Example sentences of "did [not/n't] see [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Although he was satisfied with his progress , he did not see much possibility for immediate promotion . |
2 | They had a son but divorced eight years later , and did not see each other for the next 45 years , until January when they met at an 80th birthday party of Dougan 's sister Gwendoline . |
3 | He did not see any sign of the runaway animals but later on that night the local policeman called on him and he took over the task of keeping a look out . |
4 | She was very conscientious but did not see any danger in what she was doing by walking alone after dark . |
5 | Ghatak did not see any contradiction between these two approaches . |
6 | Actually I did not see another patient at all |
7 | 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 . |
8 | It was well I did n't see much sense in that either but er I mean if they were eating on the j er eating on the job did n't give you a break at all . |
9 | ‘ I did n't see much evidence of it when you were dealing with me ! ’ |
10 | But I did n't see any sign of it at Winter Marsh — the place just looked down-at-heel . |
11 | ‘ I did n't see any sign of him when I passed his house , ’ said Ianthe . |
12 | But then in the sermons when he came here to preach er I did n't see any sign of nervousness myself . |
13 | But I did n't see any criminality in it . |
14 | ‘ I think the rise in fascism is disgusting , and I thought the most disgusting thing Morrissey did was when he said it was a National Front skinhead who threw something at him because I did n't see any fascism in the crowd at all . |
15 | But erm , it was suggested about a year or so before I left , that I might take what was called The Gardeners Scholarship to erm The Royal College for the Blind , which in those days was at erm Upper Norwood S E nineteen and erm so erm I had no objections , I did n't , I did n't see any future at all in it anyway , but erm I took this erm scholarship examination , went up to the R N C to work erm some papers and to be interviewed and erm , much to my surprise they erm offered me one of these scholarships which was worth forty pounds a year for three years in the Commercial Department of the College which was an innovation really as erm primarily a College of Music for erm blind students and erm so off I went to the R N C of sixteen and erm did my three year course and got erm some R S A certificates and erm was reasonably successful I suppose I , perhaps I was n't as diligent as I should have been . |
16 | So speaking personally , of course when the work study man comes along , and he 's timing you lifting a spanner you know , to tighten a bolt , erm and things like this , er it 's a strange feeling to have someone standing looking over your shoulder and I personally er did n't see any need for that . |
17 | I had no strength to push off , so I did n't see any point of playing . ’ |
18 | I told you , I said to him , I suddenly did n't see any point in it . |
19 | I suddenly decided I did n't see any point in submitting them , I said . |
20 | ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around . |
21 | ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Rattlesnakes are supposed to be common , though they are generally shy and silent and we did n't see any trace of them . |
24 | And Darren from Stoke on Trent was in the forces for three years and he did n't see any bullying at all . |
25 | ‘ 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 . |