Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you sure you should n't see a doctor ? ’ asked Apricot , as Rhoda 's cough grew nastier . |
| 2 | Some obvious and important matters were left to one side for years because I could n't see a way forward , or had no time to do the experiments — or could n't find the funds to buy the equipment or chemicals needed . |
| 3 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
| 4 | Stephen could n't see a sign of its owner . |
| 5 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 6 | They followed the white arrows painted on the road between the parked cars and at first they could n't see a space anywhere . |
| 7 | They had turned back to Sicily and I could n't see a formation but spotted a straggler who , curiously enough , was flying diagonally across our line of approach and not heading pell-mell for home . |
| 8 | If it 's the and that down it he could n't see a blockage . |
| 9 | He could n't see a horse playing badminton . |
| 10 | He could n't see a thing . |
| 11 | For one thing , she could n't see a thing in the blackout without her glasses ; and for another , the uniform was n't half attractive enough . |
| 12 | I could n't see a thing . |
| 13 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 14 | He hurried out into the garden but to his disappointment he could n't see a pear tree anywhere let alone one with a partridge in it . |
| 15 | It was very packed in there but I could n't see a lot of anything . |
| 16 | I could n't see a car . |
| 17 | So th they , yo yo you could n't see a situation where the person who er was previously in disgrace , was no longer in disgrace , and the one , the the the brother , then showing je jealousy , was himself in disgrace . |
| 18 | ‘ I looked at the walls in the Goldie boathouse and saw the names of all the crews and could n't see a cox with three wins on the trot . |
| 19 | Dougal could n't see a television in the room . |
| 20 | Yeah , but even so , the well it , you 're I would n't see a film . |
| 21 | Erm , is there any other reason in the poem and I 'm going away from questions now but is there any other reason in the poem why erm why it , why he would n't see a forest or a fox out of the window ? |
| 22 | And perhaps we would n't see an orange for a fortnight , three weeks perhaps . |
| 23 | After all , I ca n't see a girl like you giving up her freedom to live in a squalid little room above a shop — and , believe me , without help Peter certainly ca n't afford anything else . ’ |
| 24 | If we ca n't see a way to market it effectively then we would probably decide not to take it on . |
| 25 | I ca n't see a way . |
| 26 | No , I ca n't see a weekend in Paris improving the situation … with all that it would obviously lead to . |
| 27 | I ca n't see a flag , but … |
| 28 | Well if you if you ca n't see a door from the road then that will be the ideal entrance I would have thought . |
| 29 | In short : frankly , these days , without a theory to go with it , I ca n't see a painting . ’ |
| 30 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |