Example sentences of "not [vb infin] seen the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benn would not have seen the joke . |
| 2 | Such an exceptional manager , she would not have seen the arrival of her son , Christopher , five years ago , as an interruption to her career . |
| 3 | Ellen called warningly , as though I might not have seen the gun . |
| 4 | I may not have seen the race , but I 've had enough people describe both the race and Jackie 's driving to know what a result it was . |
| 5 | Walking through the streets of Cristales to the school where she taught , Sister Teresa de Jesus Ramirez Vanegas may not have seen the recent threats scrawled on the village walls : ‘ Soon Cristales will be in mourning ’ … |
| 6 | The man who rose from the bench seemed to offer a grudging apology , but Byrkin would not have seen the gesture as he scrabbled on the floor for his slice of black bread . |
| 7 | We may not have seen the last of this controversy . |
| 8 | At least out of the small side-windows he would not have seen the effects on the aircraft of those gusting winds . |
| 9 | fatet : firstly , the child may not have seen the word written down , and so may be attempting to spell a visually unknown word ; secondly , the d-t error is caused by the similarity of the sounds ( cf. 5(d) below ) . |
| 10 | Those of you who do not see your area secretary very often may not have seen the ‘ Banking on the Poor ’ pack . |
| 11 | The man below could not have seen the movement , but he felt some shifting of the air above him , or heard , perhaps , if he had a wild beast 's hearing as he had its gait , the mere rustle of a sleeve against the stone . |