Example sentences of "did [adv] see any [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I did not see any interference , ’ he said .
2 He did not see any sign of the runaway animals but later on that night the local policeman called on him and he took over the task of keeping a look out .
3 The CIA man at the airport said he did not see any winking going on ; but the NHAO humanitarian flights , of which Duemling was in charge , routinely allowed ‘ 10 percent lethal ’ .
4 She was very conscientious but did not see any danger in what she was doing by walking alone after dark .
5 Ghatak did not see any contradiction between these two approaches .
6 I took stock of my fur-lined leather jacket which I had prized for years , and I did n't see any problem .
7 But I did n't see any sign of it at Winter Marsh — the place just looked down-at-heel .
8 ‘ I did n't see any sign of him when I passed his house , ’ said Ianthe .
9 But then in the sermons when he came here to preach er I did n't see any sign of nervousness myself .
10 But I did n't see any criminality in it .
11 We have reviewed charges on , and the Fire Service , erm , in the past , and , and we 've increased certain erm , but we did n't see any way we could , we could increase any more at that time .
12 But she also did n't see any way she could graciously say no after Nelson had just saved her bacon .
13 Erm I did n't see any past pa I did see some past papers but it was subsequent to my setting these exam questions , right ?
14 Did n't see any water , ’ Masklin said .
15 ‘ I think the rise in fascism is disgusting , and I thought the most disgusting thing Morrissey did was when he said it was a National Front skinhead who threw something at him because I did n't see any fascism in the crowd at all .
16 I did n't see any television last night
17 But erm , it was suggested about a year or so before I left , that I might take what was called The Gardeners Scholarship to erm The Royal College for the Blind , which in those days was at erm Upper Norwood S E nineteen and erm so erm I had no objections , I did n't , I did n't see any future at all in it anyway , but erm I took this erm scholarship examination , went up to the R N C to work erm some papers and to be interviewed and erm , much to my surprise they erm offered me one of these scholarships which was worth forty pounds a year for three years in the Commercial Department of the College which was an innovation really as erm primarily a College of Music for erm blind students and erm so off I went to the R N C of sixteen and erm did my three year course and got erm some R S A certificates and erm was reasonably successful I suppose I , perhaps I was n't as diligent as I should have been .
18 ‘ I did n't see any notice to stop us , ’ Carrie 's daughter said .
19 It was however decided that the match would be played , a wise decision as no one slipped up or fell ; in fact I did n't see any player slip at all on the polo field , and it was a good fast game .
20 She did n't see any place or object that she recognised .
21 ‘ I did n't see any birdie , ’ said Danny suspiciously .
22 So speaking personally , of course when the work study man comes along , and he 's timing you lifting a spanner you know , to tighten a bolt , erm and things like this , er it 's a strange feeling to have someone standing looking over your shoulder and I personally er did n't see any need for that .
23 I told you , I said to him , I suddenly did n't see any point in it .
24 I suddenly decided I did n't see any point in submitting them , I said .
25 ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around .
26 ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around .
27 I had no strength to push off , so I did n't see any point of playing . ’
28 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 .
29 Rattlesnakes are supposed to be common , though they are generally shy and silent and we did n't see any trace of them .
30 And Darren from Stoke on Trent was in the forces for three years and he did n't see any bullying at all .
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