Example sentences of "[verb] see [pron] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And above all he does n't want to see it appearing in the Accounts . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to see something happening in the game , something that helps the players and the spectators to enjoy it — but how can it happen when players are congested in seven-and-a-half yards either side of the halfway line ? ’ |
| 3 | Rose said she 'd seen her walking in the direction of the milking sheds , and with a little nod Ellie went out into the grounds . |
| 4 | The chains slithered again , and there was a scuttling movement in the shadows , and Grainne turned to see what crouched in the corner . |
| 5 | It really is something that I would like to see us achieve in the future and if this can be brought forward by meeting the developer down there , then I would be , certainly be in favour of that and I would certainly like , and this is what we said at this meeting , to find out a little more detail of exactly what they were offering but we have to be minded all the time , as I said again , is how we 're going to acquire permission to go over one or two different land owners ' lands . |
| 6 | Id like to see him continue in the side ( in any position ) . |
| 7 | Since then I have always followed the fortunes of Preston and am saddened to see them languishing in the lower divisions . |
| 8 | But Pipe said : ‘ The Gold Cup is a long way away and we 'll just have to see what happens in the meantime . ’ |
| 9 | Parents who fork out one a year for expensive games would not have to see them abandoned in the cupboard and teenagers could have a dozen games a year at pocket money prices . |
| 10 | Delaney pointed , having seen something bobbing in the water . |
| 11 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 12 | I would nt be at all suprised to see them play in the ‘ theatre of dreams ’ . |
| 13 | I came over it below the farmhouse and hugged the side wall like I 've seen them do in the movies until I could peer round into the farmyard . |
| 14 | I 've seen them reported in the papers and on TV . |
| 15 | Ted had been a little belligerent at first but a couple of hints that Pascoe had seen him drinking in the Club earlier and an oblique reference to the breathalyser test had calmed him down and made him most co-operative . |
| 16 | There were lines now from nose to mouth ; the lips were stern ; she had seen him take in the room , who was there , with whom , with one cold appraising glance as he entered . |
| 17 | Charlotte had seen him turn in the doorway to speak to Mrs Lane , whose placid smile indicated that she knew and welcomed him . |
| 18 | This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . |
| 19 | Beside him , against the wall , he had placed those things he had seen himself use in the dream — a blanket and his old porcelain water-bottle . |
| 20 | Certainly she had seen something moving in the forest that day on Ridgery Steep , something fairly large , something white , and Allen had failed to see it ; but then it was possible that he had not looked in the right spot at the right moment and that his failure to see it was an accident . |
| 21 | The friar was sure he had seen her lying in the graveyard amongst the tombs with Simon the tiler , and he a married man with three children . |
| 22 | Carlie believed everyone was out to do her in , and she had disliked Mrs Mason , the foster mother , as soon as she had seen her standing in the doorway . |
| 23 | Sien had ‘ that Dolorosa expression ’ which had affected him so deeply when he had seen it depicted in the picture Woman in Mourning . |