Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [adv] see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
| 2 | The petition can be signed by the parliamentary agent himself , and this is of value because last-minute instructions are frequently received , and I have known cases where the client has not even seen the petition until after it was deposited , although he has of course cleared the content by telephone . |
| 3 | So the book , or one of the books , which Eliot wanted me to write has not yet seen the light of day . |
| 4 | One gentleman , who has not actually seen the apparition , has on several occasions heard footsteps walking up a stairway in the station . |
| 5 | They were both so angry that they did not immediately see the movement that came from the old female 's shelter in the cage between them . |
| 6 | But the Baptism of Jesus did not merely see the end of the long silence , and God 's declaration that in Jesus the role of the Servant and the Son had converged : the age-long drought of the Holy Spirit was ended too . |
| 7 | A further example of the parallelism of greater precision may be found here , though commentators do not generally see the connection of thought between the two lines . |
| 8 | Do not simply saw the trunk off at soil level as this will later attract honey fungus . |
| 9 | Naturally , I did n't immediately see the logic and justice of it . |
| 10 | Gilly did n't even see the policeman until she felt his hand on her arm . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't even see the sign saying ‘ No Milk ’ . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Your trust appeared so implicit that you did n't even see the need to warn me it was your first time . |
| 13 | He said well I could n't see any of that did n't even see the club go up the tree . |
| 14 | Doubling up , he did n't even see the cable-cutters which smashed into his skull and ended his conscious thoughts in a white flash behind his eyes . |
| 15 | ‘ Hey , ’ she protested , ‘ I did n't even see the accident . ’ |
| 16 | I told him that I did n't really see the point in him talking to Frank and me separately . |
| 17 | ‘ If you must know , ’ she said finally , not looking at him , ‘ I did n't much see the point . ’ |
| 18 | The text was ‘ illustrated ’ with crude black and white pictures , the parser was very basic , and accepted only one or two word ‘ phrases ’ , and the perspective was from the ‘ first person ’ ie you did n't actually see the character you controlled . |
| 19 | ‘ It is an elevated green , so I did n't actually see the ball go down the hole , ’ he told BPXpress . |
| 20 | Do n't just see the world , see how it works , do some work yourself . |
| 21 | I do n't even see the guy 's face . |
| 22 | Get to the back of the drawers and cupboards — areas which do n't often see the light of day . |
| 23 | I do n't quite see the joke , but then , I 'm busy sulking . |
| 24 | It 's a strange thing ; you do n't usually see the tournament . |
| 25 | Well the thing is though people at the top do n't necessarily see the problems that you see as problems |
| 26 | I do n't really see the advantages . |
| 27 | Yes , you 're always wary of erm people like that you know , their reputation goes before them , and erm you do n't really see the ball till late , he just flicked it down , I just done enough to get down and erm you know , get my right hand to it and like , Steve Foster was following up well and that and you know , that 's the things that we 've got the run with us now . |
| 28 | He had not paid enough attention to Anna , he had not even seen the girl , and yet she was the only one to benefit obviously and directly from her father dying when he did . |
| 29 | He told Richardson that a Dutch gentleman had given him Frageria chiloensis , a native strawberry from the Spanish West Indies , but although Miller had not yet seen the fruit he quoted A. F. Frézier who ‘ in his Voyages says it grows as big as a pullet 's egg … a great rarity ’ . |
| 30 | Mr Keith Banks , a principal education officer for Durham , said he had not yet seen the guarantee in writing . |