Example sentences of "not [adv] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , I went to see Buckingham Palace , not dreaming on that occasion that I would not only see it again but actually enter the premises . |
| 2 | To grasp the meaning of a handshake we must not only see it positively as located in a greeting ceremonial , that is in a sequence of actions identified with respect to the social act they accomplish , but we must also see it negatively , as excluding certain alternatives and possibilities of action . |
| 3 | ‘ We do not usually see him but he is a kind man . |
| 4 | We must therefore allow for this even if we can not always see it . |
| 5 | I was married by now , so I did not often see him . |
| 6 | Managers do not really see them as part of the assets of the unit . |
| 7 | To his right and left spreads a familiar landscape , so familiar that he does not really see it , an expanse of houses and factories , warehouses and sheds , railway lines and canals , piles of scrap metal and heaps of damaged cars , container ports and lorry parks , cooling towers and gasometers . |
| 8 | He may not even see me . |
| 9 | From their lofty height of existence , it was as if they could not even see him . |
| 10 | Theresa did not even see it . |
| 11 | You can not even see it as a star in your sky . |
| 12 | The crows attacked and her movements were strangely slow and disorientated as if she could not quite see them , or make her wings and talons move as she intended . |
| 13 | She spun round , but she could not quite see him . |
| 14 | The woods and walks surrounding the old Sussex manor house are peopled by children who died young ; the visitor , who is the narrator , is aware of them , but can not actually see them ; his hostess , who is vividly aware of the children 's presence , is blind . |
| 15 | It is much easier to talk about something or explain if you have it in front of you and even though the listener can not actually see it you will be able to paint a mental picture for him . |
| 16 | The opponent may move in and strike with a roundhouse kick to the head and the first-time fighter may not actually see it coming . |
| 17 | He knows where it is even though he can not currently see it . |
| 18 | Now my view is that I think rather like your comment on Christian doing concerts , Scottish Amicable er Standard Life Scottish Hydro , Scottish Power , Scottish Nuclear I do n't necessarily see it as making influence to make a decision to make a purchase or to recommend a purchase to the third party in another part of Scotland |
| 19 | He does n't see us as a part of a crowd , he does n't see us as a number on a computer , he does n't see us as numbers on a bank account , or in some other organizational er er er computer set up or whatever it is , he does n't just see us as that he sees us as individuals . |
| 20 | I ca n't somehow see him in a red riding coat being winched aboard a dappled stallion . |
| 21 | The result is to go back to roots of pop music , mixing documentary , fly-on-the-wall conversations and live sets from an interesting assortment of guests , often tackling numbers you would n't normally see them perform on TV . |
| 22 | You do n't normally see it in print , do you . |
| 23 | You ca n't exactly see him . |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway , when it came to it , I did n't exactly see you rushing up ready to shake him by the finger , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I could n't exactly see you two clicking . |
| 26 | Well we ca n't hardly see them now . |
| 27 | He could n't possibly see her in the darkness , but she still shrank down in the seat — then felt her eyes widen when he stripped off his jacket and started to unbutton his shirt . |
| 28 | But the women were crouched so low over their work that their shawls shrouded their whole bodies , and I did n't once see them raise their eyes from the carcass . |
| 29 | yes you do , you do n't always see them , what have you done with your glasses ? , oh , I thought you might be sitting on them again |
| 30 | Now when those people in Parliament are absent , by their silence , they may be there , you do n't always see 'em , you then get a bit annoyed , but I tell you , you get bloody annoyed when they walk past you , which happened to me and to the regional delegates at Lancashire North West Labour Party , I wo n't name who they are , but they did n't even acknowledge us . |