Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He has only come to see if we want any meat , which will be coming into the shop tomorrow . |
| 6 | As for you , you 'd better come to see me this afternoon . |
| 7 | For all the talk about creating a club vibe , in Texas the audience have basically come to see a gig . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Commission has long wished to see greater industrial cooperation across frontiers . |
| 10 | Her mother had not noticed the incident and only turned to see what the matter was when Joyce began to scream . |
| 11 | And he 's only got to see her ’ — he thrust his head back — ‘ and it 'll be mother and daughter . |
| 12 | You have only got to see what your people can achieve when you are in an enormous period of expansion . |
| 13 | you 've only got to see any tax that goes up and everyone 's up in arms about it . |
| 14 | Honestly , Rachel , you 've only got to see the two of you together — you 're just made for each other . ’ |
| 15 | Yet they could hardly express their resentment in terms of thwarted personal ambition and so preferred to see their fate as a result of ideological changes in the Party . |
| 16 | This account of how a sturdy and friendly young American wins the heart of the irascible and hostile Earl of Dorincourt , the grandfather who has hitherto refused to see him , acquired a largely undeserved reputation for sentimentality . |
| 17 | In October last year I was in London and was suddenly asked to see a Japanese client . |
| 18 | The dipper is a typical bird of upland rivers and one species we had very much hoped to see . |
| 19 | We happened to meet up that very night , at The Marquee where we 'd all gone to see Thin Lizzy . |
| 20 | Erm and er what I would like to see , and I 've long wanted to see this coming out of the church , is a rite of passage that I with integrity can offer to any parents who come to me with a , a , a lovely little baby in their arms saying to me parish minister can you give us something that would satisfy us , and they 're not saying it like this , but they want a rite of passage . |
| 21 | Ruth had made herself up like a vampire from a horror film she had perhaps contrived to see , or some illustration in a library book . |
| 22 | Allen has not seen his adopted daughter since the allegations of child molesting exploded in August and is only allowed to see his natural son , four-year-old Satchel , twice a week while the custody battle continues . |
| 23 | Erm and if in another division they saw another number erm but their , their particular post only managed to see twenty percent , erm well that tells that the |
| 24 | Incensed at being taken by surprise despite her pleasure at seeing him , Leonora was somewhat mollified to see that Penry was wearing the sweater she 'd knitted . |
| 25 | Surprised , and not a little alarmed to see her there , he opened his mouth to speak but Melody was quicker . |
| 26 | Erm actually I 've spoken to Ian at erm Newark TEC , and he 's already arranged to see me tomorrow afternoon . |
| 27 | Half-expecting it to be the milkman , she was mildly irritated to see two young men standing on the steps outside . |
| 28 | When subjects were performing a variety of other judgment tasks they may have no longer expected to see particularly risky situations and consequently would have been better centred on the scale for risk ratings . |
| 29 | I 've just come to see what there is , part of the interest is to see the great bad taste of Robert Maxwell , no matter how much you spend of your own money or other people 's it ca n't buy you taste |
| 30 | And then , er , I said I 've just come to see if you want any cigs . |