Example sentences of "not [be] [adj] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animals may be there but it may not be easy to see them because they are too small ; therefore use the microscope ( Chapter 5 ) . |
| 2 | I did not like the look on his face and was sure the captain would not be pleased to see him . |
| 3 | Aware , as she most certainly was , that she could not be pleased to see him — grief , if past experience was anything to go by , they 'd no doubt be going for each other 's throats before the meal was half over — Leith returned to the kitchen and prepared some salad . |
| 4 | Nothing was said publicly , but from now on he realized that if the Council lasted more than one session , he would not be present to see it through . |
| 5 | A quiet , empty room is needed so that the testing can be undisturbed , a check must be made for absent children , and the eye charts to be used must be left in a place where pupils will not be able to see them beforehand . |
| 6 | Medoc would not be able to see them , not when Lugh had finished his cunning arrangement of branches and twigs and leaves . |
| 7 | The soldiers liked being close to the Bright Palace , and they thought that Medoc would probably not be able to see them . |
| 8 | Although we would not be able to see them because the light from them would not reach us , we would still feel their gravitational attraction . |
| 9 | ‘ You know that when you sign a two-year agreement here you might not be able to see it out . |
| 10 | ‘ I have no confidence in Charles and would not be happy to see him King . ’ |
| 11 | PIGHEADEDNESS was in plentiful supply in the Balkans even before war descended on Bosnia 13 months ago , and the world should not be surprised to see it once more in the ascendant this week . |