Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] quite see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You once said something about Elise 's frame of mind , and I did n't quite see what you were implying . |
| 2 | Dorothea supposed that change must affect even such trivialities as the uniform of waitresses , although she did not quite see why , and it was a note of uncertainty in an otherwise happy day . |
| 3 | They 're all gon na go to London and campaign about something , we did n't quite see what it was . |
| 4 | He is ‘ a gentleman with a rather perplexed expression of face , and with very grey hair disordered on his head , as if he did n't quite see his way to putting anything straight ’ , but kind and honest . |
| 5 | Ceauşescu must have amused his colleagues with his remarks ‘ strongly in favour of the acceptance of free will ’ and his thought that ‘ the withering away of the State would be very welcome though he did n't quite see the withering away of the [ Communist ] Party ! ’ |