Example sentences of "[noun pl] did [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gittens said : ‘ The fans did not see the best of me . |
| 2 | What fans did n't see was special effects boss Derek Meddings on the floor with his hand up her dress to keep it from ruffling up and his assistant up a ladder holding the tension on a piece of fish wire while the zip was being pulled down . |
| 3 | Undoubtedly the parties did not see it like this . |
| 4 | The Prussians did not see , did not want to see , could not afford to see , this side of life in their border districts . |
| 5 | You could n't … 'Woodruffe struck a light , but Lambert 's eyes did n't see it , and the flame burned itself out . |
| 6 | Unlike them , Mary Queen of Scots did not see complexities in the situation ; like her grandson Charles I after her , she assumed that the expression of the royal will from a distance was enough to make problems go away . |
| 7 | Because the 1980s in the UK was a very favourable period for customers , UK retailers did n't see those developments : most of them spent the 1980s massaging their profits and margins , which they euphemistically called ‘ adding value ’ ’ . |
| 8 | In a poignant discussion of the hypothesis that Southern slave owners did not see their slaves as human beings he disagrees : |
| 9 | Her little dog walked beside her , under the veil , but the Englishmen did n't see that . |
| 10 | In general lay members did not see their role as an enabling one and do not play a particularly active role in hearings . |
| 11 | What these critics did not see so clearly was that elsewhere customary tenures had so confused conceptions of ownership that a clear , profitable , and workable landlord-tenant relationship was difficult to conceive ; while in many regions customary quit rents gave the landlord little surplus to invest , even had he been inclined so to do . |
| 12 | Moreover , most strikers did not see themselves relying on supplementary benefit during the strike — rather they envisaged getting by on their savings and their spouses ' wages . |
| 13 | Local authorities did not see things that way . |
| 14 | Supporters of the acts did not see the principles of state hygiene as contradicting the moral emphases of the public health movement . |
| 15 | But still the men did n't see or hear her . |
| 16 | The Poles did not see things this way . |
| 17 | There were days and nights when the lovers did not see each other , and when they did they often fought , verbal arguments at first which turned into brawls as they drank . |
| 18 | The children did n't see but did n't like to ask . |
| 19 | What the admiring spectators did n't see was Zarei sitting in the first aid room and insisting those helping him look away as he took off his socks , ‘ because I do n't want to frighten you ’ , and later on slipping a tape of Irish Folk music in to his Walkman as he went back on to the track and muttering quietly to himself , ‘ that will help me stop thinking of the pain ’ . |
| 20 | The Lords did not see these factors made a difference . |
| 21 | ‘ He used to steal Twikka bars from the hypermall and the surveillance cameras did n't see a thing . ’ |
| 22 | Fowler and Andy Lloyd made a good start , Gower chipped in well , and the rest of the batsmen did enough to see England home by three wickets . |