Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could not see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow I could n't see it — they did n't have as much money as the Americans for one thing , and that must have inhibited them considerably . |
| 2 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 3 | Well I could n't see her cos I had my back turned . |
| 4 | I said , well I could n't see her very well . |
| 5 | Well I could n't see you with no money . |
| 6 | ‘ And she 's that short-sighted that the video moved so fast she could n't see me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And she 's that short-sighted that the video moved so fast she could n't see me . ’ |
| 8 | I mentioned that I missed my son and how I could n't see him . |
| 9 | I was some way behind , it was misty , and when I got there I could n't see him . |
| 10 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |
| 11 | she said Joe would of got them all at the top where you could n't see them and things like that , I said well you wo n't get builders doing that |
| 12 | You were so stubborn about it , you just kept saying everything was all right , and it was n't , it was getting worse all the time , and I could n't understand why you could n't see it . |
| 13 | Well these had got , these cherries had been growing where they could n't see them you know . |