Example sentences of "to see [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , it was great to see them go back into the wild when they were old enough . ’ |
| 2 | Similarly , checks are made to see you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure . |
| 3 | I turned in surprise to Neil , to see him pointing away from the bay towards where , in a cloud of spray , a powerful-looking launch was heading fast towards us . |
| 4 | He pulled the window up quickly and it was too dark for her to see him step back towards the house . |
| 5 | You stand on St Saviour 's Point to see him going out between the forts , the seabirds flocking after his boat , the ropes screaming in the sheaves as the sails are hoisted . |
| 6 | After her quarter-final defeat by Jennifer Capriati I was very happy to see her get through to the final of the US Open , only to be beaten by Monica Seles , unfortunately . |
| 7 | He will have the support not only of Labour Members but of all Scottish Members who are genuinely concerned about Scottish education and keen to see it debated properly in the House . |
| 8 | At the Conservative Party conference in October 1988 Mrs Thatcher stated : ‘ We have n't worked all these years to free Britain from the paralysis of socialism only to see it creep in through the back door of central control and bureaucracy from Brussels ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you think I 've lost a fortune only to see it salted away in the same nip-cheese fashion as before ? |
| 10 | The Government regard themselves as bound by that principle , and we expect to see it carried out by the management of the health service . |
| 11 | All the more to see us floundering around in the dark . |