Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] not see [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hardy is amused that Richard did not see the steel beneath the silk .
2 Delia Sutherland did not see the children among the headstones .
3 1 Where do we first learn about Auntie 's excellent eye-sight ? 2 Where do we first learn that Auntie can see into the future ? 3 How do we know that Auntie did not see the fire at the office block where she used to work ? 4 What exactly did Auntie foresee on the last afternoon of her life ? 5 Why did Auntie save Billy 's life , even though she knew that she herself would die ?
4 The other officers chuckled but Nicholson did n't see the joke .
5 For two days after their conversation Ruth did not see the woman , and then on the third day a man leaned over from the upper deck and called out to her .
6 Body positioning : Many areas in cleaning are missed because the cleaner did not see the dirt .
7 Lord Lane CJ stated : ( a ) If there was a conflict between Lawrence and Morris , the latter was to be preferred , but the Lords in Morris did not see a conflict .
8 Mr Goodwin did not see the file and does not know if his source had access to the file .
9 ‘ I was very sad that Julia did n't see the boy , ’ George says .
10 The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes .
11 The Benetton spokeswoman said photographer Olivero Toscani did not see the faces of the people whose genitals appeared in the advertisement .
12 Plummer did n't see the joke and glanced irritably at Hitch , waiting until they calmed down .
13 Inevitably , referee Mike Fitzgibbon did not see the incident and needed to be helped out by a touch-judge .
14 The driver did n't see the seats until he was about 200 yards away .
15 Supporters of the acts did not see the principles of state hygiene as contradicting the moral emphases of the public health movement .
16 But the Welsh builders were unhappy about staying in a small French village without fried eggs and sausages for breakfast and although the local hotelier was eventually persuaded that this fare was absolutely essential , the Welsh contingent did not see the job through and a third firm , French again , was then brought in .
17 ‘ He used to steal Twikka bars from the hypermall and the surveillance cameras did n't see a thing . ’
18 Even FD Roosevelt , he reminds us , had to tell lies about his fiscal intentions in order to get elected ( it is a pity the Labour Party did not see the proofs of this book ) ; and the famous fiscal deficit of the US , ‘ though a topic of voluble discourse ’ , was ‘ less of a threat to the contented than the taxes that would have reduced it ’ .
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