Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [not/n't] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their guides took them by a route well to the west of the main Annandale road , round the hill of Trailtrow , although they did not see it , avoiding the Brydekirk area , and on down the winding valley of a small stream running south-eastwards . |
| 2 | Birds , like planes , usually face into the wind , so they do not see the plane coming . |
| 3 | Some people worry that learners will object if they do n't see the whole programme . |
| 4 | Men-at-arms … four of them … better if they do n't see you . |
| 5 | See money 's all right they probably love the money you can bring in but if they do n't see you to spend it or to share it . |
| 6 | There was a phrase screeched into the microphone by a hoarse-voiced member of Socialist Workers ' Students ' Organization : ‘ The government must be deaf , dumb and blind if they do not see the madness of this war . ’ |
| 7 | If capitalist enterprises see the prospect of adequate profits then they will borrow investment funds without any government having to insist , and if they do not see investment as profitable then it is useless to try to force them . |
| 8 | So they do n't bother having scarecrows this time of year cos they do n't see in do n't put anything in the ground ! |
| 9 | They are unpopular with teenage mothers , however , either because they do n't see the importance of going , or sometimes because they have been deterred by their experiences at classes where the other mothers are older and married . |
| 10 | I would 've said that , but last night this meeting said they 'd very much like to see a officer in a car because they do n't see anybody at the moment |
| 11 | I think they 'd say that they 'd like to see an officer in a car because they do n't see anybody , what they really mean they want to see somebody they can talk |
| 12 | Pupils are tempted not to do the job properly because they do not see the work as proper' maths . |
| 13 | Also it might be that those who suffer from SAD differ from most people only because they are more susceptible than the rest of the population to feeling ‘ under the weather ’ when they do not see daylight , particularly in the morning . |
| 14 | " And " is by no means always used in its Boolean sense ( consider " yachting and boating " ) , but " or " usually is so intended ( people use " or " rather than " and " when they do not see the concepts which it separates as being particularly closely related ) . |
| 15 | What was found tomorrow , though they did not see it for newspapers were beyond their means , was a further notice from Robert Asshe to the effect that he would not be responsible for his daughter 's debts . |
| 16 | The plebeians are a bit thick , as they did n't see through Caesar . |