Example sentences of "[verb] not see [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Absence of such deposits in the late 1980s has not seen a decline in Eurocurrency . |
| 2 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 3 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |
| 4 | I did not see the value in teaching him the English equivalents of these words , and merely reminded him to talk in English . |
| 5 | ‘ I do not see the point in raking over old coals , ’ he said philosophically . |
| 6 | They are all great prospects , not just for Lancashire but for England , and I do not see the point in getting depressed when there is such a wealth of promise for the future making its presence felt in the club . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't see no harm in getting paid twice for my trouble , so I called the other number . ’ |
| 8 | Walked all around yesterday lunch time , did n't see a soul in the pla , I saw one , was it you , on the back meadow ? |
| 9 | She was toying with the sand , scooping it up and letting it trail through her fingers , and she did n't see the expression in his eyes when he next spoke . |
| 10 | Besides , the trend on the national newspapers was away from staff photographers and to contract work and I really did n't see the point in moving my family to London without any job security . ’ |
| 11 | Trouble wiv Billy is , 'e do n't see no wrong in anybody . |
| 12 | ‘ That sort of behaviour is nothing you do n't see every week in the Italian League , ’ added Wilkinson . |
| 13 | And coming back to the twenty to twenty five hectare requirement within Greater York , as I 've already mentioned most of that is is in fact al already committed so I I really do n't see the problem in in the Leeds York corridor . |
| 14 | But I do n't see the point in having romantic illusions about myself- or about anyone else for that matter — just because it makes me feel nice and cosy . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't see the point in going mad cos you 're not going to get there any quicker |
| 16 | I had told Ron , who was with me in Rome , that I had n't seen the point in attending the practice , but he had persuaded me that I ought to attend . |
| 17 | He had n't seen an image in the corner of his eye , belatedly realised who it could be , and was making his way back on foot to investigate ? |
| 18 | Yes , we do put children off by being rigid because a child , I am sure , does n't see the world in a rigid way . |
| 19 | Yes , we do put children off by being rigid because a child , I am sure , does n't see the world in a rigid way . |
| 20 | At that moment he reappeared in the kitchen doorway and , seeming not to see the censure in her eyes , or not to care , observed with a dry smile , holding aloft his glass of water , ‘ Handy stuff for putting out fires . ’ |
| 21 | I have n't seen a team in Europe that 's a great deal better than England . |
| 22 | Have n't seen a woman in a hat for years . |
| 23 | She keeps two hunters here all the year round as well as the grey and I have n't seen a penny in livery in all of five years . |
| 24 | I have n't seen the like in many years . |