Example sentences of "not [adv] see [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned her head on the pillow , so he could not properly see her face , only the Greuze-like line of her cheek . |
| 2 | You will not necessarily see your physiotherapist doing exactly the treatment techniques described below : she may use some of these techniques plus others she has devised herself , or she may use a completely different method . |
| 3 | He did not even see her face . |
| 4 | Leo , you must tell her that it is Doctor 's Orders that she must not look after her father any more — that it is too much for her — that she need not even see her father until she is quite well enough , and the doctor has himself offered to find a suitable place , so that she will know her father will be well looked after . |
| 5 | She had pulled her veil right over her face so that they could not even see her eyes . |
| 6 | I think you are men , as your fathers were , who will not lightly see your homes burned , your women shamed , your cattle driven off , your children taken for slaves . |
| 7 | The second one : having got over the actual evacuation and the idea that I probably would n't ever see my mother again , being evacuated in itself was great . |
| 8 | I nearly fell over him and he turned round , but I did n't really see his face in the dark , or if I did , I blocked it out I was so scared . |
| 9 | I 've met her twice on formal occasions , but I am at work all day , so I do n't often see my neighbours . |
| 10 | Greg Carey was there near the door , and when he reached out to grab her arm , asking , ‘ What 's going on ? ’ she shook him off impatiently and did n't even see his face close and tighten in anger at her second rejection of the evening . |
| 11 | And we did n't even see his lips move . |
| 12 | He is ‘ a gentleman with a rather perplexed expression of face , and with very grey hair disordered on his head , as if he did n't quite see his way to putting anything straight ’ , but kind and honest . |
| 13 | She felt close to him , although she could n't quite see his features or his choice of clothes . |