Example sentences of "did not see a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Lord Lane CJ stated : ( a ) If there was a conflict between Lawrence and Morris , the latter was to be preferred , but the Lords in Morris did not see a conflict .
2 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 .
3 Although a large ship of the line , she did not see a lot of action during her service .
4 Yet I did not see a foul .
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 She did n't see a dickie bird to me , not a word .
7 I did n't see a Barn Owl here for 20 years or so .
8 Did n't see a phone .
9 I did n't see a cheque !
10 ‘ I sent in a report to the committee and I did n't see a flag at any stage , ’ he said .
11 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 ?
12 Well I did n't see a soul that I kn I mean I used to go and used to see people like
13 I did n't see a car .
14 We did n't see a lot of Father that year because he was in the Government .
15 Fresh fish was something he did n't see a lot of in Highbury .
16 In another letter he wrote : ‘ I did n't see a cock the whole time — except my own and that glimpsed only briefly in a cracked mirror . ’
17 ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters .
18 ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters .
19 Half of these had not realised that they were pregnant , and others had not wanted to confirm their fears , or did n't see a need to go earlier , or were afraid the doctor might tell their parents .
20 er , I did n't see a nun at , most of them were just ordinary nursing staff , just popped in to see how I was and we had a long chat about
21 We had a wonderful , lazy time and did n't see a tin of baked beans for the whole fortnight .
22 Probably they did n't see a thing , and if they did , well , they 've both seen blokes in the bath before now — ’
23 ‘ He used to steal Twikka bars from the hypermall and the surveillance cameras did n't see a thing . ’
24 ‘ I did n't see a thing , ’ Gus said bitterly .
25 Well I was like that once , I did n't see a thing I wanted to buy .
26 Did n't see a match report so I 'll chip in my brief comments here on what I saw .
27 ‘ You did n't see a cigarette butt laying in the street , ’ she said .
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