Example sentences of "not [adv] see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Baptism of Jesus did not merely see the end of the long silence , and God 's declaration that in Jesus the role of the Servant and the Son had converged : the age-long drought of the Holy Spirit was ended too . |
| 2 | A further example of the parallelism of greater precision may be found here , though commentators do not generally see the connection of thought between the two lines . |
| 3 | He has little knowledge of a shepherd 's life since he writes his idyllic poem from the town , as a wealthy poet , and can not possibly see the reality as one would have it from experienced eyes . |
| 4 | The children are not being asked to do the exercises as a matter of course , when they can not really see the point . |
| 5 | If I am serious , I can not simply see the preservation of the countryside as a desire of a few people like myself , to be weighed in the balance against the desires of others for holidays abroad , when it comes to deciding on whether a new airport should be built in some place of outstanding beauty . |
| 6 | But where this is successful , they will link their fortunes to capitalism , and will not even see the state as an oppressive part of the class struggle . |
| 7 | They were both so angry that they did not immediately see the movement that came from the old female 's shelter in the cage between them . |
| 8 | ‘ If you must know , ’ she said finally , not looking at him , ‘ I did n't much see the point . ’ |
| 9 | Do n't just see the world , see how it works , do some work yourself . |
| 10 | It 's a strange thing ; you do n't usually see the tournament . |
| 11 | She could n't ever see the village letting the tradition die , especially when the younger members of the local families were so keen . |
| 12 | Yes , you 're always wary of erm people like that you know , their reputation goes before them , and erm you do n't really see the ball till late , he just flicked it down , I just done enough to get down and erm you know , get my right hand to it and like , Steve Foster was following up well and that and you know , that 's the things that we 've got the run with us now . |
| 13 | You could n't really see the shape of the spots . |
| 14 | I told him that I did n't really see the point in him talking to Frank and me separately . |
| 15 | Ca n't really see the point of hanging on to old grudges at this late stage . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Neither team had a lot to offer when they reached the 18-yard line and I ca n't really see the replay being much different . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't often see a guy bring another man flowers . |
| 18 | Get to the back of the drawers and cupboards — areas which do n't often see the light of day . |
| 19 | No , ca n't even see a pencil . |
| 20 | Gilly did n't even see the policeman until she felt his hand on her arm . |
| 21 | The entire Met staff climbed up the ladder to the roof to check on the visibility — well , that 's a laugh , we could n't even see the runway , and I do n't suppose the pilots could either . |
| 22 | It runs off with ornaments , it digs holes so deep you ca n't even see the puppy in the hole all you can see is the earth coming out of the ground . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't even see the sign saying ‘ No Milk ’ . ’ |
| 24 | Jezrael could n't even see the rest of her squad at work in the power-room , but they were . |
| 25 | It towered so far above me I could n't even see the top of it . |
| 26 | Ominously , she could n't even see the road when she peered down out of the high window . |
| 27 | ‘ Your trust appeared so implicit that you did n't even see the need to warn me it was your first time . |
| 28 | Hoover could n't even see the point of intelligence reports which showed Japan 's interest in how to attack a deep harbour , and how deep Pearl Harbour might be . |
| 29 | He said well I could n't see any of that did n't even see the club go up the tree . |
| 30 | I do n't even see the guy 's face . |