Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
| 2 | As far as I have seen , the BBC has not even seen fit to broadcast a single programme in his memory . |
| 3 | The petition can be signed by the parliamentary agent himself , and this is of value because last-minute instructions are frequently received , and I have known cases where the client has not even seen the petition until after it was deposited , although he has of course cleared the content by telephone . |
| 4 | He has not even seen yet all the Khedivial estates . |
| 5 | He has not even seen my scrapbooks . |
| 6 | ‘ We shall have to conduct parliamentary debates in a style the Communist Party has not yet seen in its entire history , ’ Mr Modrow said . |
| 7 | And more than 14 months after the invasion — despite the violation of numerous international treaties and agreements , and even provisions of the US Constitution , Congress has not yet seen fit to hold hearings on the US invasion of Panama . |
| 8 | So the book , or one of the books , which Eliot wanted me to write has not yet seen the light of day . |
| 9 | Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement . |
| 10 | One gentleman , who has not actually seen the apparition , has on several occasions heard footsteps walking up a stairway in the station . |
| 11 | If mother has n't even seen it . |
| 12 | ‘ Helen has been adequate up till now , though she has n't actually seen this operation . |
| 13 | Alex because she has n't wa ma although mother 's been up erm , nanny always gets shot off to the erm the home and she has n't actually seen her . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd not even seen Leanne for about four months and then she was with him , but I got half my arm blown away . ’ |
| 15 | I mean th they , they might do n't necessarily see why it 's improving and what 's behind it , but their lot must improve if there 's industrialization and weapons and things to be made , that they they have jobs and presumably have more money than they had before when they were just sort of not doing very much . |
| 16 | Did he ever come not merely to see as a possibility but actually to possess a conviction of what can be called the benign indifference of the universe ? |
| 17 | People did not however see themselves as ‘ apathetic ’ . |
| 18 | Derek did not again see Alexander Atkins or his swarthy companion . |
| 19 | They were both so angry that they did not immediately see the movement that came from the old female 's shelter in the cage between them . |
| 20 | ‘ I see , ’ said Floy , who did not completely see , but who understood the premise . |
| 21 | He did not even see her face . |
| 22 | We ended up in the desert and we did not even see the same mirage . |
| 23 | Theresa did not even see it . |
| 24 | SUBSTITUTE Paul Randall earned non-League Bath City a 2-2 draw with Northampton yesterday with a late goal he did not even see . |
| 25 | He did not even see an English newspaper . |
| 26 | From this Time to that of her Death , few Days pass 'd in which I did not either see or hear from her ; for she gave me the Pleasure of seeing all her Poems as soon as they were finish 'd |
| 27 | They did not simply see an empty tomb and say : ‘ Coo , he must have risen ! ’ |
| 28 | Wickham did not entirely see but this was Shildon 's meeting and he was an intruder . |
| 29 | But the Baptism of Jesus did not merely see the end of the long silence , and God 's declaration that in Jesus the role of the Servant and the Son had converged : the age-long drought of the Holy Spirit was ended too . |
| 30 | We did not merely see three ships come sailing by : ordering in threes has shown significant benefits and economies . |