Example sentences of "[modal v] not see [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They should not see television as a panacea for all financial ills . ’ |
| 2 | This is a particular problem with working dogs , such as gundogs and collies , as they do not respond properly to their tasks ; but in the home , pet dogs may not see objects around them , and start to appear abnormally clumsy . |
| 3 | Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love . |
| 4 | Frederica could not see Alexander at all : indeed she had noted he was not there : she stared around and around now at colourless air and sand as though he might rise from them like a mirage . |
| 5 | It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while . |
| 6 | Elizabeth , who met her fiance on holiday five years ago , was described last night as a kind person who ‘ would not see evil in anyone ’ . |
| 7 | But even now , having gone through that process , they would not see men as the enemy , they feel that they do have a lot in common , for example , with maybe the conception of women organising in National Liberation struggles that was mentioned earlier . |
| 8 | Perhaps they can not see potential at a ground shorn of its wooden stands and surrounded by deprivation . |