Example sentences of "n't see [art] [noun sg] of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
| 2 | And she makes it very plain that she does n't see the fun of cooking for me ! |
| 3 | You would n't offer them art if you did n't see the chance of slapping on the cost of paint as an extra . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I ca n't see the sense of leaving here , even if there is n't any work . |
| 5 | I just ca n't see the point of trying to look good on stage if you 've got a horrible piece of yellow plastic hanging around your neck . |
| 6 | I ca n't see the point of living in a mausoleum , just because it 's ‘ in period ’ . ’ |
| 7 | Now unless you 're out with your husband I ca n't see the point of bringing your baby out on Christmas shopping |
| 8 | However , I decided to dispense with the hood ; I did n't see the point of hiding my face . |
| 9 | I ca n't see the point of expending all that energy when I 'm perfectly happy as I am . ’ |
| 10 | NME news editor Chris Hutchin interviewed Elvis ' manager and found that Colonel Tom Parker had yet to see any of his charge 's films : ‘ I went to see Kid Galahad but the theatre was full an ’ I did n't see the point of taking a seat that could be sold to a paying customer . ’ |
| 11 | Professor James Drife , of Leeds General Infirmary , said : ‘ I do n't see the point of taking heavily pregnant women all that way . ’ |
| 12 | Normally , I say , I do n't see the point of staying in for this . |
| 13 | ‘ And I just do n't see the point of pressing on through that muck . ’ |
| 14 | But , I was saying to Tracy , I ca n't see the point of going just to have a row , because that 's all it 'll end up , I do n't think they 'll get anywhere by having a meeting , I think they 'll just row . |
| 15 | I do n't see the point of doing things that make it sound completely unlike a guitar . |
| 16 | When pupils complain that they ‘ do n't see the point of doing all these ’ , they are often given a remote justification — ‘ you 'll need it when you buy a carpet ’ . |
| 17 | but I ca n't see the point of doing vinyl on that anyway I really can not . |
| 18 | As he says , ‘ I do n't see the point of having a through neck once you 've cut a big hole out of it for the pickups . ’ |
| 19 | I ca n't see the point of having a bathroom that does n't work . |
| 20 | I could n't see the point of rushing into it . |
| 21 | However , I do n't see the point of fighting off one set of advances only to capitulate to the next . |
| 22 | They are unpopular with teenage mothers , however , either because they do n't see the importance of going , or sometimes because they have been deterred by their experiences at classes where the other mothers are older and married . |