Example sentences of "[not/n't] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His preparing himself so keenly for a new and final phase of the war , and then not seeing even the beginning of it , was the final irony . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've lied to me ? ’ she enquired , not seeing how she could be offended when she , either outright or by implication , had told some whoppers . |
| 3 | It does n't work for her the mistress of the moment of sudden isolation at not seeing back to the black magician who fantastically juggles luminous hoops in the recto-rectangular hey put my mirror back . |
| 4 | Baffled by the elderly woman 's total animosity and unreasonable behaviour , she had at first responded by being anxiously deferential — abjectly agreeing to every outrageous demand on her husband 's precious time , despite not seeing very much of him herself . |
| 5 | We were trying to make the tree stand erect in Fred 's pot and not seeing quite how it was to be done . |
| 6 | This is a pity and I 'm afraid it 's a case of your researchers not seeing much beyond the end of their dicks . |
| 7 | I ca n't see it as clearly as that — and perhaps it 's better not to see clearly — ’ |
| 8 | ‘ As sure as hell not to see through , that 's a fact ! ’ he ripped into her flatly , and , before she could draw breath , he prodded at the folder that lay on his desk and rapped , ‘ You read perfectly well from this file — without your glasses — the night I delivered it to your apartment ! ’ |
| 9 | It would be silly not to see inside . |
| 10 | Mean single channel conductances at V c o m =-40 mV ( g - 4 ) and V c o m =infinity were 56 ( 6 ) pS and 155 ( 23 ) pS respectively , the mean value of E r e v was -84.2 ( 0.2 ) mV , and inward currents were not seen when V c o m was varied between -80 mV and -120 mV . |
| 11 | Within hours , they had vacated the flat which they were occupying and were not seen again . |
| 12 | After the ‘ great event ’ they were not seen again in the church until the next ‘ rite of passage ’ came along . |
| 13 | They actually went off route and were not seen again . |
| 14 | Episodes Four and Five saw the turn of Jacqueline Hill ( Barbara ) to take a fortnight 's holiday — her character being conveniently left aboard the space-craft , the sets of which are not seen again after Part Three . |
| 15 | This bird was flown at blackcock but grey hens and hen pheasants were too easy for him and eventually , after killing a grouse about a mile away , he disappeared and was not seen again . |
| 16 | Mona was not seen again that day . |
| 17 | Now they were all busily employed in setting to rights the big front saloon — a difficult task , for all its furniture was large and heavy and the carpets had not seen even a brush for years and years . |
| 18 | They had not seen nearly enough of each other during this holiday — and the fault was his . |
| 19 | The small bank at the bottom of Chalk Hill , over which hole 3 is sited , had harebells , clustered bellflowers and small scabious — all delightful blue flowers which were not seen elsewhere on the course . |
| 20 | In spite of his derogatory comment , it was a successful work by a choreographer much admired in South Africa ( Dulcie Howes 's ballets were not seen elsewhere ) . |
| 21 | The region is relatively untouched by urban and industrial development , and contains a wealth of animal and plant species not seen elsewhere in Poland , including bison , wolf , otter and some 200 species of birds . |
| 22 | She had not seen where the night light came from . |
| 23 | Moreover , it is likely that , in many tribal societies , this ability of women to bleed and not die was not seen simply as negative . |
| 24 | In re-examining the slides McDade came across a colony he had just not seen previously . |
| 25 | It is intended that these principles are not seen purely as constrictive rules , but as a guide to promote the positive development of Scottish rock climbing to ensure that sports climbing , rather than becoming a substitute for the traditional climbing , grows alongside it . |
| 26 | It is essential that the time limit is not seen purely as an opportunity to negotiate renewed permissions with upgraded environmental standards . |
| 27 | I also came upon a mysterious animal I had not seen before : much larger than the herring , redder and infinitely more expensive . |
| 28 | Or was it just another side of his character I had not seen before , but that I may have suspected was always there ? |
| 29 | There ai n't nothin' I 've not seen before under there . ’ |
| 30 | And to lead the horse we need to go somewhere ; perhaps around the house , across the lawn , over the concrete path , under the clothesline with flapping socks , past the dogs , and in to an environment of strange things the horse has not seen before . |