Example sentences of "[verb] to see [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over and over she asked the questions and became so demented by them that , though she trembled with indignation , she once more went into the Casa Guidi and , controlling herself as best she could , asked to see her old mistress . |
| 2 | He asked to see his social services file and eventually the local authority agreed , provided the donors of information consented . |
| 3 | And smirk to see my little lolly melt , |
| 4 | We were eventually released and returned to find some of the crew busily repairing the mainsail on the dock , while the rest , with Tandri and the officers , were being bullied by lesser officials who were nosing around the hold and demanding to see their personal possessions . |
| 5 | Receivership is anathema to corporate financiers , who hate to see their fat fees going to those who just pick over the bones . |
| 6 | ‘ And I hate to see you unhappy , and you wo n't feel better if you stay in and frowst by the fire all day . |
| 7 | I hate to see someone sad . |
| 8 | I do n't , when I go I hate to see my front door open . |
| 9 | My son Jonathan , who turns two on Christmas Day , was fascinated to see his own image when I captured him on home video . |
| 10 | He did n't want to see her hurt , longing eyes . |
| 11 | So you 'll want to see me first . |
| 12 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 13 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 14 | But she smiled again and said , " I 'd understand if you did n't want to see me any more , " and looked down , away from him , at her feet . |
| 15 | ‘ But I do n't want to see my hard work wasted . |
| 16 | The problem there was the children climbing the fence and with just having spent five hundred and eighty pounds putting a fence up , spent another fifty four pounds although it 's not in the budget , I accept that , er was er a necessary expenditure which I took a decision on straight away because I did n't want to see our five hundred pound fence being knocked down within a week of being put up . |
| 17 | erm as many people here know and like them I have worked in a voluntary capacity and one way or another in this theatre for many years and we ca n't do without it we do n't want to see it close or any of those drastic things . |
| 18 | He had seen fear , and bravery , too , and savagery and oppression , homes burned down , wheels smashed off carts and farm implements so that the land could not be cultivated , crops ruined — he had seen it spread everywhere and he did n't want to see it any more . |
| 19 | Your old friends — your real friends — do n't want to see you any more . |
| 20 | From what I had heard in advance , I expected to see nothing much more than four or five students on the course drinking regulated amounts of alcohol and then being subjected to a variety of tests that would show how their motor skills deteriorated . |
| 21 | No one ever got to see it complete , except me and Terry of course . ’ |
| 22 | I want to see something different . |
| 23 | One line in the song seems to me to be very revealing : when you say you want to see her killed ‘ because people like you/make me feel so tired … so old inside . ’ |
| 24 | There are people at that factory who want to see me dead . ’ |
| 25 | I just could n't believe it , it was , er , I just felt very very happy and I just break into tears , I just start crying , and I think it 's tremendous , erm news , I just want to see him safe home . |
| 26 | ‘ I want to see their little nest . ’ |
| 27 | This is usually a very popular event as parents want to see their own children involved in something special . |
| 28 | They want to see their own chaps , keen as mustard , potting Jerries ( or Tommies ) whenever the opportunity arises . |
| 29 | I want to see them all do the best they can , because they deserve it . |
| 30 | And why should any brother of Shrewsbury want to see our best patroness carted away to Ramsey ? |