Example sentences of "[verb] n't see [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't see no harm in getting paid twice for my trouble , so I called the other number . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I sent in a report to the committee and I did n't see a flag at any stage , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Walked all around yesterday lunch time , did n't see a soul in the pla , I saw one , was it you , on the back meadow ? |
| 4 | We did n't see a lot of Father that year because he was in the Government . |
| 5 | Fresh fish was something he did n't see a lot of in Highbury . |
| 6 | We had a wonderful , lazy time and did n't see a tin of baked beans for the whole fortnight . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't see the relevance of something that happened a long time ago . |
| 8 | You would n't offer them art if you did n't see the chance of slapping on the cost of paint as an extra . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | ‘ It is a pity you did n't see the girl at the place she died . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But I did go to America and so I did n't see the climax of the series , Henry V , until … |
| 13 | Because one week we had one from a long bit ago but I did n't see the rest through the week . |
| 14 | However , Ambrose also found that these ‘ spiralists ’ did take part in community life , and did n't see the village as a transient bus stop as Pahl had forecast . |
| 15 | He was lying on his back , resting his head in his clasped palms , because his borrowed boots were hurting , and therefore did n't see the look of explosive anger suffusing the Old Stager 's face . |
| 16 | We did n't see the scale of the thing . |
| 17 | She was toying with the sand , scooping it up and letting it trail through her fingers , and she did n't see the expression in his eyes when he next spoke . |
| 18 | She did n't see the grimace of annoyance cross his face at her desertion , but Martin did . |
| 19 | ‘ She insisted we did n't see the show before the first night , ’ explained Waterman . |
| 20 | However , I decided to dispense with the hood ; I did n't see the point of hiding my face . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | Besides , the trend on the national newspapers was away from staff photographers and to contract work and I really did n't see the point in moving my family to London without any job security . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Words fail one at such moments ’ said the President when the news was broken to him at the Kremlin by the Norwegian Ambassador , but immediately recovering his powers of speech , he said he did n't see the prize as a personal achievement . |
| 24 | I did n't see the start of it . |
| 25 | She was content to let it wash over her , occasionally noticing , like someone with a different first language , the way they laughed at things she did n't see the humour of , were made angry by perfectly innocent-sounding newspaper articles , discussed people she had never heard of as if they were better known than the Royal Family . |
| 26 | ‘ He did n't see the difference between Beyond Our Ken and Round The Horne or between Carry On and Just A Minute-in which he was quite brilliant . |
| 27 | She stared ahead of her to where Wind Street met High Street but she did n't see the portico of the inn she was passing or the ornate facades of the tall houses ; she was acknowledging to herself that she was falling more and more in love with Craig Grenfell . |
| 28 | Trouble wiv Billy is , 'e do n't see no wrong in anybody . |
| 29 | You do n't I mean you do n't see a tree with a flat top with all the branches coming out do you ? |
| 30 | which is why you do n't see a voltage at the same leg really |