Example sentences of "[vb base] not see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regret not seeing Prague though she might , perhaps , she began to wonder whether it was time she returned to England . |
| 2 | On the other hand , we tend not to see the intense depression in a motionless and unresponsive horse , or the annoyance in one that has turned its back on the horse or person offending it , or the anxiety in the tightened abdominal muscles of the showpony expecting the pain of the spur . |
| 3 | Users tend not to see the errors because they 're corrected by the network software , but the need for retries slows things down . |
| 4 | Perhaps we tend not to see this year 's household survey as an historical datum because it is the human condition to flatter ourselves that our own lives are outside time , and therefore outside history . |
| 5 | Managers , who live in a constant state of anxiety , tend not to see games as others do and Joe Jordan duly declared himself happy enough with the result which , apart from extending Hearts ' unbeaten run against their city rivals to 17 , keeps them in contention for a place in Europe . |
| 6 | That was months ago-'ave n't seen ‘ er since . |
| 7 | Should the bride and groom not see each other the night before the wedding or even before the ceremony . |
| 8 | So , as soon as the misbehaviour begins , turn away or walk away from your child ; pretend not to see or hear what is going on ; say nothing and try not to show any expression at all ; resist getting into any debate , argument or discussion with your child while he or she is misbehaving . |
| 9 | What this means , of course , is that functionalists do not see consciousness as a defining feature of the mental . |
| 10 | All I can say to the objectors in both categories is that those who do not see a problem do not have a problem , and they can happily ignore what I have written . |
| 11 | ‘ I do not see how you can expand access by any means other than the Government paying . |
| 12 | I do not see how expansion could happen without a substantial increase in government funding . |
| 13 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 14 | Therefore I do not see why tonight I might not occasionally , if the argument should lead that way , be guilty of saying in office some of the things which I have said out of office . |
| 15 | Even if the equation could be established , the beneficiaries are not the same or do not see themselves as the same : the patients paying two shillings for their bottles of medicine do not identify themselves with the patients admitted to hospital sooner or treated more efficiently . |
| 16 | I do not see . |
| 17 | Do not see any X films . |
| 18 | Sports programmes do not see this as part of what they are supposed to be doing . |
| 19 | Also it might be that those who suffer from SAD differ from most people only because they are more susceptible than the rest of the population to feeling ‘ under the weather ’ when they do not see daylight , particularly in the morning . |
| 20 | They do not see the antiquated Gloria combine harvesters or the Transylvanian wheat fields bloodshot with poppies : charming to the eye , but evidence of faltering investment in machinery and decent fertilisers . |
| 21 | Trollope reaches the point of wondering whether a plumber could go to heaven , before sweet reason intervenes : ‘ we do not see why he should be debarred if cabinet ministers be allowed to enter . ’ |
| 22 | According to Malebranche , in his Search after Truth ( 1675 ) , we do not see material things in the world directly . |
| 23 | ‘ No , I do not see many head blows . |
| 24 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 25 | ‘ I do not see that anything else will do , not for the moment . |
| 26 | I do not see why I should so deliver myself up to those who are so assiduously conducting the campaign of abuse and denigration directed at me . |
| 27 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 28 | ‘ No , ma'am , and I do not see why I should . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Then you are a trifle short-sighted and do not see the general for the particular . |
| 30 | Clearly the scene was beautiful , even though I do not see London as my city . |