Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is that sentence the club will most want to see cut . |
| 2 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 3 | The move is widely expected to see the society — which is currently a tied agent of Standard Life for the sale of investments — reviewing the options for starting its own life-assurance operation . |
| 4 | ‘ Here in the palace — though since none herein has seen hide or hair of him , one suspects that the king and his brother are under some form of house arrest . ’ |
| 5 | women are not sexy skinny women are not sexy , really skinny women we have to be like the Madonna type woman and I think that the , the , its about money and its about co , its about the consumer and about money and about making money from an image that somebody somewhere has seen as the normal perfect woman and the norm can be any thing it could be whatever you want it to be . |
| 6 | Although a backbencher he is currently the politician the voters most want to see as prime minister . |
| 7 | In the profession I would much prefer to see work generated by the directors , and the casting directors taking more trouble to go round and see the actor at work , taking people on the basis of work they had already seen . |
| 8 | In a Commons statement , Mr Clarke said : ‘ We would very much prefer to see a full accident and emergency service provided by trained ambulancemen , but that is impossible while the unions continue to insist on the 14 conditions which they have imposed . |
| 9 | They would not proscribe the teaching of fine art , archaeology or music — but would much prefer to see British colleges turning out many more vocation-ally-trained graduates in science , technology and business management . |
| 10 | He could n't get an immediate break-down of where the money had gone so asked to see the manager . |
| 11 | Bob Henry , you must be aware of some of the criticisms which were levelled at the companies which were put out by arts associations , where they say really it 's very self-indulgent and nobody much goes to see this particular type of dance group . |
| 12 | Much of the machinery is in working order and I was so fascinated to see it actually in operation that I was late getting back to the bus ; driver sitting with engine running , and the eyes of every accusing fellow passenger upon me . |
| 13 | But it would not do to show any emotion before the giants , who had all gathered to see Floy and Snodgrass off , or before Balor , who was waiting in high good humour at the unexpected excitement of a journey to the Fire Court . |
| 14 | It was a dramatic and impractical outfit of a kind I only expected to see on the male models who posed in the more outlandish fashion magazines that our rich clients brought aboard Wavebreaker , yet Jesse Isambard Sweetman managed to wear the elaborate style with an elegant insouciance . |
| 15 | IBM will no doubt eagerly want to see if any other big names follow WordPerfect 's example . |
| 16 | He has only come to see if we want any meat , which will be coming into the shop tomorrow . |
| 17 | ‘ He only wants to see the child enjoy herself with her friends . ’ |
| 18 | After days of coalition building , Benazir Bhutto could only wait to see if it had paid off . |
| 19 | As for you , you 'd better come to see me this afternoon . |
| 20 | We obviously want to see those companies continue as viable units . |
| 21 | For all the talk about creating a club vibe , in Texas the audience have basically come to see a gig . |
| 22 | In this case , the agent only needs to see a ticket manifest ( a government-stamped document showing how many tickets are printed for the venue ) and a box office statement from the hall ( stating how many tickets were sold ) when checking the promoter 's expenses . |
| 23 | well we 've erm we 've erm we 've been rather tempted by the west coast er I personally want to see the Grand Canyon and erm I 'd like to see San Francisco so the package which is being offered to the Boots Association with whom we 've been away several times and we lo we like it as , as a , as a background because you 've got a rough idea , you know , the people you 're going with |
| 24 | The use of the plural is pregnant with implications that evidence she alone has seen shows that among Sotheby 's staff not just Peter Wilson had a share in the treasure . |
| 25 | October alone has seen more than an inch over the monthly average … and it 's not half way through the month yet . |
| 26 | No doubt many in the EC have long wished to see a Delors Report version of monetary union imposed in order to further their federalist aims . |
| 27 | The Commission has long wished to see greater industrial cooperation across frontiers . |
| 28 | While the current agreement does not cover sales of the resultant kit , Ionica managing director Nigel Playford obviously has sees that as the next move : he cites Northern 's ability to exploit overseas markets through its international support and distribution operations as ‘ key factors ’ for choosing the Canadian manufacturer . |
| 29 | With Botham Wanderers already relegated and our position safe , we will adopt this carefree attitude again today so expect to see GOALS ! |
| 30 | I only want to see her a moment . ’ |