Example sentences of "we [verb] not see " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , we tend not to see the intense depression in a motionless and unresponsive horse , or the annoyance in one that has turned its back on the horse or person offending it , or the anxiety in the tightened abdominal muscles of the showpony expecting the pain of the spur . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We did n't see a lot of Father that year because he was in the Government . |
| 4 | We did n't see a single soldier or vehicle and assumed that the US army was blocking off La Boca from the Panama Defence Force , whose local headquarters is only about 300 yards from our house . |
| 5 | ‘ She insisted we did n't see the show before the first night , ’ explained Waterman . |
| 6 | But we did n't see any of that ; we did n't notice that , as O later put it , his eyes were n't just dark that night but almost blinded , blinded with grief . |
| 7 | We did n't see the ball go in because we were on the 9th tee , but we heard hell of a din behind and Tom said , ‘ Some guy must have holed out . ’ |
| 8 | We did n't see anything . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We did n't see anything at all . ’ |
| 10 | No , we did n't see it , but we were on the scene soon afterwards . |
| 11 | Christie , who has already signed money-spinning deals with Lucozade and clothing firm High and Mighty since Barcelona , said : ‘ We did n't see why we should pay for a visa when we were prepared to take part in races for nothing . |
| 12 | Anyway he lived in the old hut after the railway was taken up , we did n't see much of him in the winter but when the spring came round he would appear again . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sure we did n't see her again though . |
| 14 | Perhaps they are pests to a lot of people , but we did n't see too many flies around our estate during the hot summer , so they had their uses . |
| 15 | Rattlesnakes are supposed to be common , though they are generally shy and silent and we did n't see any trace of them . |
| 16 | We did n't see the Seychelles scops owl , which is nocturnal and usually only seen if a tape-recording is played at night , nor did we get the little Seychelles white-eye , but I am not concerned . |
| 17 | ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around . |
| 18 | We did n't see these worksheets as just to be doled out , but as positive steps to increasing children 's awareness of the library and how to use it . |
| 19 | And we did n't see the warning signs and then when we had this serious situation it er it it nearly it nearly swamped us . |
| 20 | We did n't see any whales , sharks , or polar bears underwater , but I became fascinated by the cast of characters which made up the food chain in these waters . |
| 21 | He said , ‘ We did n't see a great deal of one another , it 's true ; but I was fond of Jay . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We did n't see any point in hanging around . |
| 23 | Oh well to be quite truthful we did n't see the police around very often . |
| 24 | Fortunately we did n't see any . |
| 25 | There are tigers there , and there 's leopards and things called sloth bears , a sort of bear , but they 're actually quite rare so er we did n't see any of those , apart from the rhinos , we went very very quietly crawled under the undergrowth and we saw them in a water hole and they were just bathing there . |
| 26 | But he was laid up after that and we did n't see him for days . |
| 27 | We did n't see any orchids but we did see some beautiful foxgloves and were lucky enough to catch sight of birds high above . |
| 28 | Every road junction has a multitude of signposts in a variety of languages , but we did n't see on that would have directed us to the Roman site . |
| 29 | We did n't see him , but we had a superb seafood meal in a trattoria on a hill and found ourselves adopted by a shaggy island dog , another hazard of Mediterranean voyaging . |
| 30 | We did n't see the scale of the thing . |