Example sentences of "[that] they [verb] n't see " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all agreed to this , and they became so occupied looking for ivy on the walls alongside the lane that they did n't see two boys suddenly come racing round the bend just by Miss Miggs 's cottage . |
| 2 | They were so busy talking that they did n't see the bandits at three o'clock until it was almost too late ; or , at least , the newest and youngest arrival did n't . |
| 3 | ‘ Then let's trust that they did n't see you . |
| 4 | They like to be able to go to a show and to be able to see something that they do n't see in their everyday lives — you know , catching the bus to go work or coming home on the bus . |
| 5 | As give them something that 's not gon na be erm of use , or something that they do n't see |
| 6 | who speaks to you , er it 's easy enough to just er have the microphone handy that they do n't see and just switch the tape on and I 'll record what they 're saying , come away , see , do it secretly like that , they do n't have to know really that they 're on tape and it does n't really matter , I mean the people who will listen to these tapes are er anonymous you know |
| 7 | They 're sense of self is such that they do n't see that they have a self to assert , perhaps , or that they are not valid enough as a person , which obviously must stem erm from their early childhood experiences , and from the adults that surrounded them when they were growing and developing that sense of who they are . |