Example sentences of "[not/n't] see [pos pn] [noun] " 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 | Nigel was paid for his work , but he hated not seeing his piece in print . |
| 3 | ‘ I missed not being able to put the stocking on the end of his bed like I always did , and not seeing his face when he woke up . |
| 4 | As it is , I think every hour that passes increases the risk of your not seeing your daughter again whether you pay the ransom or not , and that by paying you may well be signing her death warrant . |
| 5 | The jobless Middlesbrough girl , whose father attended the hearing , was ordered as conditions of bail to live with her parents and not to see her baby . |
| 6 | E. P. Thompson , in criticising Lawrence Stone 's reconstruction of The Family , Sex and Marriage , warned that : ‘ the point of history is not to see their occasions through the mist of our feelings , nor to measure them against the Modern Us . |
| 7 | It 's not right not to see your sister . ’ |
| 8 | Hynes was lucky not to see his England prospects totally wrecked by a sending-off . |
| 9 | ‘ I have not seen their like before . ’ |
| 10 | She had not seen her daughter since 9 o'clock the previous evening . |
| 11 | But he had not seen her leave . |
| 12 | The six-day separation from William and Harry over the traditional family holiday was the first time Diana had not seen her sons wake up to the excitement of Christmas Day . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He had not seen her face , which she kept covered with a scarf , but he thought he could put a name to her . |
| 15 | She has not seen her children for two years . |
| 16 | ‘ Why did you come here then — when I have not seen your face this six months ? ’ |
| 17 | I have not seen your client 's proposals , but I have read the report of your company 's accountant . |
| 18 | These will be offered to you when you first register with a doctor or if you have not seen your doctor for some time . |
| 19 | I have not seen your father 's pen , but I have read the book of your uncle 's gardener . |
| 20 | I have not seen your father 's pen , but I have read the book of your uncle 's gardener . |
| 21 | Now I 'd not seen his work before , that 's partly because I 'm in Brighton and not in London and do n't get up that often perhaps , but he has hardly shown in England , whereas he 's very well known in Europe , using Europe for the Continent . |
| 22 | He has not seen his wife or their three children since July since he can not afford to travel home to Banchory , near Aberdeen . |
| 23 | This feature is barely touched on by Chiaro , perhaps because she does not see her sub-title " word-play " in terms of semantic violations . |
| 24 | PRINCESS DIANA has been told she can not see her sons until next Tuesday . |
| 25 | He could not see her hair , which was wound tightly into a turban of peacock-feathered painted silk , low on her brow . |
| 26 | Always start ‘ Tall , good-looking Mary Smith , as she stepped out of her cottage that morning , did not realize she would not see her children until the following , three months later . |
| 27 | In the darkness , Cardiff could not see her lips moving , and almost shouted back at her : It 's your brother ! |
| 28 | Dorothy did not see her brother again for nine years , and never once returned to the family home in Cockermouth before the death of her father in 1783 . |
| 29 | A love struck farmer 's daughter was told she could not see her sweetheart . |
| 30 | Susan did not answer at once ; in fact , she was silent for such a long time that Breeze , who could not see her face , wondered if she had fallen asleep . |