Example sentences of "not see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy would not see her . |
| 2 | I can not see her but I can summon up her presence . |
| 3 | He missed her physical presence too , and dreamed of her oftener now he did not see her . |
| 4 | So I left her alone , locking the door behind me , and did not see her again ( she developed bronchitis , was taken into the cottage hospital and died soon afterwards ) . |
| 5 | Wendy was still living in Old Wolverton , and because of her shift work I did not see her very often ; and most of those with whom I had been friendliest were billeted in outlying areas . |
| 6 | The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could . |
| 7 | I could hear my wife , Sharon , in the driver 's seat of our Peugeot 405 but I could not see her because my eyes were clouded with blood . |
| 8 | She regarded the wife of former Beirut hostage Jackie Mann as a ‘ dear friend' and was heartbroken she could not see her before she died of lung cancer on November 30 . |
| 9 | ‘ When she started staying with friends I would not see her for about a week or so , but I was not concerned . |
| 10 | The third and fourth managers , like Mr Stone , would not see her . |
| 11 | She waited where she was , knowing that there was no chance the woman would not see her . |
| 12 | He could not see her because the grey London light was all his end with a dab of amber from his desk lamp . |
| 13 | Much to Beth 's disapproval , Cissie had lately taken to observing visitors through the narrow chink , seeming to derive great pleasure from the knowledge that they could not see her . |
| 14 | I did not see her again until during the afternoon lessons , when I noticed that she had been sent to stand alone in the middle of the schoolroom . |
| 15 | He did not see her precisely as she saw herself but it could have been very much worse . |
| 16 | But at her door he was told he could not see her , and he realized she had not forgiven him . |
| 17 | The driver and the fireman did not see her . |
| 18 | ‘ He does not see her as a woman , ’ Sydel said . |
| 19 | The men milked with their hats low over their eyes and did not see her . |
| 20 | Once , her taut nerves convinced her there were footsteps leaving the typists ' room and she dropped to her knees at the side of the desk where someone glancing in would not see her . |
| 21 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 22 | For the first time ever he realised how he missed the woman when he did not see her . |
| 23 | He did not see her at all as he got out of the car and Jenna had the chance to observe him without the dark eyes pinning her quizzically . |
| 24 | Maggie 's face flushed hotly and she was glad that Ana could not see her at that moment . |
| 25 | Maggie 's face was glowing pink and she was glad that Ana could not see her . |
| 26 | At first I can not see her for the heaps of people about her bedside , brandished with packaged sweets and magazines and flowers of white and purple . |
| 27 | He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while . |
| 28 | I 'll not see her . ’ |
| 29 | He resigned himself to the single thought , that he would not see her again . |
| 30 | Before she disappeared on Friday morning Miss Baxter wrote her father a note saying she had ‘ had enough ’ and that he would not see her again . |