Example sentences of "but i could [not/n't] see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was movement to the side of them , but I could not see what they were doing because of the size of the boulders . |
| 2 | I could hear my wife , Sharon , in the driver 's seat of our Peugeot 405 but I could not see her because my eyes were clouded with blood . |
| 3 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 4 | But I could n't see myself actually scribbling or tearing . |
| 5 | But I could n't see me staying away all that time … not from you , and then probably being persuaded to follow their line and make America my home . |
| 6 | I turned as far as I could without rocking or creaking , but I could n't see him . |
| 7 | I knew he was there , but I could n't see him and I thought he was unaware of me . |
| 8 | I know , but I could n't see them though . |
| 9 | I did n't say anything , because Graham was so enthusiastic , but I could n't see it . |
| 10 | But I could n't see it as funny at all . |
| 11 | There was a tapered garden on a hill , before those houses in a row , and though I did not understand reincarnation , I knew , he told me , about a narrow road smelling sweetly of petrol and roast potatoes , and though I 'd never been , Chock had been , it was only across the street but I could n't see it , he could see it , he told me so , and pointed to the ornate roof across the street , at the chimneys springing from a platform like stalks of green marble , the roof framed by edges intricately ribbed like steeples or the currents of the sea . |
| 12 | but I could n't see your |
| 13 | We moved closer , but I could n't see anything . |
| 14 | they seemed to me to be heavy with symbolism but I could n't see anything . |
| 15 | I looked deep , but I could n't see his soul . |