Example sentences of "did [not/n't] see [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He missed her physical presence too , and dreamed of her oftener now he did not see her .
2 So I left her alone , locking the door behind me , and did not see her again ( she developed bronchitis , was taken into the cottage hospital and died soon afterwards ) .
3 Wendy was still living in Old Wolverton , and because of her shift work I did not see her very often ; and most of those with whom I had been friendliest were billeted in outlying areas .
4 The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could .
5 I did not see her again until during the afternoon lessons , when I noticed that she had been sent to stand alone in the middle of the schoolroom .
6 He did not see her precisely as she saw herself but it could have been very much worse .
7 The driver and the fireman did not see her .
8 The men milked with their hats low over their eyes and did not see her .
9 For the first time ever he realised how he missed the woman when he did not see her .
10 He did not see her at all as he got out of the car and Jenna had the chance to observe him without the dark eyes pinning her quizzically .
11 He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while .
12 Did not see her ? .
13 She was facing the window , but did not see me beyond its screen because she was staring at Matthew McIllvanney who seemed to fill the whole room with his malevolence .
14 My move woke him , and he did not see me .
15 He did not see me behind the curtain .
16 Thiercelin and Epitot saluted smartly as he passed , but he did not see them , nor even his entourage .
17 He thought he had them with him in the coach when going to the College , but did not see them again .
18 ‘ The terms for refunds were on the back of our tickets which meant we did not see them until after we had made the purchase . ’
19 I did not see them .
20 For example , even those who did live near their kin did not see them especially often .
21 ‘ But because they were so busy with their business , he did not see them as much as he wished .
22 Still — ‘ I did not see him again and I did not want to ’ .
23 It had been splendidly undemanding ; because of his family , she did not see him more than a few times a month , always meetings snatched at short notice and with absolutely no expectation from him that she would be available .
24 She did not see him at once , as he stood back from the coiling smoke .
25 I did not see him .
26 After that we did not see him at all .
27 She did not see him again .
28 I did not see him come in but looked up to find him standing suddenly between two columns .
29 Alexander looked at Wilkie who deliberately did not see him .
30 We did not see him as the spineless vicar that Fielding turned him into in Shamela .
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