Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need only to look at commercial copy or displays to see how powerfully a type-face complements the message it is conveying . |
| 2 | If then his actions simply accorded with what was the convention of his society , this was not because he had so to act , or failed to see that a certain convention was socially limited . |
| 3 | Ergo , she 's not a friend , so why do I care about how she is , or want to see her . |
| 4 | ‘ But he has n't been anywhere near our place , or tried to see Anna . ’ |
| 5 | We know only what we have been told or made to see . |
| 6 | or imagine seeing , or something that , because of the word |
| 7 | Irina , in these days , was often out , shopping , or visiting Pat , or going to see Marcus 's solicitor , a Mr Garent , or simply wandering about London being ( to use her phrase ) a ‘ mystery woman ’ . |
| 8 | That had seemed natural to Stephen , the way things should be : his father working and then emerging from his work , all three of them walking on the beach , or walking to Badstoneleigh to go to the Pavilion , or having tea on Stephen 's birthday in the Spinning Wheel , or going to see Somerset play . |
| 9 | Chamoun saw him — or claimed to see him — as a communist . |
| 10 | With the capture of Francis I at Pavia in 1525 , Henry saw — or claimed to see — an opportunity of seizing the French throne . |
| 11 | A tiny anonymous figure is represented , in isolation against a background of vivid colours , as a self-willed individual , kneeling , crawling , sleeping or learning to see its reflection in a pool . |
| 12 | Nor did she nod to them or smile or turn to see whether the dark man was there and whether he was painting . |
| 13 | She 'd go shopping , now that she had some money , or go to see places that she 'd heard of . |
| 14 | We can reach for the tape measure or stopwatch to see if a standard has been reached ; but we turn to our inner judgement to assess the quality . |
| 15 | Similarly , France had to accept some relaxation in its position or risk seeing the five go ahead by themselves : the latter option would undoubtedly see a reduction in French influence as well as the likelihood of the five soliciting British membership . |
| 16 | In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women . |
| 17 | Some patients want no further contact with the would-be therapist after the initial assessment , or agree to see him only a few times . |
| 18 | When I perceive others my attitudes , values and beliefs filter what I see or wish to see . |
| 19 | If you should need anything or wish to see me — ’ his eyes suddenly crinkled humorously — ‘ you have my card . |
| 20 | Customers were asked to fill in a brief form stating whether they knew or had seen Mr McEvoy . |
| 21 | Read every word and study the plans , before and after your survey , and if you do not understand any point , or if what you see or have seen is at variance with what is set down in the documents , then it is VITAL that you consult your solicitor before exchanging contracts . |
| 22 | It was the best round of golf for conditions like those I 'd ever seen , or have seen since . |
| 23 | Animals would have known , would have caught his scent , or have seen him suddenly among them , and they 'd have turned and fled as a herd will turn from a predator . |
| 24 | If you are offered or have seen brooches of this description , please contact me . |
| 25 | What just leave it here then , or have seen it ? |
| 26 | Two days — she would give herself that long to see him again . |
| 27 | British Columbia , who fielded only five of the players that tackled the All Blacks , have acquitted themselves admirably in a four-day period that has seen them take on the might of the two Antipodean giants . |
| 28 | Forty years later , after an enormously varied industrial career that has seen Haslam running a diverse range of businesses and involved in a wide variety of functions , from selling to personnel , events have turned full circle . |
| 29 | ‘ He that has seen me ’ , Jesus said to Philip , ‘ has seen the father . ’ |
| 30 | Appearing during a period that has seen a stream of reassessments of the discovery and development of penicillin , Gordon 's work is his fictional version of the same episode — together with some real events and characters . |