Example sentences of "not see a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot did not doubt the resilience or resolve of the British people ; but he remarked to me that he could not see a man like Neville Chamberlain coping with a major conflict . |
| 2 | You will not see a goal of more classical quality and execution than this one . |
| 3 | You might look around and not see a tree with any foliage on it whatever ’ . |
| 4 | A garrulous Welshman who could not see a beach without running along it . |
| 5 | The implications of this would seem to be that 1975–85 did not see a process of structural change , but simply the latest in a series of chaotic attempts by central actors to use local government as a means of achieving their ends , without any appreciation of the range of different interests reflected in its various policy networks , and which are also linked by various routes to the still disaggregated parts of the centre . |
| 6 | Although a large ship of the line , she did not see a lot of action during her service . |
| 7 | So Rediffusion engineers do not see a future for monomode fibre except for trunk lines . |
| 8 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 9 | Top riders Tony Rickardsson and Chris Louis are already feeling the effects of riding six or seven races every match — and Ipswich can not see an answer in sight . |
| 10 | The company said that it did not see an improvement for the second half . |
| 11 | She can not see an institution without hitting it with her handbag . |
| 12 | which is why you do n't see a voltage at the same leg really |
| 13 | Graham believes care managers will have the option of pursuing careers in management or specialist practice roles : ‘ I do n't see a problem with returning to direct client work . |
| 14 | Stephen could n't see a sign of its owner . |
| 15 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 16 | After all , I ca n't see a girl like you giving up her freedom to live in a squalid little room above a shop — and , believe me , without help Peter certainly ca n't afford anything else . ’ |
| 17 | No , I ca n't see a weekend in Paris improving the situation … with all that it would obviously lead to . |
| 18 | ‘ I sent in a report to the committee and I did n't see a flag at any stage , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I really do n't see a handicap as a handicap , I just enjoy Becky for who she is and what she is . ’ |
| 20 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
| 21 | Well if you if you ca n't see a door from the road then that will be the ideal entrance I would have thought . |
| 22 | We 'll get the real thing out of you soon enough and you wo n't see a farthing for it . ’ |
| 23 | You do n't I mean you do n't see a tree with a flat top with all the branches coming out do you ? |
| 24 | Walked all around yesterday lunch time , did n't see a soul in the pla , I saw one , was it you , on the back meadow ? |
| 25 | Ca n't see a mountain from here , we 're on the top ! |
| 26 | We did n't see a lot of Father that year because he was in the Government . |
| 27 | Dannii said at the time : ‘ We do n't see a lot of her because our schedules clash really badly . |
| 28 | Fresh fish was something he did n't see a lot of in Highbury . |
| 29 | In fact I 'll give my neighbours who live opposite , I do n't see a lot of them but they they are my opposite neighbours and of course the 's really I 'm on good terms with I ought to give them I 'll get them a tin of biscuits as well . |
| 30 | I mean she does n't does n't see a lot of her erm you know and but she and she was talking to her the other day because she does n't like to get involved or say a lot but |