Example sentences of "[not/n't] see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores . |
| 2 | What makes a fanatic is not having strong and extreme ideals oneself but taking no notice of other people 's — not seeing the considerations that other people are concerned about . |
| 3 | ‘ I always had the impression ’ , said one , ‘ that we were not seeing the best of Harold Wilson in that period . |
| 4 | In the Game of Life not seeing things as they are is like not seeing the ball clearly when playing tennis , or not knowing where the white lines are . |
| 5 | The reliance of elderly people on walking as a mode of transport increases their exposure to risk whilst their failing faculties raise the likelihood of them not seeing the striking vehicle . |
| 6 | ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees . |
| 7 | He was not seeing the ball so well . |
| 8 | This produces the stress of tiring ambulance journeys , the long wait in the clinic and not seeing the same staff at each visit . |
| 9 | The footplatemen had nothing to gain by lying about the position of the distant signal when they admitted not seeing the home signal at all . |
| 10 | ‘ The political situation in FIFA , at the moment , is such that we have to be very careful of not seeing the majority move towards that idea . ’ |
| 11 | THE Hitch-hiker 's Guide To Not Seeing The Galaxy Before Your Time : Do n't accept a lift in President Kennedy 's Cadillac , James Dean 's Porsche , Mark Thatcher 's Land-Rover . |
| 12 | She had n't been reading at all but had been glancing out of the window not seeing the gracious gardens that surrounded Summer Lodge , but planning ways to help Craig when he came to her . |
| 13 | While chairman and chief executive , Peter Bonfield , said he is still ‘ not seeing the wide green shoots ’ of recovery , he does expect ICL to stay in the black during the coming year . |
| 14 | not seeing the only point of being there |
| 15 | Dancing was a consolation for not seeing the lady . |
| 16 | ‘ People are just not seeing the value of breast milk , ’ says Alison Spiro , NCT milk-bank coordinator and Parents Family Health Adviser . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , but — are they not seeing the jokes ? |
| 18 | Not seeing the size she was . |
| 19 | You 're not seeing the real me ! |
| 20 | Even the most committed opponents of capital punishment will find it hard not to see the Norwegians ' point of view . |
| 21 | The EPA exists to regulate things , not to see the market do the job for it . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It is difficult not to see the seeds of authoritarianism in this thinking : Rougemont says , ‘ C'est pour obéir que nous sommes libres ’ : it is in order to be able to obey that we are free . |
| 24 | The Foreign Office request puzzled him , for it was not to see the Foreign Secretary with whom he normally dealt , but the Home Secretary , Sir Harry Marriott . |
| 25 | The early pre-emptive presence of the blue helmets is an earnest of the world 's desire not to see the Bosnian war repeated in Macedonia . |
| 26 | Users tend not to see the errors because they 're corrected by the network software , but the need for retries slows things down . |
| 27 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
| 28 | We were not to see the famous ‘ stoop ’ dive on to prey after all . |
| 29 | She hurried forward with her head down so as not to see the diesel-and-hemp-smelling boathouse where she and Francis had once kissed and kissed ; or the two canvas shoes pushed on dock posts to dry and which she was certain had belonged to Francis . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not to see the swan until the performance so that you will react to if spontaneously . |