Example sentences of "n't see the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It soon became clear that she might have got the date and the king wrong , that she had n't seen the guinea for years , and so forth . |
| 2 | But if we travel the northern route we probably wo n't see the sun for weeks , and the daylight is grey and the sea is green and grey , while at night you just see the cold white wavetops hissing out of blackness . |
| 3 | Next week we must have Brian or Gerry telling you why I 'm wrong and they 'd be as persuasive , or more persuasive than I 'm being , but I ca n't see the case for such a thing as a law of form . |
| 4 | Now when that settles down a little bit more , maybe in a year or two , we shall lime-wash the whole frame over so you wo n't see the timbers for a bit , and just lime-wash right over the whole timbers . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 6 | Therapist : ‘ One of the main features of people under stress is that very often they ‘ ca n't see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 7 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 8 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 9 | Either the A types are too busy doing other things , the wrong things , and they do n't rise to the top , you know , you ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 10 | Micrografx Inc , one of the first and most prominent companies to endorse IBM Corp 's OS/2 2.0 operating system , is backing off developing OS/2 applications , US PC Week reports : ‘ There 's no demand for OS/2 applications , ’ said Paul Grayson , chief executive of the Richardson , Texas , company — ‘ We do n't see the rationale for making additional investments in OS/2 applications when there 's no apparent demand for the ones on the market . ’ |
| 11 | We come to the different conclusion , and we we think that a settlement between , from those sources , that a new settlement between fifteen hundred to two thousand could support a reasonable range of services , and we when we look at Barton Willmore 's evidence we do n't see the support for their conclusion , if one reads each individual service , one fi comes to the view that a new settlement between fifteen hundred two thousand would support a reasonable range of services . |
| 12 | You ca n't see the trees for the forest |
| 13 | Elonex has no interest in it because we do n't see the need for it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You ca n't see the prick for the codpiece ’ . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I ca n't see the justification for leaving a man with a little baby out in the street . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't see the future for these massive international loan exhibitions . |
| 17 | Blunt could n't see the reason for that . |