Example sentences of "could not see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot did not doubt the resilience or resolve of the British people ; but he remarked to me that he could not see a man like Neville Chamberlain coping with a major conflict . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a feeling of being suspended — it was not a negative feeling and not even a loss to be mourned , but I just could not see a way ahead . |
| 3 | A garrulous Welshman who could not see a beach without running along it . |
| 4 | She ran and ran but could not see a house anywhere , so she sat down under a flower to rest . |
| 5 | ‘ My headache just grew and grew and suddenly the light faded and I could not see a thing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Stephen could n't see a sign of its owner . |
| 9 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 10 | They followed the white arrows painted on the road between the parked cars and at first they could n't see a space anywhere . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If it 's the and that down it he could n't see a blockage . |
| 13 | He could n't see a horse playing badminton . |
| 14 | He could n't see a thing . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I could n't see a thing . |
| 17 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It was very packed in there but I could n't see a lot of anything . |
| 20 | I could n't see a car . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | Dougal could n't see a television in the room . |