Example sentences of "[not/n't] to see [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came to see him once , was shy and vague and noncommittal , later wrote to say it was best for them not to see each other again . |
| 2 | Indeed his fellows were not to see that cadet again . |
| 3 | But , more importantly , I have learnt not to see any stage of my life as the final one . |
| 4 | The last three elections were all foregone conclusions , and the last-minute swings against the party that was clearly going to win in two of them — against the Tories in 1979 and 1983 — probably only reflected some floating voters ' desire not to see any party have too large a majority . |
| 5 | Perhaps we tend not to see this year 's household survey as an historical datum because it is the human condition to flatter ourselves that our own lives are outside time , and therefore outside history . |
| 6 | ‘ It seems to me , ’ he continued , ‘ if you 've got a personal contact like this , knowing the family background and all that , you 'd be crazy not to see this girl . ’ |
| 7 | Later , at least for many years , she was not to see this time as part of her life , and perhaps therefore it need not now be told at length . |