Example sentences of "not see a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not see a decent replacement . |
| 2 | Ruth wandered through the department , studying the dresses on display — and the young ladies behind the counters as well — but she could not see a familiar face . |
| 3 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 4 | You may not see a great deal of your creative team — many agencies take the quite reasonable view that the creative people should be busy making advertisements , not chatting up clients , and in one or two like Collett Dickinson & Pearce , the creative department holds itself superior and aloof and deals with clients only through its emissaries , the account executives . |
| 5 | If you can not see a suitable field , do n't be afraid to make a well banked circle to look right round the whole area . |
| 6 | The frog relies on its fly detectors so much that it probably can not see a motionless insect , and will starve rather than eat one . |
| 7 | And never mind if some of them did not see a single golf-ball struck . |
| 8 | Yet , by some strange trick of perspective , you can not see a single canal ! |
| 9 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp warns that earnings per share for the third quarter to March 27 will be ‘ significantly below ’ consensus analysts ' expectations which have been in a range of $0.20 to $0.26 a share , as a direct result of severe price declines in the 3.5″ hard disk drive business : the company says it does not see a significant decline in unit demand and that demand from its key OEM customers is getting stronger and says it is comfortable with revised analyst estimates , in the $0.05 to $0.10 per share range ; ‘ To the best of our ability we will not participate ’ in the price wars , it said . |
| 10 | I ca n't see a bloody thing . ’ |
| 11 | " I ca n't see a bloody thing ! |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't see a serious challenge to London as a financial centre as things stand currently , ’ Hugh Smith intones calmly . |
| 13 | ’ I could n't see a fellow mortal suffer , ’ he said with a grin . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't see a damn thing , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I ca n't see a blinking thing you 're doing |
| 16 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
| 17 | Er ca n't see a small turnip . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ We did n't see a great deal of one another , it 's true ; but I was fond of Jay . ’ |
| 19 | Joe did n't see a great deal of his dad during the year , with his trips abroad and everything , so they used to reserve at least one day when they could do things together . ’ |
| 20 | Erm we do n't see a great deal of difference that they 've had the same problem as we 've had , in that we ran out of time before we could put the er finished act together properly . |
| 21 | Well there 's Diane the hairdresser 's wife whom I do n't see a great deal of but she lives near . |
| 22 | So the normal man in the street wo n't see a great deal until very much nearer the time when it opens next spring . |
| 23 | And I I do n't see a limited widening of Church Lane to any access into either of these two sites , were that to be required by the Highway Authority , a as having any significant impact on the character of the village . |
| 24 | Ca n't see a bleeding thing now sneak round here and listen to our conversation . |
| 25 | If I do n't see a marked improvement by the end of the week , I am going to take my money out ! ’ |
| 26 | " They would n't see a four-leafed clover if they fell over it . " |
| 27 | ‘ When I look I do n't see a Kurdish state , ’ said Turkey 's ambassador to Iraq , ‘ just 400,000 miserable people . ’ |
| 28 | But I mean I , if they want to be nasty they 're going to be nasty , in a sense , and , and if they ca n't see a positive way of using something , but they still want to get it in , then the obvious thing to do is to be nasty about it . |
| 29 | On the continuity point their argument is that under the system of election by thirds , you do n't see a dramatic switch in the party control of the council . |
| 30 | I instinctively had a quick look but I could n't see a damned thing . |