Example sentences of "not see or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the full face of the ridicule she went to the post office evening after evening , ridicule she willed not to see or notice . |
| 2 | So , as soon as the misbehaviour begins , turn away or walk away from your child ; pretend not to see or hear what is going on ; say nothing and try not to show any expression at all ; resist getting into any debate , argument or discussion with your child while he or she is misbehaving . |
| 3 | We can not see or smell pheromones , for example , in the way insects and other creatures can . |
| 4 | A child is often unacquainted with the precise and specialised social functions which are conventionally ascribed to either speech or writing and thus may be confused when asked to acquire ‘ skills ’ whose functions he or she can not see or act upon . |
| 5 | We need to take extra care when talking to elderly people because they may not see or hear so well . |
| 6 | You could not see or hear very far through it , but it would be quite a supportive , cocooning medium — foams can be very viscous . |
| 7 | She is talking about an enemy which you can not see or hear or smell . ’ |
| 8 | Somewhere up there I can not see or hear , |
| 9 | For example , we can not see or touch a computer program running in a computer , all we can do is experience its effects through a peripheral device such as a monitor or a printer . |
| 10 | We are ill-equipped to comprehend the very small and the very large ; things whose duration is measured in picoseconds or gigayears ; particles that do n't have position ; forces and fields that we can not see or touch , which we know of only because they affect things that we can see or touch . |
| 11 | In Orkney not only did the parents not see or have any access to their children , they were not even allowed to communicate by letter or telephone . |