but Ace could n't see the damage there . |
| 9 | Says Nina : ‘ Unless there is a valid reason why the man should not see the child , then the courts will probably grant some sort of access . |
| 10 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 11 | Lucien could not see the boy 's face through the steam . |
| 12 | Loretta could not see the water , but its course was clearly marked by the graceful trees , mostly weeping willows , through which a light breeze was whispering . |
| 13 | Most of the 25,000 audience in the Palais Bercy could not see the platform because of the enormous scaffold bridge built across it for the cameras . |
| 14 | Miranda left the room quickly , so that her mother should not see the redness that covered her face and neck at the very thought of seeing Miles in bed … in pyjamas . |