Example sentences of "[not/n't] see the light [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Instead , we shall zoom in on the ‘ new boys ’ two of which are far from new and have not seen the light of day for many a long year .
2 The Feminine Mystique , which dared to put the silent question , did not see the light of day until 1963 , when it sold three million copies , but it was already being written and its audience was waiting .
3 ‘ We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases .
4 But the project still has n't seen the light of day .
5 Ousley says CDS is very interested in some massively parallel project that NEC is currently working on , though that wo n't see the light of day until the mid-1990s .
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