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 . |