Example sentences of "not [adv] see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned her head on the pillow , so he could not properly see her face , only the Greuze-like line of her cheek . |
| 2 | You will not necessarily see your physiotherapist doing exactly the treatment techniques described below : she may use some of these techniques plus others she has devised herself , or she may use a completely different method . |
| 3 | He said he believed the Emperor was with the troops on the Brussels road , but he had not personally seen him . |
| 4 | Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement . |
| 5 | But Watson does not only see himself as publicity agent for his cause . |
| 6 | Naturally , I went to see Buckingham Palace , not dreaming on that occasion that I would not only see it again but actually enter the premises . |
| 7 | To grasp the meaning of a handshake we must not only see it positively as located in a greeting ceremonial , that is in a sequence of actions identified with respect to the social act they accomplish , but we must also see it negatively , as excluding certain alternatives and possibilities of action . |
| 8 | You see I can not not see it |
| 9 | But Coventry do not just see themselves as killjoys . |
| 10 | ‘ We do not usually see him but he is a kind man . |
| 11 | I reckon that must be pretty lonely like , not ever seeing your family . |
| 12 | We must therefore allow for this even if we can not always see it . |
| 13 | I was married by now , so I did not often see him . |
| 14 | After a sound start from Gooch and Broad , England 's response belonged primarily to Gatting , and his 82 not out saw his team home with six wickets in hand . |
| 15 | Othello can not now see anything but dirt , Iago 's dirt . |
| 16 | No I 'd just be , I mean I must admit I 've , I 've not really seen one for years and years and years . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're not really seeing me , are you ? ’ she accused harshly . |
| 18 | She 'd reclined the seat again but she was n't sleeping ; her head was turned aside and she was looking out of the window , not really seeing anything . |
| 19 | Managers do not really see them as part of the assets of the unit . |
| 20 | To his right and left spreads a familiar landscape , so familiar that he does not really see it , an expanse of houses and factories , warehouses and sheds , railway lines and canals , piles of scrap metal and heaps of damaged cars , container ports and lorry parks , cooling towers and gasometers . |
| 21 | But she could not really see herself with whatever it was : vase , or rug or necklace , trying to sell it . |
| 22 | The owners of intellectual property must understand the problems of the users and not simply see their property as a source of profits . |
| 23 | I had not been thinking about him , I had not even seen him for months . |
| 24 | The driver had not even seen him . |
| 25 | As you have not even seen your inheritance yet very little progress has been made . ’ |
| 26 | He has not even seen my scrapbooks . |
| 27 | He never wants to go out with me , not even to see his parents , who live nearby . |
| 28 | I told him I 'm not getting , I 'm not even seeing him . |
| 29 | He may not even see me . |
| 30 | He did not even see her face . |