Example sentences of "[verb] see [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had written to Joe Ackerley about Dana , and how we were writing poems together , and he asked to see some examples of this unusual collaboration . |
| 2 | They asked to see some . |
| 3 | The newspaper asked to see any responsible official — none was available . |
| 4 | A nice piece of work ; but bear in mind that a much more ambitious measurement , which would have taken the biggest chunk of the Hubble 's observing time , is completely beyond the telescope 's present capacity , because it involves seeing faint variable stars in far-off galaxies . |
| 5 | Obviously one would not want to see that scene again . ’ |
| 6 | And also I did n't want to see that Mercy Newbegin . |
| 7 | As it 's turned out , it 's not efficient because the the ray dome spent a tremendous amount of time moving from one country to the other , there 's no doubt about that and before production we would want to see that particular nonsense removed and the whole thing made a lot more efficient , but for one or two development batch ray domes then you know , they 'll just have to learn from that lesson . |
| 8 | Mada Madam Speaker my honourable friend knows well that the purpose er of what has been said and what is being considered about air strikes er is to is is to bring about er the er cessation of the sort of bombardment that we have seen in Sarajevo and I think everybody will want to see that effort successfully er completed . |
| 9 | I am sure that the more sensible people in racing and in the Jockey Club would not want to see that . ’ |
| 10 | Ooh I do n't want to see that thing . |
| 11 | Oh , you do n't want to see that ? |
| 12 | Oh I do n't want to see that |
| 13 | I do n't want to see that er |
| 14 | In certain running-down cases , however , a defendant should be asked to make discovery ( eg latent defect cases , where the plaintiff may want to see all his maintenance and servicing records ; accidents alleged to have been caused by sudden and unexpected illness or death , where the plaintiff wants to see the medical records ; and of course claims in nuisance against highway authorities and their contractors , where discovery can often reveal breaches of prescribed safety codes and bad accident records ) . |
| 15 | I did n't want to see other people . |
| 16 | families of those who have lost loved ones , who do n't want to see other families going through the suffering that they have gone through . |
| 17 | There 's nothing really though that I would I want to see other than American football . |
| 18 | ‘ You think I 'm just an old man who does n't want to see new shops and houses . |
| 19 | Once , I was waiting at the bus stop one Sunday with my bags packed ready to go to Sheffield when Otley came running up : ‘ Do n't you want to see Fragile Earth ? |
| 20 | I do not want to see disabled excluded from it , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I just do n't want to see similar signs appearing up mountains as hill-walking grows more popular Where would it all end ? |
| 22 | Thirdly , it seems that both groups of critics would want to see greater support given to natural families , in general , to help them to care for their children more effectively and to prevent the need for substitute care arising . |
| 23 | His was the only character in the film you did n't want to see garrotted . |
| 24 | erm One of our buyers , Spain , er was not in favour of that solution because they were not a member of the tornado team and they did not want to see some kind of old boys club er running this project which was very important to them . |
| 25 | She did n't want to see any more . |
| 26 | His wife did n't want to watch him suffer , and she wanted him to die also , and she did n't want to see any suffering . |
| 27 | He was going to California to start a new life , and did n't want to see any of his old friends or lovers any more . |
| 28 | Redmond , Washington-based Microsoft Corp does not want to see any part of the digital automation process that is not touched by Windows , and the company has developed a specification for computer integrated telephony for the MS-DOS personal computer , with which , needless to say , it is aiming to set the industry-standard . |
| 29 | We 'll come back and they 'll all be here , all those ones I do n't want to see any more . |
| 30 | I , I do n't want to see any more of them . |