Example sentences of "do [not/n't] see " in BNC.

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31 But perhaps you do not see the same thing as I do .
32 Incidentally the majority of the field ( followers ) do not see the kill ; they are not right up with hounds , nor are they supposed to be , and it happens too quickly .
33 ‘ We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases .
34 I do not see the theological basis on which we can go on saying that the human species is of such overwhelming and unique and colossal significance that it justifies as a matter of course the institutional exploitation of billions of other species .
35 Of course they could read the monthly pack anyway but they do not see this as the same as actually having to insert each change in its correct place .
36 However desirable it is that they receive training , many do not see it as a practical proposition .
37 I do not see any reason for using anything special , so I choose to bait with two items , bread and worms .
38 I do not see much to encourage me at all , but this does not worry me for it could be much later when they arrive , after I have left for home .
39 But I still do not see why the little houses . ’
40 We do not see the need for the level to be higher in diabetics than in non-diabetics .
41 It is still the case that the majority of girls do not see themselves as primarily workers or careerists .
42 we do not see
43 We are an irreligious people , we do not see the silver water balloons on the trees and the tall beech trees clothed in their green armour of lichens like prophets .
44 she looked sad and said to me , ‘ You are always engaged in reading and writing ; you do not see . ' ’
45 If logic and reason can interpret the information sent in by the senses and produce a conclusion that would change as the information changes , it is emotion that clouds our vision and leads to a state in which we do not see things as they are .
46 Danish schools whose heads do not see themselves as curriculum leaders are not necessarily sunk in apathy or mechanically carrying out the dictates of a central programme .
47 It said that the governors ‘ do not see the immediate necessity for applying to the Crown for a Royal Charter to be granted to this Institution ’ but that ‘ every facility ’ would be given to the veterinary surgeons ‘ for procuring an Act of Parliament to prevent certain grievances complained of by the Memorial , which could not be relieved by a Charter ’ .
48 Uses for the foam or suggested ones , are for keeping bank vaults safe and for applying pesticides to crops without polluting the air , I do not see it catching on .
49 Birds , like planes , usually face into the wind , so they do not see the plane coming .
50 But with the foreign exchange shortages in many developing countries , I do not see what alternative there is in the long term .
51 The NII says its staff ‘ do not see the laundry as representing significant safety problems ’ .
52 So Rediffusion engineers do not see a future for monomode fibre except for trunk lines .
53 We do not see here the great wealth and immense development of twelfth- or thirteenth-century Italy — we are , after all , still in the tenth and eleventh centuries ; and English towns never achieved the wealth or sophistication of the Italian .
54 But you know , what an awful Scotch thick-head I am , and that I never give up a thing , before I do not see the absolute impossibility . ’
55 ‘ we do not see Urban Development Corporations as being primarily and immediately concerned with employment ; they are about regeneration . ’
56 They do not see themselves included in the generic ‘ he ’ .
57 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 .
58 I do not see Hoffman 's hesitancies of speech , his throatbound voice that has to struggle past a colony of frogs , his eyes that crouch nervously in their sockets , as a proof of consequential ratiocination going on inside his head .
59 When people such as Martin , consult me not in order to seek help in overcoming a particular problem , but to help them to understand themselves , their motivation and their spiritual journey better , I do not see the patient at weekly or fortnightly intervals but leave gaps of anything up to six or eight weeks between visits .
60 They do not see falling over as ‘ failure ’ ; it is simply part of the process of learning .
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