Example sentences of "[subord] i [modal v] not 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 | Before the Batty sale we supposedly had an overdraft of 6m quid , so I ca n't see us being able to spend 4–5m ( or whatever he 'd cost ) on a new player at the moment . |
| 6 | She was n't doing anything interesting at all so I could n't see what the fascination was . |
| 7 | He pushed me through the door , face forward , so I could n't see him . |
| 8 | They had drapes up , so I could n't see anything gory , and Bill was there , and suddenly there was a wail … ’ |
| 9 | If I ca n't see her . |
| 10 | I get frustrated if I ca n't see something immediately that goes in somewhere . |
| 11 | I do n't like if I ca n't see what 's on the cards . |
| 12 | The fact that people will give money to save the otter , a nocturnal animal whose presence is detected even by full-time otter survey teams only by its tracks and droppings , is the best answer I know to that mean-spirited and illogical argument : ‘ What 's the use of saving it , if I ca n't see it ? ’ |
| 13 | He must know I worry if I ca n't see it . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But as long as she do n't forget Ga cos I wo n't see her , well we 'll see her on the Saturday but it well I suppose that 'll that wo n't make much difference will it ? |
| 17 | I did n't go this , this weekend cos I wo n't see him Wednesday |
| 18 | they 're not angels , they 're a hard regiment , but they 're also highly disciplined and highly trained , I 've got , I , I , the other thing I could n't see what good , I mean is it , is it the , I mean its not , its not the anniversaries or any thing so I do n't know why they brought the out , cos I ca n't see what interviewing people twenty years after the thing happen can do . |
| 19 | the invisible firemen cos I ca n't see them ! |
| 20 | Yell if you have , cos I ca n't see your hand |
| 21 | Probably cos I could n't see her |
| 22 | It 's cheaper at twenty six ninety nine , I had to ask about that cos I could n't see it |
| 23 | I do n't carry a dinghy because I ca n't see there 'd be time to get it out — and subsequent events were n't about to prove me wrong . |
| 24 | It was bloody we well I had to stop because I could n't see my way at all . |
| 25 | no I had to get mum to do my back because I could n't see my back |
| 26 | I lost my friends because I can not see them now and they do n't have the money to come here . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | Food always tasted better when I could not see it . |
| 29 | He must have been lurking in the church hall , though I could n't see him properly in that dark corner . |
| 30 | I could sense the steep drop to my left , though I could not see it due to the trees and thick foliage that lined the roadside . |