Example sentences of "[conj] i could 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 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 .
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