Example sentences of "[verb] to see [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , I have reservations about the application of the user interface in the Windows version , and will have to wait to see what the next version brings before I can make up my mind any more firmly than I can at present . |
| 2 | You , you can have your erm if you were watching a programme and er , I 've done this , erm if you 're watching a programme and you want to see what the weather forecast is er you can have that superimposed on your programme . |
| 3 | — You want to see who the real winner is , then look up there . ’ |
| 4 | And when they started to shout these people out shopping , cos everybody stopped to see what the fellers screaming about . |
| 5 | Once he frogmarched a knocker out of a press conference , although it transpired that he could hardly wait to see what the victim wrote next . |
| 6 | He would wait to see what the negotiation process turned up , he said , but " only if real progress is made during negotiations , and if there are obvious and clearly defined benefits for my country and its people , will we consider any possible change to our present constitutional position " . |
| 7 | I 've had them born in the car on the way the the mother have come to see me the father has brought her to see me thinking that if she could just see me she 'd be alright . |
| 8 | The broad guiding principle , attested by many authorities , is that one looks to see what the taxpayer has done to earn the profit in question . |
| 9 | Thus Lord Bridge 's guiding principle could properly be expanded to read ‘ one looks to see what the taxpayer has done to earn the profit in question and where he has done it . ’ |
| 10 | You have certain losers in Clubs and a good plan in hands like these is to play out the suit in which you have certain losers and wait to see what the opposition do . |
| 11 | Her mother had not noticed the incident and only turned to see what the matter was when Joyce began to scream . |
| 12 | ‘ I came to see what the Romans were doing , ’ I explained . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , I heard your dog scratching at the door , so I came to see what the matter was . |
| 14 | Marcus had n't given me any since I threw up in the hall and he stepped in it when he came to see what the matter was . |
| 15 | And then Lisabeth came to see what the noise was and he must have thought she was you for a minute — we had the curtains drawn , you see . |
| 16 | And Jimmy [ Jewel ] came to see him the other day and we walked across the road to the pub . |
| 17 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 18 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 19 | " David Fairfax came to see you the other day , " Matthew went on . |
| 20 | Test the kitchen cold tap fully opened to see what the flow and pressure is like . |
| 21 | His nephew , David Moores , is chairman at Liverpool but Everton are treading water , waiting to see what the future holds . |
| 22 | So far no action has been taken against travellers refusing requests to stub-out their cigarettes , and the campaign group is waiting to see what the next move will be . |
| 23 | A great hush fell over the entire Wolfwood , as if , thought Snizort , every living creature knew or heard or sensed what had happened and was waiting to see what the Trees would do . |
| 24 | Pat , whose baby is due in four days , says : ‘ It 's unnerving , this waiting to see what the future holds , but there is n't a lot I can do . |
| 25 | They wait hushed , like the crowd before the soldiers , each waiting to see what the others will do . |
| 26 | With regard to the right hon. Gentleman 's earlier remarks about opting in , I suggest that he discusses that matter with his right hon. Friends who would have signed the treaty in full without waiting to see what the economic conditions were at a later stage . |
| 27 | They 'd be better off waiting to see what the law is before wasting money on taking action . |
| 28 | This I 'm pleased to say is being done , a meeting has been arranged with British Aerospace , it should have taken place on Monday er Mike was deputizing me at that meeting and I 'm waiting to see what the outcome of that meeting is . |
| 29 | My canoe had turned side on to the river and against the flow and as I turned to see what the noise was I realised that I had hit a log sticking out of the water . |
| 30 | I 'd like to see what the got off . |