Example sentences of "[verb] not see much " in BNC.

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1 The only woman I had anything to do with regularly was my mother , aid except at meals aid bed time I did not see much even of my mother .
2 They came with a boat , and did all their shopping in Tobermory , so we did not see much of them at all . ’
3 Although he was satisfied with his progress , he did not see much possibility for immediate promotion .
4 She did not see much of Florence as they roared through it in the jeep , just a muddled impression of large buildings and a broad dark green river , but as they began to drive up the steep , swooping hill to Fiesole , David 's friend said :
5 Theda did not see much of the gentleman , for he ate with Araminta in the breakfast parlour , while Theda always had her meals in Mrs Diggory 's little pantry .
6 I do not see much to encourage me at all , but this does not worry me for it could be much later when they arrive , after I have left for home .
7 Of the tax paid by Osaka 's residents and businesses , 84% goes to central government ; they do not see much of it again .
8 Sensuality had disappeared in the Fifties ; except maybe for Elvis , you did n't see much of it .
9 He did n't see much more of Tina and the teachers treated him with gentle sympathy , almost as if he were an invalid .
10 Anyway he lived in the old hut after the railway was taken up , we did n't see much of him in the winter but when the spring came round he would appear again .
11 They were mostly LTIs [ long-term inmates ] so I did n't see much of them .
12 I did n't see much of Will 's wife .
13 Connie held that it was a simple matter to forgive your enemies because , if you had the sense you were born with , you did n't see much of them , whereas with the way society was constituted , you spent most of your time with your nearest and dearest , and the things they could do to annoy you made the whole concept of forgiveness extremely difficult to entertain .
14 I did n't see much of her recently anyway .
15 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 .
16 ‘ I did n't see much evidence of it when you were dealing with me ! ’
17 ‘ No , only that she did n't see much of you … ’
18 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 .
19 ‘ We did n't see much of them , ’ Woodruffe went on .
20 I was way down the other end , so I did n't see much of it .
21 but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ?
22 ‘ You said you did n't see much of your family until recently .
23 I was gon na say as I recollect I did n't see much wrong with it that I would disagree with erm I think it 's nice to see , you know , sort of progress seems to be going on and erm er what I would say is sort of it might be a good idea to sort of line the numbers up a bit more but erm
24 Tha , well you did n't see much of it did you ?
25 Well I did n't see much point
26 ‘ He 's OK , ’ I replied , ‘ Do n't see much of him .
27 I do n't see much of them unless they want something and they do n't see much of me .
28 I do n't see much of them unless they want something and they do n't see much of me .
29 I do n't see much of Fullblast now .
30 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 .
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