Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I DID NOT STAY to see the Eid — the Eid Al Iftr , that great feast of the breaking of the fast , the days of celebration when everyone dresses in new clothes as though the sackcloth of fasting has lifted and life has renewed itself once again . |
| 2 | I do not want to see the World . |
| 3 | Although it has kept NATO 's military command at arm 's length all these years , France does not want to see the Americans , still the basis of Europe 's security and stability , pull out completely . |
| 4 | I do not want to see the election lost on the playing fields of Eton . |
| 5 | He said his was perhaps an ‘ old-fashioned ’ view — that he did not want to see the entire world addicted to drugs , like the synthetic existence described in Brave New World — but it was an enormous leap , he thought , from ‘ smoking a little grass to that grim picture ’ . |
| 6 | One of the things that those of us who were involved in local government campaigns were trying to do was to achieve some measure of redistribution in favour of all those lesbians and gays who do not belong to the charmed circles of The Swimming Pool Library — people who have no private income ; people who depend on their jobs and would welcome job security ; people who want council tenancies free of harassment , with friends and lovers of their choice ; people who want to meet others at venues which have disabled access , which are not commercially exploitative and which are run for the benefit of the community ; people who want to display affection or consensual desire publicly without fear of violence or arrest ; people who want to bring up children without intimidation from the courts or social workers ; people who have survived the indoctrination of the education system but do not want to see the next generation of lesbians and gays subjected to the same process ; people who wanted themselves and their lifestyles to be treated with respect by the health services . |
| 7 | We would not want to see the scheme a held up or at least , the timetable that we could set down . |
| 8 | Ĺeonie did not want to see the ambulance from the clinic arrive . |
| 9 | Anyway , the point is this that I am going to say as far as I 'm concerned I 'm gon na put all my maximum ability in making sure that this government stands by its obligation which it gave me when I wrote to the Prime Minister because I was very very concerned that I did not want to see the old people and pensioners who was having difficulty in making ends meet , suffer further and therefore I am with you when it comes to concerning yourself in relation to the O A P's or the pensioners or any one who is suffering because of the s seventeen and o half percent , the maximum is put on . |
| 10 | ‘ I did not want to see the goalkeeper go off . |
| 11 | Voters do not want to see the Tories achieve their ultimate goal the destruction of the NHS , the welfare state and a return to Victorian-style society . |
| 12 | If the account is well run , you should not need to see the management supervisor often , but , to be serious , a valuable contribution may well be made to your business through his or her wider experience — a senior agency account director has usually acquired a very passable working knowledge of more different businesses than most middle managers ( at least ) in the agency 's client companies . |
| 13 | A comprehensive questionnaire may mean that you do not need to see the witness at the earliest stage of your investigations ( see Appendix 9A ) . |
| 14 | When first God commanded Abraham to leave everything behind , he did not wait to see the order obeyed before giving the promises . |
| 15 | I realized he could not catch them , because they had nearly got to the ship , but I did not wait to see the end of that adventure . |
| 16 | He did not expect to see the money again . |
| 17 | She certainly did not expect to see the beautiful cake especially made by Tina Denny , iced in Medau Blue , with our logo girl in one corner , or the surprise presentation of a charming Royal Doulton figurine , accompanied by much love and good wishes . |
| 18 | with one exception , all [ scholars ] contacted have expressed strongly that the service did not appear to see the practical relevance of university training , did not know how to exploit the benefits gained by the individual and in many cases showed noticeable coolness to those who were part of it . |
| 19 | Dealers may not like to see the extent of the drop in auction prices quantified by the Sculpture Index , but it is important to remember that the figures are based on a large number of actual transactions , not a selection of retail sales . |
| 20 | I would just say I would not like to see the reserves fall much below £1.5m . |
| 21 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 22 | Only she could not stop seeing the strange boy 's face . |
| 23 | Another 20 who can not face seeing the area have been invited to the British ambassador 's villa at Kakami . |
| 24 | Benn would not have seen the joke . |
| 25 | Such an exceptional manager , she would not have seen the arrival of her son , Christopher , five years ago , as an interruption to her career . |
| 26 | Ellen called warningly , as though I might not have seen the gun . |
| 27 | I may not have seen the race , but I 've had enough people describe both the race and Jackie 's driving to know what a result it was . |
| 28 | Walking through the streets of Cristales to the school where she taught , Sister Teresa de Jesus Ramirez Vanegas may not have seen the recent threats scrawled on the village walls : ‘ Soon Cristales will be in mourning ’ … |
| 29 | The man who rose from the bench seemed to offer a grudging apology , but Byrkin would not have seen the gesture as he scrabbled on the floor for his slice of black bread . |
| 30 | We may not have seen the last of this controversy . |