Example sentences of "not see [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose we were old friends who were meeting again after not seeing each other for many years . |
| 2 | He says these new recruits to higher education , entering universities in large numbers are not seeing long-term change towards the market , so much as a reduced staff:student ratio , meaning less one-to-one contact , and larger , less frequent tutorial groups . |
| 3 | The owners are not seeing guilty behaviour when Rover slinks across the floor , they are seeing the submissive behaviour Rover displays in anticipation of the aggression , however mild , the owners are about to use in attempt to reprimand him . |
| 4 | and , you 're losing money , , if you 're not , if you 're not seeing any return you 're |
| 5 | It is a bit like a rich person living in a wealthy neighborhood not seeing any poverty . |
| 6 | ‘ We understand the president-elect is not seeing any heads of government , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Cameron pretended not to see young Donald till he was close beside him , then turned in mock surprise and said to him , ‘ Well well , Donald — we had given you up . |
| 8 | She came to see him once , was shy and vague and noncommittal , later wrote to say it was best for them not to see each other again . |
| 9 | Indeed his fellows were not to see that cadet again . |
| 10 | But , more importantly , I have learnt not to see any stage of my life as the final one . |
| 11 | In the interests of unity , Constantine deliberately blurred distinctions between Christianity , Mithraism and Sol Invictus — deliberately chose not to see any points of contention between them . |
| 12 | The last three elections were all foregone conclusions , and the last-minute swings against the party that was clearly going to win in two of them — against the Tories in 1979 and 1983 — probably only reflected some floating voters ' desire not to see any party have too large a majority . |
| 13 | Perhaps we tend not to see this year 's household survey as an historical datum because it is the human condition to flatter ourselves that our own lives are outside time , and therefore outside history . |
| 14 | ‘ It seems to me , ’ he continued , ‘ if you 've got a personal contact like this , knowing the family background and all that , you 'd be crazy not to see this girl . ’ |
| 15 | Later , at least for many years , she was not to see this time as part of her life , and perhaps therefore it need not now be told at length . |
| 16 | Cara had not seen much sense to it . |
| 17 | But I have not seen much evidence that it is really possible to do it on this scale . |
| 18 | ‘ Marriage will be the end of his talent , ’ Bonamy predicted , though I had not seen much talent in the poems Robin had so far shown me . |
| 19 | At first it had not mattered that the rain prevented him from going outdoors ; there was so much to talk about between himself and Uncle Walter ; they had not seen each other for twelve years . |
| 20 | On every occasion there was a suicide attempt , we would find out that the other had attempted suicide at the identical time , even though they may have been hundreds of miles apart and not seen each other for months . |
| 21 | These involve her talking to a Jem , a childhood admirer , and on these occasions Boehemer captures the awkwardness of two people who have not seen each other for years meeting up . |
| 22 | The Chirwas had not seen each other for eight years before our delegation saw them together . |
| 23 | The straight answer to the hon. Gentleman is no , I have not seen that prospectus . |
| 24 | Have you not seen young girls with eyes like stars ? ’ |
| 25 | Even though child abuse — mainly the sexual variety — has been a more open subject in the past few years , I have not seen many articles of this nature in professional magazines . |
| 26 | All these people there this weekend and I 've not seen one dog go out ! |
| 27 | Gregor Townsend later managed to pass to the referee — clad in near identical colours to the Scots — for the Samoans to plunder ball and scuttle in for the first of their three tries , though it might have been more had we not seen defensive heroics typified by a timely tackle on Leilane Une by Derek Turnbull . |
| 28 | The family historian who visits such a place would find it hard to believe that it was once the home of a mere waggoner if he had not seen old photographs that show its condition before the First World War . |
| 29 | I 've not seen proper sun for months … ’ |
| 30 | Robson , 35 , has not seen first-team action for five months due to hamstring and sciatica problems , but last Saturday he played 80 minutes of an A team game . |