Example sentences of "she [modal v] see nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could see nothing except a vivid scarlet blur , the colour of a London bus . |
| 2 | Marie crouched down to peer through one of the slits but she could see nothing , only blackness inside . |
| 3 | She could see nothing out of the window to show there had been a fire . |
| 4 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 5 | She could see nothing , could make out nothing , but it was a comfort , it was company , she heard its voices , they spoke to her . |
| 6 | And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them . |
| 7 | She could see nothing below her because it was so dark . |
| 8 | She did not even notice when Connor and Ruth took the children out of the kitchen , closing the door softly behind them ; she could see nothing but the hope and the love that shone in Ernest 's patient , trusting face . |
| 9 | But she could see nothing , because of the salt and rain on the glass . |
| 10 | Then the rain came , and she could see nothing . |
| 11 | She could see nothing through the night — and hear nothing other than the sound of rolling waves — until the outline of the steep cliffs towered above her . |
| 12 | She could see nothing through the thick clouds of dust that choked her . |
| 13 | She could see nothing unless he had seen it first . |
| 14 | She could see nothing amongst them to explain why Chris should have been so interested in the artist 's work . |
| 15 | She tried to look over her shoulder , to see the face of the driver , to mouth some kind of warning to him but she could see nothing . |
| 16 | Again she glanced at the windscreen of the other car but she could see nothing through the darkened glass . |
| 17 | At first she could see nothing except the river so many floors below them . |
| 18 | Through Skogen she could see nothing but shadows of a summer that had once flourished in this gorge . |
| 19 | The chanting of the priests seemed to summon wings , though as Tallis skirted these Celtic shrines she could see nothing ; and only heard the raucous pleasure of the crow goddess . |
| 20 | Bridget looked at where the small pink finger was pointing , she could see nothing . |
| 21 | As far as she could see nothing had been taken but then she was not exactly sure of all their contents . |
| 22 | Yet she could see nothing in the future but hurt for both of them . |
| 23 | That she would come here , knowing that she would see nothing , makes me realise how infatuated she is with him . ’ |