Example sentences of "could n't see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could n't see the moon or the stars , only the gloomy sky . |
| 2 | I could n't see the difference , but his vet insisted he was n't fit enough , even when summer came . |
| 3 | You could n't see the card until you unfolded the handkerchief and now Wexford looked at it for the first time . |
| 4 | He said it was quieter in there , but I could n't see the lay-by from his room and after a bit I went outside . |
| 5 | But I really could n't see the sense in women wearing Armani by day and then letting someone else dress them by night . ’ |
| 6 | He could n't see the boy any more . |
| 7 | He could n't see the sheep . |
| 8 | This had now been soldered to the main building so well that you could n't see the join . |
| 9 | We could hardly get inside for rubbish and could n't see the floor , it was all dirt , and there used to be two or three benches on which we had to sit down ; then old Morgan would read the Bible to us and pray , we had to kneel down — oh what a dry lesson . |
| 10 | It was as well he could n't see the scene at Inveraray castle that same minute . |
| 11 | I could n't see the point … ’ |
| 12 | People could n't see the danger we were in — in fact Lee could n't see it either — because it just looked as though his ball was in a sand hole . |
| 13 | Without her glasses she could n't see the effect . |
| 14 | She could n't see the number from where she was , so she stole through the undergrowth and came up to it from behind . |
| 15 | Working out the visibility was easier as we did have guidelines here — a tree on the other side of the airfield was at 1,000 yards , a distant farmhouse 2 miles , and if you could n't see the briefing room it was foggy . |
| 16 | We could n't see the slightest movement in the fog , but gradually the noise of the engines diminished and died away , and the collective sigh of relief from the top of Flying Control must have had some part in the clearance of the fog , as by the time all four aircraft returned ( bomb-less ) we could actually see the 1,000 yard marker on the other side of the field . |
| 17 | Control of body roll is good , although we could n't see the advantage of manually selecting the sport setting when the suspension firms things up automatically at higher speeds . |
| 18 | ‘ If I could n't see the funny side of life , I think I would have murdered someone by now ! ’ says Mel . |
| 19 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 20 | I could n't see the point in reviving it — and I wondered whether anyone on stage could , either . |
| 21 | A SHORT-SIGHTED burglar tried to break into an optician 's but could n't see the right way in . |
| 22 | He thanked God it was dark so that he could n't see the torn flesh , the ragged pit where the woman 's shot had entered his body . |
| 23 | As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below . |
| 24 | And when it was so deep I could n't see the bottom , Old Bolton 's prize sow , you know the one who had borne so many litters , there was no space atween her belly and the ground . |
| 25 | ‘ Like him , I could n't see the putt drop in but the gallery 's roar said it all . ’ |
| 26 | I later realized that the reason I always did so badly was I just could n't see the blackboard because I was so short-sighted . |
| 27 | I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock . |
| 28 | He looked up , but even now he could n't see the top of the giant tree . |
| 29 | He could n't see the ground either . |
| 30 | They could n't see the shepherd until they crossed the last rise but they could hear the sheepbells on the clear air . |