Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [not/n't] see [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet I did not see a foul . |
| 2 | I DID not see the London Marathon this weekend , and so can not complain about it too loudly , but my heartfelt sympathy goes out to those who found themselves confronted by 25,000 runners , all anxious to show how goodhearted they were and what fun they were having . |
| 3 | ‘ I did not see the television , as even my friends who had it had not the Independent ; and the only person who saw it seemed to be the greengrocer , who naturally had everything . |
| 4 | I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet . |
| 5 | So we end up dissociating one piece of behaviour from another : in ‘ blindsight ’ , the verbal response ‘ No , I did not see the light ’ is dissociated from the ability to move the eyes towards the light . |
| 6 | I did not see the trophy presented this time as I had to leave before the last race . |
| 7 | I did not see the value in teaching him the English equivalents of these words , and merely reminded him to talk in English . |
| 8 | The view mentioned by the hon. Gentleman has never been put to me and I did not see the article to which he referred . |
| 9 | I did n't see a Barn Owl here for 20 years or so . |
| 10 | I did n't see a cheque ! |
| 11 | ‘ I sent in a report to the committee and I did n't see a flag at any stage , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I did n't see a car . |
| 13 | In another letter he wrote : ‘ I did n't see a cock the whole time — except my own and that glimpsed only briefly in a cracked mirror . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't see a thing , ’ Gus said bitterly . |
| 15 | Well I was like that once , I did n't see a thing I wanted to buy . |
| 16 | Well I did n't see a soul that I kn I mean I used to go and used to see people like |
| 17 | er , I did n't see a nun at , most of them were just ordinary nursing staff , just popped in to see how I was and we had a long chat about |
| 18 | I did n't see no harm in getting paid twice for my trouble , so I called the other number . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I did n't see no harm . |
| 20 | I did n't , I did n't see the darts in the afternoon |
| 21 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 22 | Because one week we had one from a long bit ago but I did n't see the rest through the week . |
| 23 | And now I have had a letter from Katie Mallett , saying she will not be entering no 3225 ‘ because I did n't see the TV exposé of Summerhill , and have n't got the faintest clue what it 's like ’ . |
| 24 | No I did n't see The Bill |
| 25 | Speaking from her hospital bed , with 24 stitches in a face wound , Mrs Thompson said : ‘ I did n't see the explosion . |
| 26 | I do n't know if the I did n't see the water over it because we went , Jim and I went out at about erm ten o'clock |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't see the relevance of something that happened a long time ago . |
| 28 | But I did go to America and so I did n't see the climax of the series , Henry V , until … |
| 29 | Roger Blyth , chairman of the Swansea selectors who was one of Saturday 's touch judges , said : ‘ I did n't see the incident but it 's quite obvious that the bloke was cut from contact with a boot . |
| 30 | No , Declan , I did n't see the West Ham game last night , I just had the radio on . |