Example sentences of "[verb] to see [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's something I want to see on television , ’ I lied . |
| 2 | Already ‘ wish lists ’ have been made where staff indicate what they want to see from agency status and these suggestions have been acted on . |
| 3 | Having known him for many months in Vancouver , and relishing his word-pictures of Yukon characters like ‘ dangerous Dan McGrew ’ and ‘ the lady known as Lou ’ , I tried to see in Service 's eyes the modern Yukon nearly half a century after the gold rush . |
| 4 | Oh Barbara phoned to see about woodcraft , she said Steve had , or well either her or Steve 'd take them . |
| 5 | Of these a few came to see in friendship the whole meaning of life : Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson and E.M . |
| 6 | Peter Robinson , a Democratic Unionist MP , said people were sceptical of ‘ the idea of rogue cops going around to take out IRA terrorists — it 's the sort of stuff you might expect to see on television with Clint Eastwood ’ . |
| 7 | Yes , we 're going to see as part , as part of our time together , we 're going to see a couple of films and you 're going to enjoy those I 'm sure . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're going to see over Dancer 's palazzo , ’ yelled Seb , ‘ and swim in his pool , which is even bigger than Loch Lomond . |
| 9 | It is often difficult to assess the colour vision of mammals , and some which were thought to see in monochrome have been shown to have sensitivity to colour . |
| 10 | What follows , while by no means comprehensive , is NME 's guide to the world blown wide open by the greatest war movies , a world we 'd like to see on TV as we wait for the next one . |
| 11 | As part of its drive to improve the standard of service to taxpayers under the Citizen 's Charter , the Inland Revenue commissioned a survey in June to find out what taxpayers thought of the existing service and what they would like to see by way of improvement . |
| 12 | What changes in the teacher training curriculum would you both like to see in order to improve teacher recognition of learning difficulties ? |
| 13 | Do you have a favourite endangered species you 'd like to see in Disinformation ? |
| 14 | To return to your educational interests , what sort of changes would you like to see in education to make it more applicable , perhaps , to twentieth century women ? |
| 15 | I mean certainly you ca n't achieve as much as a man does , but also the jobs just are n't there any more , not so much , and the main change I 'd like to see in education is that it would help girls cope with this dilemma . |
| 16 | Right , things we 'd like to see in psychology Is there any I mean any the trouble is you do n't know what 's on the menu so it 's hard to but I mean what sort what sort of things would you like to have seen from pr what you have a ? |
| 17 | ‘ I tell you what I 'd like to see in print . |
| 18 | He was aware of how professional he must appear to her in his preparations for what she saw as killing and which he had been trained to see as protection of the innocent . |
| 19 | ‘ I was trained to see behind enemy lines , ’ Mr Aggarwal told me , ‘ and I am knowing how to observe properly . ’ |
| 20 | One of the major improvements bankers wish to see in respect of financial information is an improvement in the timeliness of information . |
| 21 | The kairos approach , whereby God in God 's good time brings into being a new situation , can only be morally credible if one fails to see in sexism the evil which it is . |
| 22 | The regulations — intended to see off slum landlords — now insist on minimum standards for safety features such as fire escapes , firedoors and hygiene and toilet facilities in any rented property with more than five tenants . |