Example sentences of "[not/n't] see the [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could not see the glow of triumph in his eyes . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ We might not see the day of liberation but it will come . ’ |
| 3 | Supporters of the acts did not see the principles of state hygiene as contradicting the moral emphases of the public health movement . |
| 4 | Caroline Durkan , the GDA senior projects executive handling the scheme , said yesterday : ‘ It places us in an awkward position if we try to get cash from the public sector if the private sector do not see the benefits of Citywatch . ’ |
| 5 | He did not see the tons of scaffolding or concrete blocks , but instead manicured lawns interspersed with narrow paths winding through lush tropical planting . |
| 6 | Always going on about the Fate of the Graduate Wife and how she 's fed up being a cabbage — well as far as I 'm concerned I can not see the call for langwidge . |
| 7 | The Computer Users Group should not see the collation of hardware requests from end users as their primary function . |
| 8 | Most naturalists of my age just enjoyed wildlife of every kind and did not see the need for conservation until after the war when modern methods of farming made enormous changes in the countryside . |
| 9 | The nationalists do not see the emergence of nationalism in this way . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Not only do we have the situation in the UK where partial-hearing units ( PHUs — integrated settings ) are using Total Communication ( e.g. Hegarty , Pocklington and Lucas , 1982 ) , but young deaf people do not see the use of BSL as a function of their contact or lack of contact with hearing people . |
| 13 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 14 | We have done our best to protect her ; we ensured she would not see the baby at birth , removing him from the Maternity Unit as soon as he was delivered . |
| 15 | You , you do n't see the benefit of insurance ? |
| 16 | Frau Hoflin , a sensible woman , old-fashioned , but not so old-fashioned that she could n't see the signs of rebellion beginning to germinate , pressed for the safest ‘ revolt ’ she could think of . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 19 | She did n't see the grimace of annoyance cross his face at her desertion , but Martin did . |
| 20 | He turned towards the stove so that she should n't see the flush of shame and dismay that he had let slip Berowne 's name . |