Example sentences of "[vb past] see i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My contact with the family had lapsed for a while when the head asked to see me to request help in explaining the Statementing procedures to Mrs Singh . |
| 2 | He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive . |
| 3 | Before I left Ruritania , Princess Flavia asked to see me again , and Fritz took me to her . |
| 4 | All of these meetings required careful preparation and I was relieved when my election team agreed with my general tactics , although they added that I must make myself available for private talks with any colleague who asked to see me . |
| 5 | Herr Schikenader , the former proprietor , chanced to see me perform one evening . |
| 6 | Smith agreed to see me and so I flew to Salisbury , arriving on a Wednesday . |
| 7 | I 'd telephoned beforehand , and she agreed to see me , but she was obviously puzzled by my visit . |
| 8 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 9 | For example every day when the came to see me she wore a beautiful new sari . |
| 10 | Vincent came to see me and stayed all day . |
| 11 | The old fellow even came to see me , so you know how bad I was . |
| 12 | Did I tell you Madeleine came to see me again shortly after you left ? |
| 13 | Ronnie Ross : ‘ At the time he came to see me for lessons , groups like The Rolling Stones were just beginning to come into vogue although he was more interested in jazz , and we 'd sit and talk about jazz and jazz musicians quite often . |
| 14 | It was against this background that Peter Thompson , the chief executive of NFC , together with his chairman , Bobby Lawrence , came to see me in my small office on the Cabinet floor of the House of Commons on 18 May 1981 . |
| 15 | Then one day ‘ Margaret came to see me . |
| 16 | One day Tom came to see me and poured out a story which told me the other side of his ambitious , over-achieving self . |
| 17 | A few years later Enright came to see me when I was working in Kuala Lumpur and he was Professor in Singapore . |
| 18 | There was a curious incident when a man from the British Council in Madrid came to see me . |
| 19 | I do n't know why our man in Madrid came to see me ; just idle curiosity , perhaps — so few people have ever met me , so many seem anxious to do so . |
| 20 | Once when I was leaving for Europe , he came to see me off at the airport , bringing a parting gift . |
| 21 | See , she came to see me on the bridge . ’ |
| 22 | Miss Cress came to see me . ’ |
| 23 | The first person who came to see me was n't Doone after all but Tremayne . |
| 24 | After a while I said , ‘ Doone came to see me twice . |
| 25 | Franca thought , he came to see me , he thought I 'd be alone ! |
| 26 | The director of that theatre , Eric Langworth , came to see me in Talking Heads . |
| 27 | Elizabeth : Elizabeth , a young woman who lives with her sister in a remote and primitive cottage in the Welsh mountains , came to see me about an infestation of scabies . |
| 28 | The new owner , Mr. Bolsover , came to see me last week , and I 'm afraid he may not let us go on using the barn . |
| 29 | Tagore described one of these lovers of all things : ‘ One day in a small village in Bengal , an ascetic woman from the neighbourhood came to see me . |
| 30 | He came to see me after the performance — several times , in fact . ’ |