Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] see [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was found that although a four-week tutorial programme had been prepared , the children in the mainstream school were far more receptive and accepting of the situation and could not see any reason for delaying the child 's integration . |
| 2 | I could n't see much point in viewing this perfectly healthy animal again but I promised to call . |
| 3 | But he could n't see that happening to Henry . |
| 4 | Could n't see any sign of nervousness myself but er I 'm very happy with his sermons , quite good . |
| 5 | Blake could n't see any form of power and assumed this was a machine-driven contraption . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She stared out of the window again , but this time could n't see any movement at all . |
| 8 | ‘ It was a family company and I could n't see any future for me as far as equity was concerned , ’ Goodwin says . |
| 9 | Figure 9 represents the way in which the lines of force are concentrated from the immediate vicinity and makes plausible the idea that an overwound coil would not see much difference in the flux changes it experiences from either system . |
| 10 | We shall not see real care in the community without nurses being able to prescribe drugs at the point at which they are needed . |
| 11 | We 're not , er we 're not the best thing about money and I would n't see that happening in the future . |
| 12 | No I ca n't see much sport in that . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending , as I 've already said . |
| 16 | We ca n't see much point in avoiding emphysema at sixty-five |
| 17 | Do you play sometimes cos you ca n't be bothered doing the work cos you ca n't see any sense in it ? |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | Now I ca n't see any sense in throwing whatsit , the javelin . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Stain in the outside , but I ca n't see any sign at all . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's now half-past seven , and I ca n't see any sign of your phone call from Jeff . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He says he ca n't see any reason for optimism . |
| 26 | He says he ca n't see any reason for optimism . |
| 27 | I ca n't see any connection between her and the product . |
| 28 | You just ca n't see any good in Jeff because of Silvia . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't see any good in him because there 's not a great deal of good to see . ’ |
| 30 | He ca n't see any harm in it but when I 've found him watching blue movies , I 've felt suicidal . |