Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] see [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But when they meet me , they may not see a kind creature who has helped them . |
2 | He could not see the Wood family . |
3 | The party 's problem was that it was a Catholic organisation and could not see the class basis of the problems . |
4 | Place could not see the police presence on the river walk above his head , but he could probably guess it was there . |
5 | I have always looked upon you as Theo Daniel said he could not see the pain Frederica said was in the olives , and Alexander , still lecturing , said that Vincent had objected to paintings of symbolic Christs in Gethsemane by Bernard and his compères , had torn up his own , had made do with the olives themselves . |
6 | He hurried out into the garden but to his disappointment he could n't see a pear tree anywhere let alone one with a partridge in it . |
7 | No I just could n't see the name Prima actually just |
8 | From where he stood he could n't see the hospital wing . |
9 | But what about the sailors in the southern hemisphere — the part of the earth south of the Equator ? they could n't see the Pole Star , so what did they use to guide them ? |
10 | Working out the visibility was easier as we did have guidelines here — a tree on the other side of the airfield was at 1,000 yards , a distant farmhouse 2 miles , and if you could n't see the briefing room it was foggy . |
11 | The organ pipes are in the middle of the chancel and you could n't see the east window at the . |
12 | Undertakers rarely advertised , for theirs was — and remains — a trade where discretion took precedence over high-profile marketing and one would not see an undertaker publishing testimonials from satisfied customers . |
13 | ‘ Barry , I ca n't see a goshdarn thing . ’ |
14 | I ca n't see the education committee with their lack of money paying for transport for children from here |
15 | I ca n't see the education committee , with their lack of money , paying for transport for children out here to go to hospital to do a garden |
16 | Gossips down in Houston insist that Compaq Computer Corp will announce its withdrawal from the Advanced Computing Environment initiative within a couple of weeks because its business is making very high volume personal computers , and it ca n't see the MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC-based machines ever reaching those kinds of volumes ; no-one was available to comment at Compaq but its strategy has been shifting over the past year — the investment in Silicon Graphics Inc has been sold , and founder and president Rod Canion was ousted from the company after differences over strategy . |
17 | We will have to , by law , respond to them , but you ca n't see the Children Act outside of the context of what we 're already doing with our other Children 's Services , as you know from previous discussions we 've had and from keeping track in the papers , over the last eighteen months we 've been recruiting more foster carers , reducing the number of children 's homes , developing preventative services rather than receiving children into care . |
18 | Now we 've got Sir Frederick erm I ca n't see the Sir Frederick Lawton retired senior judge on the phone . |
19 | Like you said you ca n't see the body language and fobbed off . |
20 | It 's a pity we ca n't see the street names , though I do n't suppose it would do us a lot of good if we could — well , not without a street map . ’ |
21 | BRITISH motorists must be grateful this festive time to three ladies who will not see a Christmas day lunch . |
22 | And it 's clear , we 're seeing already , that Health Authorities have n't got the money to refer patients to the Trusts unless the Government steps in and says , that 's not Government policy , so you wo n't see the problems Councillor because they wo n't get referred to you , will they ? |
23 | Of course , your neighbours wo n't see the Woodworker Fellowship logo so you will need to acquire an additional cloth badge to show off your membership . |
24 | ‘ And if you can not see a Merkut hand behind what has happened , so are you . ’ |
25 | ‘ Unless it was for reasons other than cricket , one can not see an England team without his presence , ’ he said . |
26 | It does n't mean pretending you can not see the peeling wallpaper and moth-eaten curtains , and going wild with a credit card . |
27 | However , insects can not see the warning spots , and to them the spider 's disguise is deadly perfect . |
28 | In general terms , if you can not see the water surface you should trim and fly the aeroplane at the speed and configuration which gives the best combination of high nose attitude , low airspeed and minimum rate of descent . |
29 | Zenith can not see the source code because the copy is compiled ( in object code ) , but by using the program extensively , Zenith gets a good insight into the workings and structure of Acme 's program and , based on this insight , Zenith writes its program ( obviously without using a source code listing of Acme 's program ) . |