Example sentences of "could see nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside , shapes began to materialize — heads , implements — they wanted to recognize friends but they could see nothing but shawls , cloaks , silhouettes . |
| 2 | He tried to see through the net curtain but he could see nothing . |
| 3 | She could see nothing except a vivid scarlet blur , the colour of a London bus . |
| 4 | Marie crouched down to peer through one of the slits but she could see nothing , only blackness inside . |
| 5 | However , while the romantic is afraid of being ordinary , Jesus was so ordinary that even his own family could see nothing special about him . |
| 6 | Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning . |
| 7 | For a moment , until I took off my sun-lenses , I could see nothing . |
| 8 | Nails , suddenly awakened , could see nothing except the light . |
| 9 | He thrust the lamp in among the mops and brooms , but he could see nothing . |
| 10 | Of the verderers he could see nothing , but so strong was his sense of present danger that Allen remained half-hidden watching until the sun came up over the forest and the wet rock slabs of the Waste shone like glass and he could feel the first faint warmth of the sun 's beams striking on his face . |
| 11 | It was pitch dark in the stable and , even with the burning sticks of jharo we 'd brought from upstairs , we could see nothing at first . |
| 12 | I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss . |
| 13 | She looked around but could see nothing prepared for the arrival of a baby Maggie seemed to have had no nesting instincts at all . |
| 14 | It was as though all Nature held its breath , but George standing on the doorstep for a last look round , could see nothing amiss . |
| 15 | I looked round very carefully but could see nothing , so I turned back on the tail of the nearest Hun , who was chasing some Hurricanes in front of him . |
| 16 | He has already brought a little magic into the lives of Bristol Rovers ' fans , who could see nothing to look forward to but relegation from Division One . |
| 17 | Constance could see nothing . |
| 18 | The interest which the remains of the Anglo-Saxon past arouse in a modern scholar is an interest in strange and beautiful survivals , in which Lanfranc could see nothing but corruption and lack of learning . |
| 19 | He called Stefan on the radio , who had a look round on the underside of the ‘ Fury and could see nothing wrong . |
| 20 | To the right , as he walked down it , he could see nothing but the trees of his own orchard and , beyond them , the decorative ridge of a thatched roof , crowned with a squat brick chimney . |
| 21 | The glass was a deep blue colour , opaque , so the outside world could see nothing of what went on inside the heavily guarded building . |
| 22 | He looked around for an implement to use and although his eyes were by now accustomed to the gloom he could see nothing suitable . |
| 23 | Indeed , those Berliners to whom he spoke could see nothing but futility in an Anglo-German conflict over Poland . |
| 24 | She could see nothing out of the window to show there had been a fire . |
| 25 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 26 | She was n't surprised when she raised her hand and could see nothing before her eyes . |
| 27 | At first Britta could see nothing . |
| 28 | Defries could see nothing but darkness through the opening . |
| 29 | At first he could see nothing moving ; then he saw them . |
| 30 | She could see nothing , could make out nothing , but it was a comfort , it was company , she heard its voices , they spoke to her . |