Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [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 | Sadly , the Russian nuclear industry does not yet see things that way . |
| 15 | He does not however see Bull following ICL Plc and becoming an 80%-owned subsidiary of a Japanese company , but he would n't say how much of the equity he would allow to pass into foreign hands . |
| 16 | He does not however see Bull following ICL Plc and becoming an 80%-owned subsidiary of a Japanese company , but he would n't say how much of the equity he would allow to pass into foreign hands . |
| 17 | But , although these concepts ( standardness , eliteness , carefulness ) are of different orders ( and we shall return to these distinctions ) , Dobson does not apparently see any reason to keep them separate . |
| 18 | To his right and left spreads a familiar landscape , so familiar that he does not really see it , an expanse of houses and factories , warehouses and sheds , railway lines and canals , piles of scrap metal and heaps of damaged cars , container ports and lorry parks , cooling towers and gasometers . |
| 19 | Fernand was employed by the previous owner and does not always see eye to eye with Alain on the way the estate should be managed , but no … ’ |
| 20 | But Watson does not only see himself as publicity agent for his cause . |
| 21 | He does n't see us as a part of a crowd , he does n't see us as a number on a computer , he does n't see us as numbers on a bank account , or in some other organizational er er er computer set up or whatever it is , he does n't just see us as that he sees us as individuals . |
| 22 | The pronunciation he knows gets in the way , so that he does n't really see what he 's written down . |
| 23 | if he does n't really see that much of his mother |