Example sentences of "but i [modal v] not see " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I would not see Leslie again . |
| 2 | But I would not see it as when you 're looking along the because that 's the first way you 're taught it . |
| 3 | They showed promise and were not as mediocre as all the other stuff inflicted upon me at Leeds , but I could not see any real future for Robin as a poet . |
| 4 | There was movement to the side of them , but I could not see what they were doing because of the size of the boulders . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Despite the quirky characterisations of Mr Amis , my mind returned , albeit lazily , to Brian Harley and his omnipotent putter , but I could not see how to fit the various pieces of evidence together to form a coherent whole . |
| 7 | Perhaps I was wrong , but I could not see that the King was being kind and generous in ordering such an inhuman punishment . |
| 8 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 9 | Everything was in disorder , but I could not see that anything had been taken . |
| 10 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 11 | ‘ I have read between the lines of the German decision , but I can not see any new facts to support this change of heart . |
| 12 | Times are changing , but I can not see anybody stopping the world-ranked top four . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It was on a bearing of 280 degrees and was already west of the Falklands , so I 'm sorry but I can not see how you can say it was not sailing away from the Falklands when it was sunk . ’ |
| 14 | But I can not see what I would do with a home computer , one of which I am continually being urged to buy by manufacturers and retailers and by drops in prices of the things that are as near as a toucher opening up my cheque book . |
| 15 | Privilege could mean a shelf in a lavatory , but I can not see the word catching on . |
| 16 | But I can not see it solving the crisis of the socialist left . |
| 17 | ‘ But I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer and the other ones poorer . ’ |
| 18 | But I can not see any other members of Gatting 's controversial South African tour being brought back . |
| 19 | Special elastic strips can be bought nowadays for this method , but I can not see that they are any improvement on our elastic bands ! |
| 20 | ‘ Undoubtedly if the justices had proceeded to adjudicate on the case either by convicting or by acquitting the defendant , that would have afforded ground for a good plea to the indictment , but I can not see why the fact that the justices at first said they would deal summarily with the case and afterwards changed their minds should be said to have deprived quarter sessions of jurisdiction . |
| 21 | I du n no what role Wilko has in this , but I can not see how we need money . |
| 22 | One publisher , who did not want to be named , agreed : ‘ Jackie Collins has got a new book out called American Star but I can not see it doing very well . |
| 23 | That would have been rather But I come out here but I can not see you know you can just just get them I seen some in that |