Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb mod] not see " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said today : ‘ I just can not see him ever coming back , not after this length of time . |
| 2 | Well I 'd I 'd I just can not see how it 's fair ! |
| 3 | ‘ It was a feeling of being suspended — it was not a negative feeling and not even a loss to be mourned , but I just could not see a way ahead . |
| 4 | I really can not see how high interest rates which penalise investment … help in the fight against inflation . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I really can not see how you can repair them . |
| 6 | I simply can not see the point in having things I do n't need . |
| 7 | Justice is not always swift , but in ways we often can not see in advance it is generally sure . |
| 8 | In the house example , we can choose the order in which we see the parts of the building but we surely can not see occluded portions , and we surely can not look up to see a thatched roof — because that 's the kind of roof we want to see — when the roof is tiled . |
| 9 | He decided to be nice about the whole business , though he still could not see the point of it , and offered to put the little biscuity things into bowls . |
| 10 | The frog relies on its fly detectors so much that it probably can not see a motionless insect , and will starve rather than eat one . |