Example sentences of "can [adv] see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I ca n't see the man who squirmed through six successive defeats last spring and still reached the Premier League losing too much sleep . |
| 2 | I mean I ca n't see the government allowing a building society to actually get into erm er a case of insolvency , I think it , the , the , I think the Building Society Association would force a merger , but it may be on very poor terms or er you know , whatever . |
| 3 | Ca n't see the swans though . |
| 4 | And er I always remember the lawyer who was acting on behalf of the union er said to these blacklegs , How would it be possible for you to see it though your window who was throwing the bricks seeing that the windows are so black and filthy you ca n't see the curtains that 's hanging up from the outside ? |
| 5 | I ca n't see the stops , no better'n what you can . " |
| 6 | Where can you gain the information on the approach side if you ca n't see the roundabout ? |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't see the land now . ’ |
| 8 | If a French soldier found out something he should n't , I ca n't see the minister hesitating for a moment . |
| 9 | ‘ Greg had hit his third shot about three feet behind the pin on the 17th green , but he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Pete , I 'm so damned nervous I ca n't see the hole . |
| 10 | When we got to the 17th , the last par-5 , he hit his third shot about three feet behind the pin , but he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Pete , I 'm so damned nervous I ca n't see the hole . |
| 11 | I ca n't see the attraction in separating ourselves , anyway . |
| 12 | He ca n't see the attraction , he 'll swear by all he owns |
| 13 | I ca n't see the exiles and émigrés banding together and achieving anything of importance but limited media coverage . ’ |
| 14 | But if it 's brilliantly sunny a blue sky day the moon can be up as well but because the s because the sky is so light anyway you ca n't see the moon . |
| 15 | Next week we must have Brian or Gerry telling you why I 'm wrong and they 'd be as persuasive , or more persuasive than I 'm being , but I ca n't see the case for such a thing as a law of form . |
| 16 | ‘ Ca n't see the blighter . |
| 17 | But from that alcove you ca n't see the bathroom , or any part of the men 's corridor . |
| 18 | ‘ I still ca n't see the top of the lights ’ , he moaned . |
| 19 | Because they ca n't see the angle . |
| 20 | You ca n't see the bottom . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They ca n't see the darkness and the spiderface beyond and the great web of it all . |
| 23 | Of course , a lot of the clues will not be available since you ca n't see the person 's body language or hear their tone of voice : Tick your response in the following situations : |
| 24 | I ca n't see the name there . |
| 25 | I simply ca n't see the lights . |
| 26 | You ca n't see the warmth that causes that to happen , you can only see the result of it . |
| 27 | Therapist : ‘ One of the main features of people under stress is that very often they ‘ ca n't see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 29 | Either the A types are too busy doing other things , the wrong things , and they do n't rise to the top , you know , you ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 30 | It 's sort of bandaged up so you ca n't see the skin . |