Example sentences of "do [not/n't] see [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 2 | And never mind if some of them did not see a single golf-ball struck . |
| 3 | This new position was achieved only as a result of continuous warfare ; there was hardly a year in the third century that did not see the Roman army engaged in some campaign . |
| 4 | Mrs Puri did not see the New Year in , but the following day she celebrated the event in her own inimitable fashion . |
| 5 | When Rosa looked at the Madonna of the Spasm , she did not see the immaculate mother , the tower of ivory , the fountain sealed , the spring shut up , the enclosed garden of the Madonna 's perpetual virginity . |
| 6 | So he did not see the young photographer who was now taking pictures of the King … |
| 7 | He did not see the young lady but found a small sculptured image of Our Lady . |
| 8 | for their part , the British did not see the Canadian proposal as much of a compromise , and indeed seemed already to have given up on the conference . |
| 9 | At first Sara did not see the two figures standing close together at the end of the room . |
| 10 | The people did not see the two youths — but if they saw them now they say they would lynch them . |
| 11 | Victoria , at last , went to sleep and did not see the slow beginnings of London nor wake when the train finally halted at the arched and echoing terminus . |
| 12 | The creatures of Riverbank did not see the big dog the next day . |
| 13 | The first half of the 1980s did not see the same rate of increase in local and central government employment as most of the post-war period . |
| 14 | However , a subject did not see the same material in more than one of its forms . |
| 15 | It said that the governors ‘ do not see the immediate necessity for applying to the Crown for a Royal Charter to be granted to this Institution ’ but that ‘ every facility ’ would be given to the veterinary surgeons ‘ for procuring an Act of Parliament to prevent certain grievances complained of by the Memorial , which could not be relieved by a Charter ’ . |
| 16 | The usual advice is to prepare the ground by digging two spits deep , but we are rarely given an explanation why , and for that very reason , therefore , we do not see the correct way to do it . |
| 17 | I do not see the theological basis on which we can go on saying that the human species is of such overwhelming and unique and colossal significance that it justifies as a matter of course the institutional exploitation of billions of other species . |
| 18 | But you know , what an awful Scotch thick-head I am , and that I never give up a thing , before I do not see the absolute impossibility . ’ |
| 19 | They do not see the antiquated Gloria combine harvesters or the Transylvanian wheat fields bloodshot with poppies : charming to the eye , but evidence of faltering investment in machinery and decent fertilisers . |
| 20 | You do not see the same happening at Northampton , Bath , Orrell or Gloucester . |
| 21 | But perhaps you do not see the same thing as I do . |
| 22 | There is a very important sense in which they do not see the same thing , and it is this latter sense upon which my criticism of the inductivist position has been based . |
| 23 | For example , those who adhere to Realism simply do not see the same world as those who adhere to Pluralism or Structuralism : they see different actors , different issues , and different pieces of evidence . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ We did n't see a great deal of one another , it 's true ; but I was fond of Jay . ’ |
| 25 | Joe did n't see a great deal of his dad during the year , with his trips abroad and everything , so they used to reserve at least one day when they could do things together . ’ |
| 26 | We did n't see a single soldier or vehicle and assumed that the US army was blocking off La Boca from the Panama Defence Force , whose local headquarters is only about 300 yards from our house . |
| 27 | 4–0 for those who did n't see the other posts , plus our man Vinnie managed to miss a penalty , just to add to the fun , according to my BBC World Service report this side of the Atlantic . |
| 28 | It can be proved by witnesses stating that they saw the defendant ‘ drive round the roundabout and wander into the side of another car ’ or ‘ brake rather late and run into the car in front ’ or by the defendant stating that ‘ I misjudged the gap or distance ’ or ‘ I did n't see the other car , motorbike , cycle or pedestrian , etc . ’ |
| 29 | The offender 's non-observance of other vehicles or traffic signs etc. is generally no defence , e.g. ‘ I did n't see the other car ’ or ‘ I did n't see the ‘ stop ’ sign ’ . |
| 30 | The referee did n't see the Goulding incident and he was n't reported . |