Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] see [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the local authority was sympathetic to her problem , the sum of money available to it for discretionary grants had been severely cut in recent years , so it could not see its way to helping her further . |
| 2 | His friends could not see his face in the dark . |
| 3 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 4 | It was bloody we well I had to stop because I could n't see my way at all . |
| 5 | I could n't see his expression in the dimness , only that he was still looking at Russell . |
| 6 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 7 | But Birch is a modest man , despite his immodest ideas , and would not see his book as any more than a starter . |
| 8 | Not a black day when she would n't see her father at all , but not a yellow day like Sunday , when , unless on call , he might be there most of the time . |
| 9 | I ca n't see her fitting into a country lifestyle , somehow . ’ |
| 10 | We ca n't see our way to the end of the first foot . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Ca n't see your cottage from here , ’ said Ann . |
| 12 | ‘ Is it meaner than a dungeon so dark that you ca n't see your hand in front of your face ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If you should see me die , you will not see me die in that manner … |
| 14 | If you can not see your way to doing this , I regret that I shall have to suggest to the Parish Council that they consider moving this account to another bank . |
| 15 | What I did not realise when I bought the house was that in the winter , and sometimes in the summer , the fog rolls thickly in and you can not see your hand in front of your face . |