Example sentences of "do [adv] see [art] point [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not see the point in raking over old coals , ’ he said philosophically . |
| 2 | They are all great prospects , not just for Lancashire but for England , and I do not see the point in getting depressed when there is such a wealth of promise for the future making its presence felt in the club . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't see the point of being unhappy . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't see the point of doing things that make it sound completely unlike a guitar . |
| 6 | However , I do n't see the point of fighting off one set of advances only to capitulate to the next . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't see the point of it myself , either , ’ Eileen said . |
| 8 | ‘ And I just do n't see the point of pressing on through that muck . ’ |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | Professor James Drife , of Leeds General Infirmary , said : ‘ I do n't see the point of taking heavily pregnant women all that way . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't see the point of all this , keeping me here this way . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I just do n't see the point of it , ’ he explained . |
| 13 | Normally , I say , I do n't see the point of staying in for this . |
| 14 | I do n't mean that Elgar is a sensuous composer , but I mean the fluidity of Elgar , which is very much his style , which we admire and which is part and parcel of our sort of heritage , they do n't see the point of it , they ca n't really enter into the spirit of it . |
| 15 | But I do n't see the point in having romantic illusions about myself- or about anyone else for that matter — just because it makes me feel nice and cosy . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't see the point in going mad cos you 're not going to get there any quicker |