Example sentences of "[verb] to see [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | So you 'll want to see me first . |
| 3 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Your old friends — your real friends — do n't want to see you any more . |
| 9 | No one ever got to see it complete , except me and Terry of course . ’ |
| 10 | There are people at that factory who want to see me dead . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I want to see them all do the best they can , because they deserve it . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to see you naked . ’ |
| 14 | I want to see you both happy . ’ |
| 15 | Parissien acknowledges another benefit : ‘ the bottom line , for those who want to see it that way , is that the course is also a guide to how to put money onto a house , rather than take it off . ’ |
| 16 | You want to see it safe in its new quarters . ’ |
| 17 | He could not wait to see it all back safely in England and to start on his next publication . |
| 18 | ‘ Anyway , I 've come to see me old mate Bella here . |
| 19 | As for you , you 'd better come to see me this afternoon . |
| 20 | Hazel had supposed that he and one or two of his comrades would be taken to see the Chief Rabbit — who would probably not be Cowslip , since Cowslip had come to see them unattended — in his burrow , after which they would all be given different places to go to . |
| 21 | Strange , Mowbray pondered , that Adam had not come to see them this Christmas . |
| 22 | There are advantages and disadvantages of each and you may need to see them all before deciding . |
| 23 | Erm , I do need to see you some time erm let me just just see erm , but I 've got your erm your last term 's report here that we need to meet to discuss . |
| 24 | ‘ She just wants to see me happy before … ’ |
| 25 | ( There is a man in the corridor who wants to see me dead ) |
| 26 | ‘ He wants to see you all . ’ |
| 27 | And walk in and expect to see them all in order . |
| 28 | You wait to see them next morning , but they do n't come back . |
| 29 | Feeling desperate and willing to try anything , Kirsty finally came to see me one day in early spring . |
| 30 | For instance , Denis Hamilton — a totally fair journalist , but an incorrigible Conservative — came to see me one day to warn me that The Times was prepared to break the newspaper silence that had until then , with the exception of Private Eye , been maintained by all news sources about her two illegitimate children . |