Example sentences of "not see [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came through the front door of the shop and was a little surprised at not seeing her husband behind the counter . |
| 2 | A MUSLIM woman who has not seen her bridegroom since the day of a registrar 's office wedding had her marriage annulled yesterday by a Scottish judge . |
| 3 | The present arrangements , under which a defending barrister will often not see his client until the morning of the trial , is unsatisfactory in the extreme . |
| 4 | His friends could not see his face in the dark . |
| 5 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 6 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 7 | Children learn it by rote to pass examinations , and they do n't see its relevance to the world around them . |
| 8 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 9 | We ca n't see our way to the end of the first foot . ’ |
| 10 | I could n't see his expression in the dimness , only that he was still looking at Russell . |