Example sentences of "[not/n't] see [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not seeing Fen for weeks or seeing him and knowing the futility of it all . |
| 2 | Leith asked promptly , sometimes not seeing Rosemary for days , but missing her now she was n't around . |
| 3 | When I look at the results of other development efforts , I have also not seen improvements in cost of maintenance . |
| 4 | He saw Anna occasionally but he had not seen Freda for years though he had to admit that he might not have recognised her had he passed her in the street . |
| 5 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 6 | He did not see size of firm as a particularly important factor in his choice . |
| 7 | In any case he does not see students at home . ’ |
| 8 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 9 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 10 | A very striking example was told me not long since by someone who attended a dinner party in Moscow soon after Gagarin 's space trip — the Gagarin who had reported that he did not see God in space ( see p. 57 ) . |
| 11 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | America , Britain and France do not see eye to eye . |
| 14 | And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ? |
| 15 | Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye . |
| 16 | The portly Breton was standing in the town in yesterday 's parliamentary elections but it would appear that he does not see eye to eye with local activists . |
| 17 | Now that he was getting on in years he wanted to take things just that little bit easy , not see patient after patient , cramming in as many as possible , but space them out — eight , ten a day was enough — for with his practice so long established and his clientele so solid he could n't imagine any reason to fear blanks in his appointments book . |
| 18 | Would n't it be better to be alive , maybe see things like Antoine — or maybe not see things like Antoine . |
| 19 | In other words not see science in isolation from economics , anthropology , politics — all these disciplines should be working together . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We 'ave n't seen thoo since t'funeral . ’ |
| 21 | But , as they had n't seen Cara since Christmas , and it could be another five weeks , or more , since they saw her again , in the interests of enjoying this short while with her she held her peace , and prompted , ‘ You said ‘ Guess who 's … ’ . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why , we have n't seen Flora for years . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I have n't seen Eric in years . ’ |
| 24 | He had n't seen Karen for years . |
| 25 | I HAD N'T seen Nirvana since December '91 , when they 'd played the Transmusicales Festival in Rennes , France . |
| 26 | Ah , I only said to Chris the other day , I thought god I have n't seen Trevor for ages , I honestly did and I , I did n't think you know , anything wrong with him . |
| 27 | Yes , er oh I should think er let's try the tomato one , I have n't had , I have n't seen sausages with tomato in before |
| 28 | ‘ I have n't seen Michael in ages . |
| 29 | I have n't seen Luke in years . ’ |
| 30 | Nick stuffed and stuffed as if he had n't seen food for weeks but Carrie could hardly eat anything . |