Example sentences of "[verb] not see the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week has not seen the end of the row about Europe in the Conservative party , but merely a regrouping of forces for the battle still to come . |
| 2 | She pretended not to see the look of dismay on Martin 's face and continued with her explanation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He has n't seen the river on a Saturday . |
| 5 | But the project still has n't seen the light of day . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | JTR ‘ did not see the glen to the greatest advantage ; the weather was too fine . ’ |
| 8 | We will be asked why we did not see the importance of the emerging European bloc on our doorstep . |
| 9 | Hardy is amused that Richard did not see the steel beneath the silk . |
| 10 | The Feminine Mystique , which dared to put the silent question , did not see the light of day until 1963 , when it sold three million copies , but it was already being written and its audience was waiting . |
| 11 | I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet . |
| 12 | The view mentioned by the hon. Gentleman has never been put to me and I did not see the article to which he referred . |
| 13 | 1 Where do we first learn about Auntie 's excellent eye-sight ? 2 Where do we first learn that Auntie can see into the future ? 3 How do we know that Auntie did not see the fire at the office block where she used to work ? 4 What exactly did Auntie foresee on the last afternoon of her life ? 5 Why did Auntie save Billy 's life , even though she knew that she herself would die ? |
| 14 | But the Welsh builders were unhappy about staying in a small French village without fried eggs and sausages for breakfast and although the local hotelier was eventually persuaded that this fare was absolutely essential , the Welsh contingent did not see the job through and a third firm , French again , was then brought in . |
| 15 | Coun. Mrs Town said she did not see the difference between a severe hardship permit and a special badge , and accused the council officers of ‘ just playing with words ’ . |
| 16 | He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’ |
| 17 | I did not see the value in teaching him the English equivalents of these words , and merely reminded him to talk in English . |
| 18 | Most naturalists of my age just enjoyed wildlife of every kind and did not see the need for conservation until after the war when modern methods of farming made enormous changes in the countryside . |
| 19 | However , Gayoom said that he did not see the need for a formal defence treaty between the two countries although India would continue to train the Maldives ' security forces . |
| 20 | He said that he did not see the point of a central control over pay beds which was a relic of the Labour governments of the 1960s . |
| 21 | He did not see the point of it . |
| 22 | He did not see the failure as a consequence of the refusal to unite all opponents of Unionism , but of the NILP 's willingness to compromise in order to achieve such unity : |
| 23 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 24 | Pupils are tempted not to do the job properly because they do not see the work as proper' maths . |
| 25 | When people such as Martin , consult me not in order to seek help in overcoming a particular problem , but to help them to understand themselves , their motivation and their spiritual journey better , I do not see the patient at weekly or fortnightly intervals but leave gaps of anything up to six or eight weeks between visits . |
| 26 | Kellett-Bowman ) asked in her characteristically robust way why the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats do not see the urgency of this matter . |
| 27 | The nationalists do not see the emergence of nationalism in this way . |
| 28 | On the Conservative side this element is based in the Smoking Room , and is composed of the men with estates or directorships who do not see the House as their primary source of prestige or income . |
| 29 | There was a phrase screeched into the microphone by a hoarse-voiced member of Socialist Workers ' Students ' Organization : ‘ The government must be deaf , dumb and blind if they do not see the madness of this war . ’ |
| 30 | We do not see the need for the level to be higher in diabetics than in non-diabetics . |