Example sentences of "n't see [art] point [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't see the point of being unhappy . ’ |
| 2 | However , I decided to dispense with the hood ; I did n't see the point of hiding my face . |
| 3 | As he says , ‘ I do n't see the point of having a through neck once you 've cut a big hole out of it for the pickups . ’ |
| 4 | I just ca n't see the point of trying to look good on stage if you 've got a horrible piece of yellow plastic hanging around your neck . |
| 5 | I do n't see the point of doing things that make it sound completely unlike a guitar . |
| 6 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 7 | However , I do n't see the point of fighting off one set of advances only to capitulate to the next . |
| 8 | NME news editor Chris Hutchin interviewed Elvis ' manager and found that Colonel Tom Parker had yet to see any of his charge 's films : ‘ I went to see Kid Galahad but the theatre was full an ’ I did n't see the point of taking a seat that could be sold to a paying customer . ’ |
| 9 | I could n't see the point of it any more . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't see the point of it myself , either , ’ Eileen said . |
| 11 | I could n't see the point of rushing into it . |
| 12 | ‘ And I just do n't see the point of pressing on through that muck . ’ |
| 13 | When pupils complain that they ‘ do n't see the point of doing all these ’ , they are often given a remote justification — ‘ you 'll need it when you buy a carpet ’ . |
| 14 | I ca n't see the point of living in a mausoleum , just because it 's ‘ in period ’ . ’ |
| 15 | I ca n't see the point of expending all that energy when I 'm perfectly happy as I am . ’ |
| 16 | Professor James Drife , of Leeds General Infirmary , said : ‘ I do n't see the point of taking heavily pregnant women all that way . ’ |
| 17 | He could n't see the point of the story at all , but Ellen refused to explain . |
| 18 | I do n't see the point of all this , keeping me here this way . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I just do n't see the point of it , ’ he explained . |
| 20 | He had always told me that education was a waste of time and he could n't see the point of it . |
| 21 | But , I was saying to Tracy , I ca n't see the point of going just to have a row , because that 's all it 'll end up , I do n't think they 'll get anywhere by having a meeting , I think they 'll just row . |
| 22 | Now unless you 're out with your husband I ca n't see the point of bringing your baby out on Christmas shopping |
| 23 | Normally , I say , I do n't see the point of staying in for this . |
| 24 | but I ca n't see the point of doing vinyl on that anyway I really can not . |
| 25 | I ca n't see the point of having a bathroom that does n't work . |
| 26 | I do n't mean that Elgar is a sensuous composer , but I mean the fluidity of Elgar , which is very much his style , which we admire and which is part and parcel of our sort of heritage , they do n't see the point of it , they ca n't really enter into the spirit of it . |
| 27 | Besides , the trend on the national newspapers was away from staff photographers and to contract work and I really did n't see the point in moving my family to London without any job security . ’ |
| 28 | I could n't see the point in reviving it — and I wondered whether anyone on stage could , either . |
| 29 | I ca n't see the point in getting people interested in something , and then you are unable to get hold of them ( I 'm sure there 's a joke in there somewhere . ) |
| 30 | November often brings the odd day of mist and when the conditions are foggy , I often ca n't see the point in a tough hill walk when the expansive views of other months are nowhere to be seen . |