Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] see [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 2 | You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ? |
| 3 | She now hopes that the world will no longer expect to see her on the arm of her husband , hugging or kissing him in public , behaving like a loving wife . |
| 4 | ‘ Just called to see you about the musicians for the party , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I 've got a full-time job now , I hardly get to see them during the week . ’ |
| 6 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 7 | The public would still pay to see them at the cinema . |
| 8 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 9 | And he had probably expected to see her at the shop this morning , while she had been waiting impatiently at his office . |
| 10 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 11 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 12 | There are people out there who really do see him as the pioneer of a computer-generated escape from reality . |
| 13 | I did n't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night . |
| 14 | I asked the governor whether I could have a visit in the probation department so that Karen did n't have to see me in the gym with everyone else and I could talk to her a bit more intimately . |
| 15 | We do n't get to see them in the states so we have to come over here . |
| 16 | They stood talking a long time at the crossroads before separating but he did n't offer to see her over the weekend . |
| 17 | I never seem to see him around the pub these days . ’ |