Example sentences of "[pers pn] could not [adv] see " in BNC.
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1 | I could n't yet see how the city worked , but I began to find out . |
2 | I was sure that I 'd be safe from then when I finally emerged from the city on the far side — it was n't likely that rats would abe allowed too close to the Divine Sanctum — but I could n't yet see any sign of a far side . |
3 | It towered so far above me I could n't even see the top of it . |
4 | I flew too high , and then I was going higher , faster , I could n't stop , like a feather finding a vent I just shot up to the spindle , and there I stuck , dangling in zero-g I kicked and flailed , I was hopeless , I had no idea how to get away I had n't got anything I could throw I could n't even see straight anyway , my eyes were tearing The pollution was pretty bad up there , I started coughing , and then I could n't stop |
5 | The snake was still inside the leg , and I could n't even see it . |
6 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
7 | I could n't exactly see you two clicking . |
8 | I could n't really see what she was doing , but I did n't mind . |
9 | ‘ I could n't really see us doing another ‘ Pills ‘ N ’ Thrills'-type thing , but then we 've always done exactly what we 've liked , always been a little bit different . |
10 | I could n't really see him , but I was suddenly frightened , I just knew he wanted to kiss me or something worse . |
11 | Sue showed me those pictures you sent , but they were so small and faraway and you were all wearing those funny oil-rig hats , I could n't really see you . |
12 | I could n't really see why he was n't given the chance this season ( apart from the last mins vs Swindon ) , |
13 | I could n't really see them losing three in a row . |
14 | Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so |
15 | With talk of sweetbreads and liver and fillet she captivated him — I could n't quite see how she did it . |
16 | Ah yeah well I could n't quite see . |
17 | He said well I could n't bloody see it I said no you did n't see it I said because you 've got to go to the counter for a ticket . |
18 | Although I could n't actually see Maté 's sneer , I felt it in the darkness . |
19 | I could n't always see so far ahead by moonlight and needed to consult the compass more often . |
20 | I could not even see as far as the mouth of the burn . |
21 | She could still see only his profile , and when he moved away , into the room 's shadows , she could not even see that . |
22 | She spun round , but she could not quite see him . |
23 | The crows attacked and her movements were strangely slow and disorientated as if she could not quite see them , or make her wings and talons move as she intended . |
24 | Like Tom , she could not really see Liza in the role of ministering angel , nor could she imagine her out in all weathers driving a tractor . |
25 | But she could not really see herself with whatever it was : vase , or rug or necklace , trying to sell it . |
26 | She pictured Jezrael back home after a shift at Nutristem , laughing and ranting over some petty injustice , wry with self-mockery , a crusader with no shield but a vivacity she could n't even see . |
27 | She stabbed at the recorder controls , though her eyes were blurred with tears and she could n't even see them . |
28 | Ominously , she could n't even see the road when she peered down out of the high window . |
29 | She felt close to him , although she could n't quite see his features or his choice of clothes . |
30 | The image was still nebulous , she could n't quite see it , though the cottage helped . |