Example sentences of "we [vb past] not see [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We did n't see a lot of Father that year because he was in the Government .
2 We did n't see the scale of the thing .
3 We did n't see the ball go in because we were on the 9th tee , but we heard hell of a din behind and Tom said , ‘ Some guy must have holed out . ’
4 Directly into a drain , so we never s that 's why we did n't see it , because the water was actually pouring down a drain , so of course we did n't see the water lolling up the waterlogged ground , otherwise we 'd have spotted it earlier .
5 We did n't see the Seychelles scops owl , which is nocturnal and usually only seen if a tape-recording is played at night , nor did we get the little Seychelles white-eye , but I am not concerned .
6 And we did n't see the warning signs and then when we had this serious situation it er it it nearly it nearly swamped us .
7 Oh well to be quite truthful we did n't see the police around very often .
8 But I do n't think we have the copy here did we , we did n't see the letter .
9 ‘ She insisted we did n't see the show before the first night , ’ explained Waterman .
10 We did not see the signal as it was fast approaching time for our departure from York , but just before we left Mr Hopkin he informed us that there were also tickets , buttons , maybe som small brass fittings , an 1864 rail chair and possibly the original chimney of Carlisle from before her 1924 heavy overhaul .
11 We will be asked why we did not see the importance of the emerging European bloc on our doorstep .
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