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

No	Sentence
1	‘ I can not see any logic in taking a bowler like Paul Jarvis .
2	It is one sign of the rise of semi-literacy that the descendants of the nineteenth-century civic worthies who took pride in the libraries they opened genuinely can not see any problem in closing them down a hundred years later , or authorising the ruthless dispersal of their stocks built up during that period .
3	Can not see any point in keeping this large number Soviet nationals who are clearly great source contention between Soviets and ourselves .
4	Or do you not see any point in keeping them at all ? is the number to dial .
5	I do not see any reason for using anything special , so I choose to bait with two items , bread and worms .
6	It was found that although a four-week tutorial programme had been prepared , the children in the mainstream school were far more receptive and accepting of the situation and could not see any reason for delaying the child 's integration .
7	Everyone was in a hurry as they squeezed by ; no-one seemed to notice her , and she did n't see much chance of getting their attention right now .
8	‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending . ’
9	‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending , as I 've already said .
10	‘ I do n't see much point in trying to alter such a bigoted outlook . ’
11	As far as the rift with the Musicians Union is concerned if they are so shortsighted as to condemn and ban everything that has the tag ‘ South African ’ , without even trying to understand , I do n't see much point in having anything to do with them .
12	We ca n't see much point in avoiding emphysema at sixty-five
13	I could n't see much point in viewing this perfectly healthy animal again but I promised to call .
14	‘ I ca n't see any sense in subjecting him to a hard race in the Gold Cup when I know that his blood has been wrong , ’ he explained .
15	Now I ca n't see any sense in throwing whatsit , the javelin .
16	No , I do n't see any purpose in reporting this .
17	He does n't see any way of doing that as long as you and Mrs C. remain here .
18	‘ We do n't see any advantage in staying small , ’ managing director Ian Lockwood says .
19	‘ No doubt you 'd have revelled in the opportunity to play Mr Wonderful on the slopes if the roads had n't been blocked , but frankly I did n't see any reason for giving you the chance to do the same here .
20	I had no strength to push off , so I did n't see any point of playing . ’
21	‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around .
22	‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around .
23	‘ Frankly I do n't see any point in staying till morning and subjecting myself to yet another evening of arguments . ’
24	Well you know really I ca n't , I ca n't see any point in staying around here myself , yeah , it 's just my mum really , if anything happened to her then I 'll move you know I 'd move from Newcastle , Stoke On Trent area
25	I do n't see any point in repeating or emphasising to the point of boring you .
26	I suddenly decided I did n't see any point in submitting them , I said .
27	Now I think what te , what happened there was we er , we drifted away from setting down sc , er , er , scripts to finding good useful key words and phrases out of the paper that we could then fit into the script , and as it had gone that way , I realised it was working , and did n't see any point in trying to get it back to the way it was originally going , because it was going fine .
28	At her first interview in a large London teaching hospital , an occupational therapist was told : ‘ I must be perfectly honest , I do n't see any point in showing you round . ’
29	I do n't see any point in having a formal dining room with a table stuck in the middle .
30	I tidy and vacuum the sitting room after she 's gone to bed — I do n't see any point in doing it in the morning because it 'll only get messed up again .