Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it worth checking to see just how far this had gone . |
| 2 | However , even if you draw a blank , it is always worth checking to see whether or not you can influence the external event that starts the sequence , so either while you are being hindered by an unproductive feeling or after an experience where you were hindered ask yourself : ‘ What external event has triggered this feeling ? ’ |
| 3 | This is a good start , but there will still be quite considerable differences within the remaining group and it is worth checking to see if you can usefully angle your basic release to fit at least some of these requirements . |
| 4 | In an ideal environment all the people within a single organisation would use the same software but as the ideal is seldom achieved it is worth checking to see if a package can at least handle the industry standard DIF ( Data Interchange Format ) file format . |
| 5 | Karen also rose , muttering something about checking to see how the meringue was coming along . |
| 6 | THIS is the photofit of a bogus policeman who has attacked two women in their homes after asking to see their husbands . |
| 7 | It was pleasing to see one of the most desperate of human calamities capable of so much help : whatever enlarges hope , will exalt courage ; after having seen the deaf taught arithmetick , who would be afraid to cultivate the Hebrides . |
| 8 | It is impossible after having seen the finest lady in the world not to wish to see her again . |
| 9 | But he declared that he would be unable to recognize Roksanda , after having seen her for such a short time , and that only by the light of his master 's ring . |
| 10 | Sandy , what 's going to happen to these kids when they go back to their dull , boring school laboratories and classes after having seen the vision of your course and what physics can possibly be in the future ? |
| 11 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |
| 12 | Membership expressing real views , real concerns and John if you listen very carefully , it was also about wanting to see a delivery of the promises that were made about the merger . |
| 13 | Now he will never feel the remorse I had hoped he would feel for refusing to see me . |
| 14 | He was still uncertain of Buckmaster 's motive for wanting to see him . |
| 15 | The possibility of witnessing someone 's true nature is the main reason for wanting to see music performed live . ’ |
| 16 | Had she been Matron , her telling me to sit down would have told me immediately that whatever her reason for wanting to see me it was not to sack me . |
| 17 | Before I show it to you , however , I want to know your reason for wanting to see it . ’ |
| 18 | No , they er I heard someone say that though they sort of actively encourage the use of to go to see many things like sort of sport days , erm . |
| 19 | Dealers do not need the same protection since they know the importance of checking to see whether the seller is the owner of the car . |
| 20 | The Cost of Loving sees Weller severing , finally , from the sixties . |
| 21 | The scientific approach to the world of nature developed as a way of looking to see what was actually there and interpreting it in the light of its own evidence instead of simply accepting received , traditional wisdom . |
| 22 | I can not get around now as I was once able to for my newspapers — but I stick to my policy now , as then , of wanting to see and size up would-be advertisers beforehand , so beg the pardon of the newcomers not included in my list . |
| 23 | Half the class refused to go to the lessons , frightened of being set on fire or being thrown through a window , but Endill liked the suspense of waiting to see what each mixture did next . |
| 24 | If they ca n't , it may be a matter of waiting to see if other symptoms develop . |
| 25 | They 've seen lots of fashions come and go , so they 're suspicious of microcomputers in many ways and the changes are happening so fast , I think many are sort of waiting to see what 's going to happen before they commit themselves . |
| 26 | The habit of going to see the movie — that sophisticated notion — no , people went to ‘ the pictures ’ , they did n't go to see such-and-such a film . |
| 27 | And it seemed that within three months of going to see her , the bingeing and fasting , and endless weighing myself and despairing at my size , had stopped . |
| 28 | Adams stated that whilst he and Moore were at supper he saw an unusual light in the direction of the Body Shop but , instead of going to see what it was and turning on the water from the hydrants to endeavour to arrest the progress of the flames , he caused the alarm bell to be rung and then ran to the gate to admit the Fire Brigade . |
| 29 | He thought of going to see Frances , but did n't feel worthy of her warmth and eternal forgiveness . |
| 30 | So he decided to give her time to think about their relationship , and wrote to her , at Marlott , instead of going to see her . |