Example sentences of "they [vb mod] n't see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They followed the white arrows painted on the road between the parked cars and at first they could n't see a space anywhere .
2 But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt .
3 It just appeared that way because they could n't see the wonkyness of the rubber , ’ said Gedanken .
4 Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height .
5 They could n't see the house or the road from here , there were no signs of people , it was a curious damp world of fungi and tall plants .
6 But what about the sailors in the southern hemisphere — the part of the earth south of the Equator ? they could n't see the Pole Star , so what did they use to guide them ?
7 They could n't see the shepherd until they crossed the last rise but they could hear the sheepbells on the clear air .
8 Cos some people have trouble with them and they ca n't see a difference they ca n't see any difference .
9 They 're wondering why they ca n't see a human inside , he thought .
10 Because they ca n't see the angle .
11 They ca n't see the darkness and the spiderface beyond and the great web of it all .
12 Even more mysterious are the tiny sets with four inch screens — television for people who do n't mind if they ca n't see the program .
13 I 'll makes yer bed up before the evenin' so 's they wo n't see the rubber .
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