Example sentences of "[conj] not see a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like most of the nomes who had been born in the Store he hated looking up and not seeing a ceiling . |
| 2 | Bill always used to say , I remember talking to Bill one night at er , at a conference , and his ambition was to walk into every depot at nine o'clock on a morning , and not see a parcel . |
| 3 | M. B. On Dock Duty , you 'd stand all night and not see a soul and the Liver Building up there with the clock gradually going round and you 'd think : ‘ I wo n't look at it , I wo n't look at it at all . ’ |
| 4 | You might look around and not see a tree with any foliage on it whatever ’ . |
| 5 | He made detailed admissions and at the end was asked whether not seeing a solicitor had made any difference , He said not , but would like to see a solicitor , and refused to sign the notes of interview until he had done so . |