Example sentences of "[verb] not see [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Mrs St Maugham asks a friend whom she has not seen for years to lunch . |
| 2 | He 's ready to leave the table , but he 's waiting to greet Doreen , whom he has n't seen for years . ’ |
| 3 | The evening resumes in the bar have some merit in linking in the activities we do not see on film but had an embarrassing ‘ bar bore ’ quality . |
| 4 | Your practice partner makes the list ( which you do not see in advance ) and then gives the short descriptive sentence which provides a clue to the way in which the key word has been used . |
| 5 | and I say round Vauxhalls the only thing we did n't see at Vauxhalls was the er paint shop |
| 6 | The plebeians are a bit thick , as they did n't see through Caesar . |
| 7 | Or the nineteen thirties book is like one of the things that really inspired me because it showed me that you can do type that looks as though , I mean it can be composed as though in metal and not be boring — can not be , manufactured , you know hum drum , by varying the weights and by massing it , and also one of the things they do , that you see in those books that you did n't see in printing , was this size of type . |
| 8 | And we do n't see in principle any reason to divert from them . |
| 9 | And he used to erm things you do n't see in allotments today , he used to build the clamps for the pits for storing winter potatoes and turnips and that sort of thing in the garden . |
| 10 | So , I do n't see from Pearson 's point of view that , that a government of any complexion will alter what we can and er , or ca n't do in relation to our current er , holdings . |
| 11 | A friend he had not seen for ages came into the bar with his wife , and , in the end , the three of them went on somewhere for dinner . |
| 12 | People she had known forever , many of them , and had not seen for ages . |
| 13 | She had promised Julie that she would be well enough to get up the following day and they would take a trip in the pony and trap to visit friends in the area who Julie had not seen for years . |
| 14 | Perhaps I envisaged pleasant , but traumatic , encounters with ex-course mates who I had not seen for years . |
| 15 | Her mouth had contracted in a manner Muriel had not seen for years . |
| 16 | A general wander up and down on a previous occasion had produced some interesting items , but I knew that the site had not seen past habitation . |
| 17 | It was excellent fun and a really good chance to catch up with friends I had n't seen since graduation . |
| 18 | Mike was on his way home from school when he met his uncle whom he had n't seen for ages . |
| 19 | Who I had n't seen for goodness knows how long . |
| 20 | In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! |
| 21 | Marion had hoped for a disco maybe , or else a smart hotel , but this … well , once weddings were in the air , they all came out of the woodwork : aunts and cousins you had n't seen in years , bringing engagement presents . |
| 22 | What Adam does n't see to falls to me . |
| 23 | Erm number one strength Alan erm although he does n't see to eye T eye eye to eye with er a lot of the city institutions and a lot of the shareholders erm he he does know his business erm and he has quite a strong character , very forceful and . |
| 24 | In Task 44 Extract 1 , for example , we might need to know the political opinions , or temperament , or personal involvement of the person for whom we are writing a report of the demonstration ; and in Extract 2 , a friend with whom we correspond might be nine or ninety , someone we saw last week , or someone we have not seen for decades . |
| 25 | After the reception , we all went in to the ballroom for a five-course Scottish dinner such as I have not seen for years ! |
| 26 | Now was the main race , a true International with 17 nations on the start line , something we have not seen in Britain for some time despite the fact that the entry was limited because of the following week 's World Sprint Championships which caused some potential entrants to opt out . |
| 27 | still does n't fit and that 's the thing yeah I mean all this morning was saying you have n't seen under fire , they do n't stop and look around if they get down into cover he said how they suppose to know who 's firing or not ? , you know . |
| 28 | ‘ But I 've promised to look up some old friends I have n't seen for ages . |
| 29 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 30 | It offers older people the chance to revisit places of interest which they maybe have n't seen for years . |