Example sentences of "did not see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Lane CJ stated : ( a ) If there was a conflict between Lawrence and Morris , the latter was to be preferred , but the Lords in Morris did not see a conflict . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Although a large ship of the line , she did not see a lot of action during her service . |
| 4 | Yet I did not see a foul . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The company said that it did not see an improvement for the second half . |
| 7 | She did n't see a dickie bird to me , not a word . |
| 8 | I did n't see a Barn Owl here for 20 years or so . |
| 9 | Did n't see a phone . |
| 10 | I did n't see a cheque ! |
| 11 | ‘ I sent in a report to the committee and I did n't see a flag at any stage , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Walked all around yesterday lunch time , did n't see a soul in the pla , I saw one , was it you , on the back meadow ? |
| 13 | Well I did n't see a soul that I kn I mean I used to go and used to see people like |
| 14 | I did n't see a car . |
| 15 | We did n't see a lot of Father that year because he was in the Government . |
| 16 | Fresh fish was something he did n't see a lot of in Highbury . |
| 17 | In another letter he wrote : ‘ I did n't see a cock the whole time — except my own and that glimpsed only briefly in a cracked mirror . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters . |
| 19 | ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters . |
| 20 | Half of these had not realised that they were pregnant , and others had not wanted to confirm their fears , or did n't see a need to go earlier , or were afraid the doctor might tell their parents . |
| 21 | er , I did n't see a nun at , most of them were just ordinary nursing staff , just popped in to see how I was and we had a long chat about |
| 22 | We had a wonderful , lazy time and did n't see a tin of baked beans for the whole fortnight . |
| 23 | Probably they did n't see a thing , and if they did , well , they 've both seen blokes in the bath before now — ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He used to steal Twikka bars from the hypermall and the surveillance cameras did n't see a thing . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't see a thing , ’ Gus said bitterly . |
| 26 | Well I was like that once , I did n't see a thing I wanted to buy . |
| 27 | Did n't see a match report so I 'll chip in my brief comments here on what I saw . |
| 28 | ‘ You did n't see a cigarette butt laying in the street , ’ she said . |