Example sentences of "could not see [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned the newspaper over so that he could not see that headline and those paragraphs . |
| 2 | When Tony was seen in hospital by the therapist on the following morning he denied having wanted to kill himself , but claimed he was fed up and could not see any way out of his present difficulties . |
| 3 | First she could not see any mistress there at all and thought the girls were alone and then she caught sight of Mademoiselle 's head in the middle of a crowd of girls , what was happening ? |
| 4 | From the window she could not see any trees or houses , only wild land , which looked like a kind of purple sea . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In the dark and freezing mist he could not see ten yards . |
| 7 | But when Jasmine was born they put Joan in a room by herself at the hospital so she could n't see other fathers cuddling their first-born as Bobby would have done . |
| 8 | Some of the things I could n't see included Loch Lyon to the east with Ben Lawers beyond , Ben More to the south , Ben Lui to the south-west and lovely Glen Orchy to the west leading to Ben Cruachan . |
| 9 | I could n't see many people ; most of the lights had been turned off , and we happened to be sitting in the patch of light thrown by one small lamp . |
| 10 | I could n't see much point in viewing this perfectly healthy animal again but I promised to call . |
| 11 | But he could n't see that happening to Henry . |
| 12 | I could do with a cup of tea now I know that , oh I could n't see that signpost |
| 13 | The land around them did n't seem a lot different to the place they 'd left , except that the vegetation was lower and Masklin could n't see any water . |
| 14 | The companies found this a major block to their activities and eventually pulled out from the area : ‘ The companies never officially admitted that they were leaving , just sort of let their prospecting licences lapse … the reason they departed was because they could n't see any way that they could effectively operate with such total opposition . |
| 15 | Could n't see any sign of nervousness myself but er I 'm very happy with his sermons , quite good . |
| 16 | Preston glanced guiltily towards the rug by the fire but he could n't see any stains , not from here at least . |
| 17 | I could n't see any mums about the place . |
| 18 | But he could n't see any opening locally to take up farming on his own . |
| 19 | I could n't see any clothes about anywhere . |
| 20 | Well , in fact I did n't know , not for certain , but I could n't see any signs at all of brassière straps or elastic waistbands which I had n't been able to help noticing on all other women . |
| 21 | Could n't see any cinemas around . |
| 22 | Blake could n't see any form of power and assumed this was a machine-driven contraption . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She stared out of the window again , but this time could n't see any movement at all . |
| 25 | She prayed that he could n't see any flesh . |
| 26 | I could n't see any indications of it . |
| 27 | even trains , train station , all they were showing were rudders along station buildings , you could n't see any buildings so |
| 28 | I could n't see any reason why this story should be different from the rest . |
| 29 | ‘ It was a family company and I could n't see any future for me as far as equity was concerned , ’ Goodwin says . |
| 30 | Ballater could n't see any connection . |