Example sentences of "[verb] n't see [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If you ca n't manage it twice a week in a part of the country which has n't seen any action since the Wars Of The Roses , what hope is there for the rest of us ?
2 Everyone was in a hurry as they squeezed by ; no-one seemed to notice her , and she did n't see much chance of getting their attention right now .
3 It was well I did n't see much sense in that either but er I mean if they were eating on the j er eating on the job did n't give you a break at all .
4 ‘ I did n't see much evidence of it when you were dealing with me ! ’
5 But I did n't see any sign of it at Winter Marsh — the place just looked down-at-heel .
6 ‘ I did n't see any sign of him when I passed his house , ’ said Ianthe .
7 But then in the sermons when he came here to preach er I did n't see any sign of nervousness myself .
8 But I did n't see any criminality in it .
9 ‘ I think the rise in fascism is disgusting , and I thought the most disgusting thing Morrissey did was when he said it was a National Front skinhead who threw something at him because I did n't see any fascism in the crowd at all .
10 But erm , it was suggested about a year or so before I left , that I might take what was called The Gardeners Scholarship to erm The Royal College for the Blind , which in those days was at erm Upper Norwood S E nineteen and erm so erm I had no objections , I did n't , I did n't see any future at all in it anyway , but erm I took this erm scholarship examination , went up to the R N C to work erm some papers and to be interviewed and erm , much to my surprise they erm offered me one of these scholarships which was worth forty pounds a year for three years in the Commercial Department of the College which was an innovation really as erm primarily a College of Music for erm blind students and erm so off I went to the R N C of sixteen and erm did my three year course and got erm some R S A certificates and erm was reasonably successful I suppose I , perhaps I was n't as diligent as I should have been .
11 So speaking personally , of course when the work study man comes along , and he 's timing you lifting a spanner you know , to tighten a bolt , erm and things like this , er it 's a strange feeling to have someone standing looking over your shoulder and I personally er did n't see any need for that .
12 I had no strength to push off , so I did n't see any point of playing . ’
13 I told you , I said to him , I suddenly did n't see any point in it .
14 I suddenly decided I did n't see any point in submitting them , I said .
15 ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around .
16 ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around .
17 Now I think what te , what happened there was we er , we drifted away from setting down sc , er , er , scripts to finding good useful key words and phrases out of the paper that we could then fit into the script , and as it had gone that way , I realised it was working , and did n't see any point in trying to get it back to the way it was originally going , because it was going fine .
18 Rattlesnakes are supposed to be common , though they are generally shy and silent and we did n't see any trace of them .
19 And Darren from Stoke on Trent was in the forces for three years and he did n't see any bullying at all .
20 ‘ No doubt you 'd have revelled in the opportunity to play Mr Wonderful on the slopes if the roads had n't been blocked , but frankly I did n't see any reason for giving you the chance to do the same here .
21 And I do n't seeing any problem at all in you being able to come over well on the phone which is the important thing for us .
22 You do n't see that sort of thing now , parts
23 ‘ I must say , ’ said Miss Gilberd , ‘ that however much that precious trio over there may burble on , I do n't see much sign of Spring . ’
24 Looking back through the old progs I do n't see much sign of Forrester at all !
25 I do n't see much evidence of an upturn yet but at least Courtaulds has had a break with the strengthening of the dollar .
26 As far as the rift with the Musicians Union is concerned if they are so shortsighted as to condemn and ban everything that has the tag ‘ South African ’ , without even trying to understand , I do n't see much point in having anything to do with them .
27 I do n't see much point in your going to Washington and entering a popularity stakes contest . ’
28 C. I do n't see much point in it .
29 ‘ I do n't see much point in trying to alter such a bigoted outlook . ’
30 The feeling at the moment is that they are sympathetic towards us , and they do n't see any difficulty in that as yet , but no one is prepared to put their hand up and say yes go ahead and spend the money in that way .
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