Example sentences of "[vb past] not see [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I say round Vauxhalls the only thing we did n't see at Vauxhalls was the er paint shop |
| 2 | The plebeians are a bit thick , as they did n't see through Caesar . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | People she had known forever , many of them , and had not seen for ages . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Perhaps I envisaged pleasant , but traumatic , encounters with ex-course mates who I had not seen for years . |
| 8 | Her mouth had contracted in a manner Muriel had not seen for years . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was excellent fun and a really good chance to catch up with friends I had n't seen since graduation . |
| 11 | Mike was on his way home from school when he met his uncle whom he had n't seen for ages . |
| 12 | Who I had n't seen for goodness knows how long . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | 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 . |