Example sentences of "can [adv] see [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would I normally do , or anybody normally do , I ca n't see Hilary ? |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't see Brigadier Harcourt-Browne welcoming Charlie Trumper to morning sherry before the Cottenham Hunt . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't see Mrs Brent 's car yet — I suppose she is still at the Lady Queen Bees ' tea , and Mr Brent must be still at his curling club . ’ |
| 4 | I ca n't see Wilko quitting Leeds to be anyone 's caretaker . |
| 5 | ‘ Somehow , ’ Nick smiled , ‘ I ca n't see Harry spending a night out at Au Père de Nico . |
| 6 | The women in this case are suspects in their own right , especially if we take notice of that boy , though from what you–say I ca n't see Anna 's mother hauling herself up on the scaffolding behind Benson 's , or making a run for it when the boy turned up . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But I ca n't see Philip sitting back and doing nothing about it . |
| 8 | I ca n't see Osman accepting it otherwise . ’ |
| 9 | Although I ca n't see Beryl clambering over scaffolding with a .32 tucked in her pants , she 'd be quite capable of doing it by proxy . |
| 10 | ‘ We ca n't see Charlton Athletic , Chester City or Maidstone United being refused entry , nor would we want them to be , ’ he says . |
| 11 | She ca n't see Howard often , because of her husband , whom she loves , and her children . |
| 12 | I ca n't see Mike and Robin making a cake , can you ? |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't see Glyn Rushton waiting that long though . |
| 14 | I know she does wrong things , she tries to organize other people 's lives , she ca n't see Mr Knightley is a man in a million . |
| 15 | I ca n't see Mr Ardis talking of my work in very glowing terms . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't see UEFA overturning their decision . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't see UEFA overturning their decision . |
| 18 | Quite , quite frankly I , I ca n't see Walsall moving , because it seems to have been money wasted if they 've made Fellas Park good and then they move somewhere else . |
| 19 | Sappho wrote a few nicely pulsating ones , but I ca n't see Anya finding her way to Mephistco 's archive to chase up the 1,000-year-out-of-print Collected Works . |
| 20 | ‘ The hard part is not letting it go to your head , but I ca n't see Kylie making that mistake . |
| 21 | They had to get rid of a leader before they could bring themselves to admit that the poll tax was a mistake and I ca n't see John Major going before he loses the next election . |
| 22 | " You ca n't see Andrew Stavanger , because he 's away at the moment . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't see Spencer go to prison for this , ’ she said brokenly . |
| 24 | It 's n er I ca n't see Longmans . |
| 25 | I better walk on tip-toes to right well , you know now let's just give , you know , I mean you ca n't see Zane 's bum . |
| 26 | I ca n't see Ken |
| 27 | I can not see McCallen repeating his University Corner mistake , and he should be well in contention along with Newton , desperately anxious the Dunlops , Ian Lougher and Alan Patterson . |
| 28 | I can not see Britain following the example of so many European countries , where multi-sports clubs are the norm . |
| 29 | For Israel 's way to be hidden Yahweh could mean that God can not see Israel 's way , or will not see Israel 's way , or has caused Israel not to be able to see its own way . |
| 30 | I 'm afraid Mr. Optimist here can not see Leeds winning , or keeping a clean sheet . |