Example sentences of "[conj] i could [not/n't] see [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I looked uneasily at Martinho , who no doubt was n't too happy either , except I could n't see his eyes . |
2 | Although I could n't see her face properly , her tongue was painting my image by numbers . |
3 | Although I could not see it , we were travelling beside the lake where all these controversies were raging . |
4 | Although I could not see his face , there was something unpleasing about him and I was glad I had a weapon . |
5 | I was now certain that I could not see myself in any type of residential home in the future . |
6 | The mist was so thick that I could not see anything . |
7 | She was n't doing anything interesting at all so I could n't see what the fascination was . |
8 | He pushed me through the door , face forward , so I could n't see him . |
9 | They had drapes up , so I could n't see anything gory , and Bill was there , and suddenly there was a wail … ’ |
10 | I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all . |
11 | The dock looked dark beyond the curtain and I could n't see him , but he could indeed see me . |
12 | My mother danced away and I could n't see her . |
13 | I was dosed with saffron tea which tasted foul and I could n't see anybody . |
14 | He 's got a wart at the end of his nose and I could n't see it . |
15 | I stared at him because he sounded so cold , but he was sitting looking down at the glass which he held on his knees and I could n't see his face . |
16 | ‘ It was pitch black and I could n't see anything , ’ said Mr Davies , of Kirkby , Liverpool . |
17 | Then the sun got into my tears and I could n't see anything , just a blinding coloured rinse . |
18 | And I could n't see anything at first . |
19 | Well I had a look and I could n't see anything . |
20 | I mean it 's driving alright and I could n't see anything sticking out of it . |
21 | The passenger was sitting in a dark corner and I could not see his face . |
22 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
23 | Mind , when I give 'im the wallet and 'e looked inside it , 'e was a mite more pleasant , even if I could n't see nothing but 'is mince pies and 'is 'ooter . |
24 | Probably cos I could n't see her |
25 | It 's cheaper at twenty six ninety nine , I had to ask about that cos I could n't see it |
26 | There was movement to the side of them , but I could not see what they were doing because of the size of the boulders . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
29 | But I could n't see myself actually scribbling or tearing . |
30 | 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 . |