Example sentences of "she [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not look at the old man , so she failed to see the shrewd yet kindly glance he gave her . |
| 2 | She failed to see , Mrs Stead-Carter finally declared , why it was that Miss Poraway , who had never been a mother , should concern herself with the Mothers ' Union in the first place . |
| 3 | So intent was she on making a good impression , she failed to see a crane coming towards her . |
| 4 | Though what enchantment there was to be found in that love , she failed to see . |
| 5 | When Psyche lighted the lamp , she expected to see a beast , but she saw a god . |
| 6 | The woman looked around the yard as if she expected to see her daughter emerge from one of the doors or from behind a pile of rubbish . |
| 7 | He had taken it , now , that she was not going ; she expected to see resentment blossom , but he did not resent it . |
| 8 | She was dismayed to see these strangers accosting her when she expected to see an old man in a cowboy hat with a black and white photograph face . |
| 9 | She expected to see him gazing at Comfort with the admiration she deserved , but in fact he was looking down at Julia . |
| 10 | Julia opened her eyes again and saw Comfort looking around her as though she expected to see men in white coats with a stretcher appearing through the walls . |
| 11 | " I asked her if she expected to see him when he got back , and she said , " To be perfectly frank , I do n't know . |
| 12 | looking about as though for somebody she expected to see . |
| 13 | When the dark blue sidecar , a red coat-of-arms on its tailboard and a grey horse between its shafts , came swirling towards her , iron-tyred wheels crunching merrily along , with the noble sound of a horse 's well-shod feet , the very last person she expected to see was Anderson . |
| 14 | When the lonely howl of a wolf carried to them through the forest , Isabel jumped , glancing at the door as if she expected to see the beast standing there . |
| 15 | Looking down she expected to see blood , awfulness , something dead . |
| 16 | She expected to see signs of fury in his eyes at that stab but she saw nothing to indicate any such irritation . |
| 17 | A baby was the last thing she expected to see in the servants ' quarters , especially as Rosa looked far beyond her child-bearing years . |
| 18 | She did n't know what she expected to see — a car screeching to a halt on the edge of the runway , or something equally dramatic . |
| 19 | Would she want to see the boy ? |
| 20 | ‘ Then wo n't she want to see me before she agrees to take me on ? ’ |
| 21 | However , she agreed to see the therapist is an outpatient , and to use open access by telephone if in the meantime she felt unable to cope with her difficulties . |
| 22 | In the morning , she agreed to see Winifred Shalcross . |
| 23 | I 'd telephoned beforehand , and she agreed to see me , but she was obviously puzzled by my visit . |
| 24 | She got to see a grizzly bear , skunks and chipmunks . |
| 25 | She asked to see the daughter of the house . |
| 26 | If you are sure she wants to see you and you feel that you should go , your only hope of making the visit a success is not to drag yourself with a reluctant sense of duty to her front door , groaning inwardly at the thought of it . |
| 27 | Now claiming dole with her husband Max , she wants to see massive investment in major community projects , such as hospital and school building and road improvements throughout the country . |
| 28 | She wants to see you . |
| 29 | No , she wants to see her old friends . |
| 30 | She wants to see her mother . ’ |