Example sentences of "[verb] not see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he has not seen the man he has hoped to see , his long spine slackens and he falls back upon the red vinyl of the booth with his eyes closed and his foot shaking in a livid tic . |
| 2 | Moscovitch found support for his proposition in the fact that split-brain patients sometimes begin to write with the left hand what is clearly a correct response to a stimulus seen in the left visual field , but that then the left hemisphere takes over control and the response is finished incorrectly since the left half of the brain has not seen the stimulus ( Levy , Mebes and Sperry , 1971 ) . |
| 3 | This week has not seen the end of the row about Europe in the Conservative party , but merely a regrouping of forces for the battle still to come . |
| 4 | She pretended not to see the look of dismay on Martin 's face and continued with her explanation . |
| 5 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 6 | But he has n't seen the rest . |
| 7 | RSVP — Automatically tract meeting attendees via an RSVP function , indicate who 's coming and who 's declined , as well as a list of who has n't seen the notification yet . |
| 8 | It has n't seen the survey results yet , but would like to examine the findings . |
| 9 | It has n't seen the survey results yet , but would like to examine the findings . |
| 10 | He has n't seen the river on a Saturday . |
| 11 | But this man here is obviously going to say he 's seen no cruelty , he h obviously has n't seen the circus madness video that w was released by I A W A and Animals Defenders this year , where there is an absolutely horrendous scene of a llama being beaten around the head and chest . |
| 12 | But the project still has n't seen the light of day . |
| 13 | The footplatemen had nothing to gain by lying about the position of the distant signal when they admitted not seeing the home signal at all . |
| 14 | He did not see the guard revise his aim , away from the gathered crowd . |
| 15 | Inevitably , referee Mike Fitzgibbon did not see the incident and needed to be helped out by a touch-judge . |
| 16 | Tolstoy 's attempt to explain why the British did not see the massacre , by suggesting that there was a hill in the way , is therefore superfluous . |
| 17 | Musician Lake was bailed at Marylebone , London , on condition he did not see the boy . |
| 18 | He had his eyes downcast when they came to the corner of the great hall , and he did not see the Prince approaching , leading by the hand an unknown lady . |
| 19 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |
| 20 | He saw the tree rise up off the stage and did not see the rope and pulleys that raised it . |
| 21 | ‘ The defendant clearly did not see the bicycle because he hit it firmly in the rear , ’ Mr Reid said . |
| 22 | JTR ‘ did not see the glen to the greatest advantage ; the weather was too fine . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I did not see the television , as even my friends who had it had not the Independent ; and the only person who saw it seemed to be the greengrocer , who naturally had everything . |
| 24 | He did not see the trap she had set for him . |
| 25 | One man who , greatly to the relief of his family and parishioners , did not see the burning , for he died while the rebels were on their way , was the minister , William Reid . |
| 26 | While the market as a whole has shrunk over the past five or six years as the generational pattern of collecting and dealing has shifted , it did not see the boom prices of the 1980s and therefore has not experienced the recession to the same degree as some other areas . |
| 27 | Mr Goodwin did not see the file and does not know if his source had access to the file . |
| 28 | We did not see the signal as it was fast approaching time for our departure from York , but just before we left Mr Hopkin he informed us that there were also tickets , buttons , maybe som small brass fittings , an 1864 rail chair and possibly the original chimney of Carlisle from before her 1924 heavy overhaul . |
| 29 | We will be asked why we did not see the importance of the emerging European bloc on our doorstep . |
| 30 | Hardy is amused that Richard did not see the steel beneath the silk . |