Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] not see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But if my name has been so discredited , I do not see a remedy . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not see the point in raking over old coals , ’ he said philosophically . |
| 4 | They are all great prospects , not just for Lancashire but for England , and I do not see the point in getting depressed when there is such a wealth of promise for the future making its presence felt in the club . ’ |
| 5 | Having read the resolution of the 1990 Congress of the Communist Party , I am in broad agreement with the positions adopted , except for one : I do not see the need for an ‘ association ’ alongside the Party . |
| 6 | Yet I did not see a foul . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I did not see the trophy presented this time as I had to leave before the last race . |
| 11 | I did not see the value in teaching him the English equivalents of these words , and merely reminded him to talk in English . |
| 12 | The view mentioned by the hon. Gentleman has never been put to me and I did not see the article to which he referred . |
| 13 | ‘ I think you do not see the problem — |
| 14 | Although a large ship of the line , she did not see a lot of action during her service . |
| 15 | Coun. Mrs Town said she did not see the difference between a severe hardship permit and a special badge , and accused the council officers of ‘ just playing with words ’ . |
| 16 | She was so busy thinking about the people upstairs that she did not see the figure standing in the shadows of the kitchen doorway . |
| 17 | We did not see the signal as it was fast approaching time for our departure from York , but just before we left Mr Hopkin he informed us that there were also tickets , buttons , maybe som small brass fittings , an 1864 rail chair and possibly the original chimney of Carlisle from before her 1924 heavy overhaul . |
| 18 | We will be asked why we did not see the importance of the emerging European bloc on our doorstep . |
| 19 | We do not see the need for the level to be higher in diabetics than in non-diabetics . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 22 | Pretend they do not see the degradation |
| 23 | Pupils are tempted not to do the job properly because they do not see the work as proper' maths . |
| 24 | Birds , like planes , usually face into the wind , so they do not see the plane coming . |
| 25 | There was a phrase screeched into the microphone by a hoarse-voiced member of Socialist Workers ' Students ' Organization : ‘ The government must be deaf , dumb and blind if they do not see the madness of this war . ’ |
| 26 | Musician Lake was bailed at Marylebone , London , on condition he did not see the boy . |
| 27 | He did not see the guard revise his aim , away from the gathered crowd . |
| 28 | He had his eyes downcast when they came to the corner of the great hall , and he did not see the Prince approaching , leading by the hand an unknown lady . |
| 29 | He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’ |
| 30 | He did not see the failure as a consequence of the refusal to unite all opponents of Unionism , but of the NILP 's willingness to compromise in order to achieve such unity : |