Example sentences of "[not/n't] see a [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might look around and not see a tree with any foliage on it whatever ’ . |
| 2 | The implications of this would seem to be that 1975–85 did not see a process of structural change , but simply the latest in a series of chaotic attempts by central actors to use local government as a means of achieving their ends , without any appreciation of the range of different interests reflected in its various policy networks , and which are also linked by various routes to the still disaggregated parts of the centre . |
| 3 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 4 | ‘ I sent in a report to the committee and I did n't see a flag at any stage , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ I looked at the walls in the Goldie boathouse and saw the names of all the crews and could n't see a cox with three wins on the trot . |
| 6 | We had a wonderful , lazy time and did n't see a tin of baked beans for the whole fortnight . |
| 7 | You see the the inlet pipes and the outlets and this you ca n't see a thing of this , you ought to go and have a look at this place sometime . |
| 8 | You ca n't see a thing round that corner can you ? |
| 9 | One would hope we wo n't see a repeat of that ever again and we have said that before , ’ he said . |
| 10 | They can talk to a player , warn him and if he persists caution him so I do n't see a need for this new law . ’ |
| 11 | Fatal accidents involving children on farms always make distressing reading , but Mr Boswell ca n't see an end to those horrific accidents . |