Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I did not see the trophy presented this time as I had to leave before the last race . |
| 6 | I did not see the value in teaching him the English equivalents of these words , and merely reminded him to talk in English . |
| 7 | The view mentioned by the hon. Gentleman has never been put to me and I did not see the article to which he referred . |
| 8 | I did n't , I did n't see the darts in the afternoon |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Because one week we had one from a long bit ago but I did n't see the rest through the week . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | No I did n't see The Bill |
| 13 | Speaking from her hospital bed , with 24 stitches in a face wound , Mrs Thompson said : ‘ I did n't see the explosion . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't see the relevance of something that happened a long time ago . |
| 16 | But I did go to America and so I did n't see the climax of the series , Henry V , until … |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | No , Declan , I did n't see the West Ham game last night , I just had the radio on . |
| 19 | I did n't see the beginning . |
| 20 | I did n't see the rider . ’ |
| 21 | When I picked up the ball I did n't see the crowd , just that basket . ’ |
| 22 | I did n't see the point , I said . |
| 23 | However , I decided to dispense with the hood ; I did n't see the point of hiding my face . |
| 24 | NME news editor Chris Hutchin interviewed Elvis ' manager and found that Colonel Tom Parker had yet to see any of his charge 's films : ‘ I went to see Kid Galahad but the theatre was full an ’ I did n't see the point of taking a seat that could be sold to a paying customer . ’ |
| 25 | Actually , I did n't see the job advertised , I must admit , I was going to apply for it myself of course ! |
| 26 | I did n't see the piece the way he did ; there were serious problems . |
| 27 | I did n't see the auld man . |
| 28 | I did n't see the splash . |
| 29 | I have been approached on many levels , from stripograms in the office to packages arriving at reception with worms and a message inside threatening even worse if I did n't see the band ( I did n't ) . |
| 30 | I did n't see The Young Can Suffer until three weeks after he was killed . ’ |