Example sentences of "he did [not/n't] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thiercelin and Epitot saluted smartly as he passed , but he did not see them , nor even his entourage . |
| 2 | ‘ But because they were so busy with their business , he did not see them as much as he wished . |
| 3 | He missed her physical presence too , and dreamed of her oftener now he did not see her . |
| 4 | The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could . |
| 5 | He did not see her precisely as she saw herself but it could have been very much worse . |
| 6 | For the first time ever he realised how he missed the woman when he did not see her . |
| 7 | He did not see her at all as he got out of the car and Jenna had the chance to observe him without the dark eyes pinning her quizzically . |
| 8 | He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while . |
| 9 | My move woke him , and he did not see me . |
| 10 | He did not see me behind the curtain . |
| 11 | Then , when he thought seriously about the reaction , it left him puzzled , because he did not see it as being especially controversial . |
| 12 | When Ramakrishna saw Kasi the Holy City , he did not see it as a physical city but as the dreams and hopes of holy pilgrims that had fallen on the city , stratum on stratum so that it became a city of holy ideas , a spiritual city . |
| 13 | Though he did not see it , the car swung in a U-turn , the gunman ran forward and climbed in the back seat . |
| 14 | He did n't see her again for quite a while . |
| 15 | But then , as he had said , if he did n't see her tonight he would come to the shop tomorrow . |
| 16 | He did n't see her . |
| 17 | Dad did n't speak to Mum on the phone , and he did n't see her , knowing that this was for the best in the long run . |
| 18 | He did n't see her either . |
| 19 | His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . |
| 20 | He did n't see her as a woman , Merrill realised , but simply as a useful adjunct to his own position in the company . |
| 21 | Even so , she had to admit to a sneaking sense of relief when Luke left the office just after twelve for a business luncheon ; despite her defiance , she preferred that he did n't see her cross the road to the wine bar at one o'clock . |
| 22 | He was staring vacantly across the lodge ; Tallis leaned forward slightly to watch him , but he did n't see her . |
| 23 | ‘ Roger says he did n't see me with anyone in the kitchen earlier . |
| 24 | ‘ He did n't see me , ’ said Bella . |
| 25 | I wondered how much he would fret if he did n't see me among the passengers , and I hoped not much . |
| 26 | I was standing in the kitchen , he did n't see me but I saw him . |
| 27 | He did n't see me but his dog did : |
| 28 | At first , he did n't see me . |
| 29 | I did n't move and he did n't see me . |
| 30 | Anyway , he did n't see me but Kate recognised him too — her sister works in his office , apparently . |