Example sentences of "[pers pn] could n't [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 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 .
21 She stabbed at the recorder controls , though her eyes were blurred with tears and she could n't even see them .
22 Ominously , she could n't even see the road when she peered down out of the high window .
23 She felt close to him , although she could n't quite see his features or his choice of clothes .
24 The image was still nebulous , she could n't quite see it , though the cottage helped .
25 And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye .
26 She could n't ever see the village letting the tradition die , especially when the younger members of the local families were so keen .
27 But she could n't ever see me , though I think at first she knew I was around , so now I mostly stay where I am and amuse myself with some of the other kids who are here too .
28 She hated to be made to think in this way ; but there were some things you had to think of with your mind , when you could n't straightforwardly see them with your hands , to deal with them then and there .
29 The snow was so thick you could n't even see the signposts .
30 You and Matthew are the smart ones , and you could n't even see the noses in front of your faces .
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