Example sentences of "they [modal v] not see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not squeeze to the side because they might not see you there . |
| 2 | They had reached the grave , and Ace obediently turned to face the crowd , so that they could n't see her freed hands , which had previously been hidden by Petion 's body . |
| 3 | Well these had got , these cherries had been growing where they could n't see them you know . |
| 4 | True , there was a mixed Italian and German team climbing not far away , heading for the Traverse of the Gods ; he could see them but for some reason they could n't see him . |
| 5 | They could n't see him . |
| 6 | I could see them clearly in the light of the foyer but they could n't see me cloaked in the anonymity of Armstrong — and what more anonymous than a black London cab ? |
| 7 | In the dream she was smiling , holding out her hands to the man and the children , but her smile slowly faded as she realised they could n't see her . |
| 8 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 9 | There is a rather improbable story that , when Captain cook first sailed into Botany Bay , Australia , the size of his ship was so far beyond anything that the local aborigines had ever seen that they could n't see it at all . |
| 10 | He just hoped they could n't see it from the stalls . |
| 11 | They could n't see his face , so he raised his eyes heavenward , gritted his teeth , and gave a small prayer . |
| 12 | They could n't see anything . |
| 13 | And out would come the people to the door , course they could n't see anything or anybody , back they 'd go and then you 'd do it again . |
| 14 | Much to Beth 's disapproval , Cissie had lately taken to observing visitors through the narrow chink , seeming to derive great pleasure from the knowledge that they could not see her . |
| 15 | They heard it through the clatter of their engines , but they could not see its faults . |
| 16 | But the barges were in darkness and they could not see us . |
| 17 | His head was bent over onto his shoulder , and they could not see his face . |
| 18 | And then he had watched two men leave the Tower and walk across towards the Stones , towards his Stones , and he had clambered down from his perch and hidden himself where they would not see him but where he could watch them . |
| 19 | I stayed still , hoping desperately that they would not see me , for I knew that if they did they would lose no time in tormenting me and finally killing me . |
| 20 | When I saw them again I dropped down on one knee , knowing that even though they were constantly looking back they would n't see me at that low level , in my nature-coloured clothes . |
| 21 | They could look out for Lou 's mum all they liked , but they would n't see her . |
| 22 | Several victims were so afraid they would n't see their loved ones again they set fire to their pubic hair . |
| 23 | ‘ I could wait for dark , bypass the current in the fence , climb over , sneak up to the house , stick a bug on one of the windows and hope they would n't see it . ’ |
| 24 | She 'd thought he was going to turn his back on Timothy Gedge and on herself and run into the house so that they would n't see his tears . |
| 25 | They ca n't see me . |
| 26 | cos you think well if I ca n't see any of the cars behind it then they ca n't see me either . |
| 27 | The staff there are trained to spot suspect packages , but with millions of letters and parcels to deal with , they ca n't see them all . |
| 28 | ‘ They ca n't see us here ! |
| 29 | It 's like they 're all dead but they ca n't see it . |
| 30 | They ca n't see it from my flat . ’ |