Example sentences of "he [vb past] [not/n't] see [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Musician Lake was bailed at Marylebone , London , on condition he did not see the boy . |
| 2 | He did not see the guard revise his aim , away from the gathered crowd . |
| 3 | He did not see the tons of scaffolding or concrete blocks , but instead manicured lawns interspersed with narrow paths winding through lush tropical planting . |
| 4 | He had his eyes downcast when they came to the corner of the great hall , and he did not see the Prince approaching , leading by the hand an unknown lady . |
| 5 | He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’ |
| 6 | He did not see Crosland hinting at wanting to ‘ nationalize ’ or exert control over the universities , and he did not see the DES as being ‘ jealous of the universities as is sometimes suggested ’ . |
| 7 | He did not see the failure as a consequence of the refusal to unite all opponents of Unionism , but of the NILP 's willingness to compromise in order to achieve such unity : |
| 8 | He said that he did not see the point of a central control over pay beds which was a relic of the Labour governments of the 1960s . |
| 9 | He did not see the point of it . |
| 10 | Flook claimed he did not see the family as they crossed a dual carriageway in Patchway , Bristol , as he was chased ‘ bumper to bumper ’ by two men in the other car . |
| 11 | He did not see the soldier until he was almost on top of him . |
| 12 | He did not see the trap she had set for him . |
| 13 | However , Gayoom said that he did not see the need for a formal defence treaty between the two countries although India would continue to train the Maldives ' security forces . |
| 14 | Fresh fish was something he did n't see a lot of in Highbury . |
| 15 | ‘ Georgi was too busy getting himself lost , he did n't see the lorry . |
| 16 | ‘ He did n't see the difference between Beyond Our Ken and Round The Horne or between Carry On and Just A Minute-in which he was quite brilliant . |
| 17 | The governor had moved his guests back from the illuminated pedestal to show the line and glazing of the Ming vase to its best advantage , and because he had turned his head in their direction to explain a point , he did n't see the gibbon streak across the marble floor on all fours . |
| 18 | ‘ Words fail one at such moments ’ said the President when the news was broken to him at the Kremlin by the Norwegian Ambassador , but immediately recovering his powers of speech , he said he did n't see the prize as a personal achievement . |
| 19 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |