Example sentences of "not see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dancing was a consolation for not seeing the lady . |
| 2 | ‘ The political situation in FIFA , at the moment , is such that we have to be very careful of not seeing the majority move towards that idea . ’ |
| 3 | Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores . |
| 4 | The footplatemen had nothing to gain by lying about the position of the distant signal when they admitted not seeing the home signal at all . |
| 5 | In the Game of Life not seeing things as they are is like not seeing the ball clearly when playing tennis , or not knowing where the white lines are . |
| 6 | He was not seeing the ball so well . |
| 7 | Not seeing the size she was . |
| 8 | ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees . |
| 9 | THE Hitch-hiker 's Guide To Not Seeing The Galaxy Before Your Time : Do n't accept a lift in President Kennedy 's Cadillac , James Dean 's Porsche , Mark Thatcher 's Land-Rover . |
| 10 | ‘ People are just not seeing the value of breast milk , ’ says Alison Spiro , NCT milk-bank coordinator and Parents Family Health Adviser . |
| 11 | To be permanently enmeshed in detail is not to see the wood for the trees . |
| 12 | At that moment he reappeared in the kitchen doorway and , seeming not to see the censure in her eyes , or not to care , observed with a dry smile , holding aloft his glass of water , ‘ Handy stuff for putting out fires . ’ |
| 13 | She would have had to be blind not to see the mixture of desire and destruction in the getsure . |
| 14 | She pretended not to see the look of dismay on Martin 's face and continued with her explanation . |
| 15 | The EPA exists to regulate things , not to see the market do the job for it . |
| 16 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're not to see the swan until the performance so that you will react to if spontaneously . |
| 18 | erm I think it 's important not to see the city as a sort of down-trodden , poor , hard-working , well , I 'm sure they were hard-working , but very poor people . |
| 19 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 20 | And another witness , who had been in the car park , said in a statement to police that he had not seen the policeman check underneath his car before getting . |
| 21 | He said he had heard a commotion , but not seen the incident . |
| 22 | I had not in those days looked at the real aspects of the drink question — had not seen the responsibility that rests on each one to be guiltless in regard to that which is sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects , and killing numbers of her sons possessed of generous impulsive natures . |
| 23 | The eminent Spaniard took 7 at the first hole of the Novo Sancti Petri course , of which he is the architect , and finished his first round ten shots behind Ireland 's Des Smyth who had not seen the course until he stepped on to the first tee . |
| 24 | She had not seen the building for three years and the projecting , metal construction offended her as impetigo would , sprouting from the face of a beautiful woman . |
| 25 | ‘ I am convinced that if the people of Cheltenham had been blind and not seen the colour of John Taylor 's skin he would have been elected , ’ said Mr Nick Leach , secretary of a Cheltenham Tory ward . |
| 26 | He hardly knew a thing about the world and had not seen the sun for twenty-five years . |
| 27 | In R v Hove Juvenile Court , ex pW [ 1989 ] FCR 286 , for example , the expert opinion of a child psychiatrist was admitted in evidence although she had not seen the child . |
| 28 | In case there are any reading this who have still not seen the vision , allow me to spell it out in moral advice : If you attend zoos and circuses — find other entertainment ; if you are engaged in intensive ‘ livestock ’ farming — throw away the systems of close confinement ; if you are engaged in animal experimentation — find alternatives ; and if you still eat meat — give it up . |
| 29 | The officer had not seen the girl 's boyfriend and was told that they did not know where he was . |
| 30 | He had not seen the correspondence about the lines through Denbigh , as his men no longer worked over , nor signed the road to Denbigh . |