Example sentences of "[vb past] n't see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't see the point , I said . |
| 2 | Roger Blyth , chairman of the Swansea selectors who was one of Saturday 's touch judges , said : ‘ I did n't see the incident but it 's quite obvious that the bloke was cut from contact with a boot . |
| 3 | I have been approached on many levels , from stripograms in the office to packages arriving at reception with worms and a message inside threatening even worse if I did n't see the band ( I did n't ) . |
| 4 | ‘ She insisted we did n't see the show before the first night , ’ explained Waterman . |
| 5 | Besides , the trend on the national newspapers was away from staff photographers and to contract work and I really did n't see the point in moving my family to London without any job security . ’ |
| 6 | We did n't see the ball go in because we were on the 9th tee , but we heard hell of a din behind and Tom said , ‘ Some guy must have holed out . ’ |
| 7 | However , I decided to dispense with the hood ; I did n't see the point of hiding my face . |
| 8 | His eyes lifted to the window , but they did n't see the telegraph wires or the railway tracks or the range of dusty yellow hills beyond . |
| 9 | You say you did n't see the statuette , but you told Sergeant Bird earlier that your attention was directed towards that alcove , where you felt that someone was hiding … ’ |
| 10 | And now I have had a letter from Katie Mallett , saying she will not be entering no 3225 ‘ because I did n't see the TV exposé of Summerhill , and have n't got the faintest clue what it 's like ’ . |
| 11 | He did n't see the faint blush of embarrassment because she turned her head away . |
| 12 | I did n't see the auld man . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | She did n't see the dark nineteen-year-old youth , for he did n't look nineteen : there was hardly any stubble on his chin , his face was pale , his mouth tender , his clear grey eyes filled with the hurt of love . |
| 17 | You did n't see the frightful fiend , but that did n't mean it was n't there . |
| 18 | Now , she did n't see the point . |
| 19 | ‘ I was very sad that Julia did n't see the boy , ’ George says . |
| 20 | The driver did n't see the seats until he was about 200 yards away . |
| 21 | The referee did n't see the Goulding incident and he was n't reported . |
| 22 | I did n't see the same face twice for three weeks — there were so many sound stages and all these people , and on top of that , I was going to make a movie with Clark Gable . |
| 23 | NME news editor Chris Hutchin interviewed Elvis ' manager and found that Colonel Tom Parker had yet to see any of his charge 's films : ‘ I went to see Kid Galahad but the theatre was full an ’ I did n't see the point of taking a seat that could be sold to a paying customer . ’ |
| 24 | She nearly did n't see the two attendant figures ; but there they were on the stem scanners . |
| 25 | She stared ahead of her to where Wind Street met High Street but she did n't see the portico of the inn she was passing or the ornate facades of the tall houses ; she was acknowledging to herself that she was falling more and more in love with Craig Grenfell . |
| 26 | But I did go to America and so I did n't see the climax of the series , Henry V , until … |
| 27 | I did n't see the rider . ’ |
| 28 | We did n't see the Seychelles scops owl , which is nocturnal and usually only seen if a tape-recording is played at night , nor did we get the little Seychelles white-eye , but I am not concerned . |
| 29 | He was lying on his back , resting his head in his clasped palms , because his borrowed boots were hurting , and therefore did n't see the look of explosive anger suffusing the Old Stager 's face . |
| 30 | And we did n't see the warning signs and then when we had this serious situation it er it it nearly it nearly swamped us . |