Example sentences of "n't see [det] [noun sg] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Everyone was in a hurry as they squeezed by ; no-one seemed to notice her , and she did n't see much chance of getting their attention right now .
2 ‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending . ’
3 ‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending , as I 've already said .
4 ‘ I do n't see much point in trying to alter such a bigoted outlook . ’
5 As far as the rift with the Musicians Union is concerned if they are so shortsighted as to condemn and ban everything that has the tag ‘ South African ’ , without even trying to understand , I do n't see much point in having anything to do with them .
6 We ca n't see much point in avoiding emphysema at sixty-five
7 I could n't see much point in viewing this perfectly healthy animal again but I promised to call .
8 ‘ I ca n't see any sense in subjecting him to a hard race in the Gold Cup when I know that his blood has been wrong , ’ he explained .
9 Now I ca n't see any sense in throwing whatsit , the javelin .
10 No , I do n't see any purpose in reporting this .
11 He does n't see any way of doing that as long as you and Mrs C. remain here .
12 ‘ We do n't see any advantage in staying small , ’ managing director Ian Lockwood says .
13 ‘ No doubt you 'd have revelled in the opportunity to play Mr Wonderful on the slopes if the roads had n't been blocked , but frankly I did n't see any reason for giving you the chance to do the same here .
14 I had no strength to push off , so I did n't see any point of playing . ’
15 ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around .
16 ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around .
17 ‘ Frankly I do n't see any point in staying till morning and subjecting myself to yet another evening of arguments . ’
18 Well you know really I ca n't , I ca n't see any point in staying around here myself , yeah , it 's just my mum really , if anything happened to her then I 'll move you know I 'd move from Newcastle , Stoke On Trent area
19 I do n't see any point in repeating or emphasising to the point of boring you .
20 I suddenly decided I did n't see any point in submitting them , I said .
21 Now I think what te , what happened there was we er , we drifted away from setting down sc , er , er , scripts to finding good useful key words and phrases out of the paper that we could then fit into the script , and as it had gone that way , I realised it was working , and did n't see any point in trying to get it back to the way it was originally going , because it was going fine .
22 At her first interview in a large London teaching hospital , an occupational therapist was told : ‘ I must be perfectly honest , I do n't see any point in showing you round . ’
23 I do n't see any point in having a formal dining room with a table stuck in the middle .
24 I tidy and vacuum the sitting room after she 's gone to bed — I do n't see any point in doing it in the morning because it 'll only get messed up again .
25 the labour because erm I ca n't see any point in doing half a job .
26 I do n't see any point in adding complications to life .
27 Cos that was last week 's mid morning show trail and I do n't I do n't see any point in playing what 's happening next week .
28 She was more than well acquainted with Lubor 's proclivity to see an invitation to grow amorous where there was none , though since he could n't do more than verbally flirt over the dinner table she could n't see any harm in accepting .
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