Example sentences of "[to-vb] and see " in BNC.
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| 1 | you put your glasses on to try and see , and you ca n't pluck the eyebrows because the glasses are in the way so we do quite a lot of eyebrow trimming , erm at salon . |
| 2 | ‘ I left lecturing to try and see what the big wide world had to offer , but things never worked out . |
| 3 | By the time he reached the low bridge on to the wharfs , he had decided to try and see Julie that afternoon . |
| 4 | We had one more day trip by boat before we left Praslin , and that was to the island of La Digue to try and see the black paradise flycatcher . |
| 5 | It is , therefore , unwise to try and see this kind of evidence in association with rebel or enemy activities . |
| 6 | I 'm going to try and see the point of you , whatever that point is . |
| 7 | Confronted with such a situation , with no sure indication as to how , if at all , a satisfactory clarification of particular identity might be found , we might be tempted to think that the best course to follow is to try and see if we can make do without relying on this awkward and intractable concept . |
| 8 | I am going to try and see Steen tonight . |
| 9 | Riven stood on tiptoe to try and see what was going on . |
| 10 | Her shoulder-length hair obscured her face , though Alice moved position to try and see more than a slab of cheek . |
| 11 | ‘ Would you mind if I followed you back — just to try and see if anybody else is trying to ? |
| 12 | Er , er so I I I 'm prepared to try and see if if we can meet the anxieties or at least some of them . |
| 13 | to try and see if we can get some sort of dance group in to get that culture over . |
| 14 | Er so what I 'm looking for is to try and see that we do all we can to make sure that the second half of ninety three we take full advantage of everything that we 've got so that we do actually rapidly increase our productivity in the second half of the year . |
| 15 | And I think that our concern is to try and see how that can be improved and , and possibly the underlying reason for that is that erm we all feel that unless we take it seriously , the kind of disasters that increasingly affect developing countries , and try to make our own assistance more rational , more respectful in a way of , of them and their cultures , then I think we 're storing up an enormous amount of trouble for ourselves in the future . |
| 16 | If appropriate one of our specialist nurses will then arrange to come and see you to discuss your practical needs and see how ACET can help . |
| 17 | Wants to come and see glass . |
| 18 | He urged me to come and see his new place in Brighton . |
| 19 | ‘ What was even more astonishing was the fact that people travelled miles to come and see him . |
| 20 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 21 | Now nobody 's going to come and see me , and Marie 's gone away and Annie do n't know where I am and they wo n't have Christmas with me and we wo n't open prezzies together . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd be able to come and see you oftener — if you 'd like me to , Arty . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I want people to come and see me playing Billy , not Adrian Boswell , in the same way as they went to watch Michael Crawford , not Frank Spencer . ’ |
| 24 | Did McLeish want to come and see it , in situ , because they would have to move it when Forensic had finished ? |
| 25 | You tell him to come and see me again when he 's in London . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I shall ask Doctor Sparrow to come and see your mother and give her a complete medical check . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Then , with your permission , I should like to come and see Mrs Thorne myself . ’ |
| 28 | I was going to come and see you , or write a note about it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Yes I would like you to come and see me . ’ |
| 30 | Raised his cap with a pretty gesture , blushed to his eyes and asked me to come and see his work . ’ |