Example sentences of "[not/n't] see [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He did not see her at all as he got out of the car and Jenna had the chance to observe him without the dark eyes pinning her quizzically .
2 Maggie 's face flushed hotly and she was glad that Ana could not see her at that moment .
3 ‘ He does not see her as a woman , ’ Sydel said .
4 Hollywood studio chiefs do not see her as prime material to star as tough-talking Det Chief Insp Jane Tennison .
5 ‘ When she started staying with friends I would not see her for about a week or so , but I was not concerned .
6 At first I can not see her for the heaps of people about her bedside , brandished with packaged sweets and magazines and flowers of white and purple .
7 He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while .
8 I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms .
9 She was facing the window , but did not see me beyond its screen because she was staring at Matthew McIllvanney who seemed to fill the whole room with his malevolence .
10 But as you can not see me at present with any advantage to yourself , I leave for Tunbridge , my dear , and hope we shall better understand one another on my return .
11 He did not see me behind the curtain .
12 He could not see me behind the curtains , and clearly did not expect an answer .
13 Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake .
14 You 'll see — I 'll probably not see him for the rest of the week . ’
15 ‘ But you 'd better not see him for too long .
16 We did not see him as the spineless vicar that Fielding turned him into in Shamela .
17 ‘ I do not see him as a killer .
18 She did not see him at once , as he stood back from the coiling smoke .
19 After that we did not see him at all .
20 She does not see him at all .
21 Mr H says the doctor did not speak to him and did not see him without his mother .
22 She could not see him in any such clear moralistic light .
23 ‘ He says the players would often not see him from one day to the next .
24 For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves .
25 I do not see them at all .
26 Before Jos could knock at the door , it was opened by a tiny old woman bent at such an angle that she could not see them without straightening up , her head cocked to one enquiring side .
27 Once outside , she breathed a sigh of relief , and strolled with Theda around the left of the house , next to Switham Thicket , so that Araminta would not see them from the window of her parlour .
28 He almost pranced along the passage with his pet and I hoped fervently that I would not see them in there again .
29 We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks .
30 What was found tomorrow , though they did not see it for newspapers were beyond their means , was a further notice from Robert Asshe to the effect that he would not be responsible for his daughter 's debts .
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