Example sentences of "not see [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Could n't they see that he was simply dying for want of a word from Kee , that not seeing her or being able to write or talk to her was killing him , and that nothing else mattered ?
2 The coroner heard that the body of 78 year old Florence Jeffrey was found at her home in Jericho in oxford after a member of the public became concerned at not seeing her .
3 Er anything special you know that sor children growing up and you know fathers not seeing them or wives having babies wh which you know they had n't seen perhaps till they were two years old .
4 In man not seeing them at .
5 Clearly though she is disappointed at not seeing him — and is concerned for his welfare .
6 Those weeks , not seeing him , wondering , too proud to make the first move .
7 ‘ I could n't bear not seeing him again . ’
8 the time I 'm not seeing him .
9 ‘ You 're not seeing him again ? ’
10 She was looking directly at Coffin now , but was not seeing him .
11 But I 'm not seeing me kid and me husband walk to town in second-hand clothes .
12 ‘ And a holiday abroad each year to make up for not seeing you much over the past while ! ’
13 Your gran 's been ; she was disappointed at not seeing you . ’
14 ‘ If you paint a cathedral , it does n't mean that you are compensating for not seeing it , ’ said John .
15 Her not seeing it as what it was .
16 She went slowly into the bedroom and sat by the window , staring at the spectacular scenery outside , and not seeing it .
17 Not seeing it right at the minute .
18 When we see a distant galaxy we 're not seeing it as it is today , we 're seeing it as it was a long time ago .
19 I should think it probably would , but I do n't think that 's any reason for not starting it and for not seeing it as a major goal , because after all erm the travel market , as we 've heard , is extremely competitive erm people really do vote with their feet and if we do n't then people wo n't come here , and now we really have got a fight on our hands to encourage people to come here , particularly from North America .
20 And while I think we ought to do what we can , I think there 's a line which ought to be drawn , and I do honestly wonder whether twenty-one , it was eighteen last year , and I just wonder if perhaps we should erm try and switch some of these to mid-week , so that we 're not seeing it virtually every Saturday of the year .
21 ‘ I am afraid I took pains to look out at the other side so as not to see him , ’ she had said .
22 She stared at him and seemed not to see him .
23 ‘ Since I am not to see him or speak with him alone ever again , in truth it matters little where he is . ’
24 It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action .
25 ‘ I suppose it seems like that , but it would have been silly to say no when he was prepared to come , after I 'd been so sad not to see him .
26 It was better not to see him again .
27 ‘ I think , Miss Everett , ’ he cut in before she could tell him that Travis had only called to apologise when he 'd stopped by for his car , ‘ that it might be in your interests not to see him again . ’
28 But that morning she had discovered just who ‘ Cousin Naylor ’ was , and , even though she was feeling more than a mite rebellious at his ‘ … it might be in your interests not to see him again' , she did n't want to put her job in jeopardy should Naylor Massingham happen to be passing , and observe Travis 's car again parked at her apartment block .
29 Having driven herself to meet Travis to obviate Naylor Massingham knowing that she had n't heeded his ‘ … in your interests not to see him again' warning , Leith discovered that she need not have bothered .
30 ‘ Rachel , ’ he said bitingly , ‘ you 're not to see him again ! ’
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