Example sentences of "could n't see [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He could n't see properly ; the bitch had half-blinded him .
2 All three were firing now , but the thick smoke was confusing them ; they could n't see properly through their masks .
3 My face scorched , and I could n't see properly .
4 I could n't see properly in that light , but by the way he kept his head turned away , I could tell he was blushing .
5 I could n't see properly . ’
6 Just for a moment the sun was in my eyes and I could n't see properly .
7 I 've watched it on TV and could n't see either .
8 She could n't see either .
9 The windows were like the windows of the children 's ward where Baby used to be , of white glass which you could n't see through .
10 If he was so thick-skinned that he could n't see when he was n't wanted then that was his problem .
11 So we 'd fill them and we could n't see anyway , lookin We could n't look down and see , we had to wait for the foreman shouting all the instructions , move left , forward or up or down .
12 Ace was running from boulder to boulder along the summit of the ridge , stopping wherever she found good cover , just long enough to hurl one of her primitive looking grenades , or fire her blaster , or launch some kind of tiny projectile that Defries could n't see clearly .
13 He hurriedly tried to wind the window down as he could n't see clearly through the thin layer of frost and condensation , but by the time he 'd done so , the red Ferrari had spurted to the top of the ramp , its undipped lights blinding him , swung to the right and roared down the street .
14 ‘ Yes , well , the thing was that — I mean , I could n't see clearly — but I reckon those two had European clothes on underneath their tobs .
15 ‘ I 'd not forgotten him , but I just could n't see why he 'd want to kill her .
16 Jean-Paul flicked the pages ; he could n't see why Edouard had given him this .
17 But Adam could n't see why they should .
18 I could n't see why , because apparently the kid is looked after by a local nursemaid , who had taken it off that day to visit her own family .
19 Scarlet could n't see why Tim should know the name of some geriatric sex-pot and said so .
20 She 'd paid up before so I could n't see why she was refusing to do it again .
21 I could n't see why the man kept it in the shop if it was n't for sale .
22 The substitution did seem strange as I could n't see why Wallace was being taken off and not Deane ( or a defender ) .
23 Could n't see why Speed was substituted but he was n't playing well ( see previous matches ) ; the West ham ground is looking quite impressive with the building of the new Bobby Moore stand ; and Beaney should have been booked for time-wasting ( blatant ) but the ref let him off .
24 Well I could n't see why he could n't !
25 When they turned off the main road Uncle George had to drive at little more than walking pace , for he could n't see where the lane ended and the ditches at the sides began , for snow cloaked everything .
26 Dad had been right ; it was foggy and getting thicker so I had to slow down because I could n't see where I was going .
27 When the hatches were shut you could n't see where they were , but whenever the Thing was really interested in something it opened up and extended a small silver dish on a pole , or a complicated arrangement of pipes .
28 I could n't see where he was heading .
29 You said this morning you could n't see where anyone had forced their way in . ’
30 He did not gel with Chapman , and was never going to be a direct replacement , so I could n't see where he was going to fit in long-term .
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