Example sentences of "[verb] to see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 2 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 3 | When Dr Williams 's library opened he presented himself and asked to see the manuscript of Crabb Robinson 's monumental Diary . |
| 4 | Marjorie steeled herself , asked to see the vet again , and said she would stay while Lizzie was put to sleep . |
| 5 | She asked to see the daughter of the house . |
| 6 | The more the searcher asked to see the daughter , the more the daughter was hidden until that planned moment of ‘ chance ’ arrived when all was revealed , and all was , as my young Sheikh would have said , ‘ perfectly well ’ . |
| 7 | He asked to see the officer involved in the investigation of the earlier charge . |
| 8 | He asked to see the horse and they took him to the stable . |
| 9 | He asked to see the images in the church , of which there was so much talk . |
| 10 | Standing waiting in the yard , while another pony was being saddled , Gabriel asked to see the monastery chapel . |
| 11 | When we asked to see the tape on Thursday , the Beeb said it had mysteriously disappeared without authorisation . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , I was n't going to tell you this , but I went to the bank and asked to see the Manager . |
| 13 | He could n't get an immediate break-down of where the money had gone so asked to see the manager . |
| 14 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 15 | I was told I was getting a direct order , but I refused to pack and asked to see the governor . |
| 16 | You 'll not be noticed in the crowd , and your mother will never forgive you if you do n't stay to see the visitors , and tell her about them ! ’ |
| 17 | I DID NOT STAY to see the Eid — the Eid Al Iftr , that great feast of the breaking of the fast , the days of celebration when everyone dresses in new clothes as though the sackcloth of fasting has lifted and life has renewed itself once again . |
| 18 | Captain Hymers did n't stay to see the coffee served because he then went on to visit another of his garrison units , namely the Duchess of Kent 's Military Hospital . |
| 19 | People have always travelled to see the world and to find out how other people live . |
| 20 | The butler was arguing with a tall fair man , threatening to send for the footmen to turn him away physically if he persisted in demanding to see the person who was refusing access to everyone , and particularly to anyone answering to the name of Cochrane . |
| 21 | They have already complained to the waiter without satisfaction , so they have descended on the reception desk demanding to see the manager . |
| 22 | ‘ Unbelievable ! ’ cried a media unused to hearing from singers who habitually hate to see the sun go down or sleep in hollow logs . |
| 23 | I thought they 'd probably want to see the video I was splicing together from the footage we were getting on opium growing in the Bekaa Valley , but these were cops on a government-paid vacation . |
| 24 | Surprisingly it does devalue the works for collectors and museums who will want to see the back of the picture . |
| 25 | Jennifer I do n't want to see the back your head any more . |
| 26 | ‘ So , ’ he said , ‘ you 'll want to see the will . ’ |
| 27 | I think if you 're gon na do something that er deviate , because the thing is when you do your tandem calls , they 're gon na want to see the structure |
| 28 | He did n't want to see the girl get killed . |
| 29 | ‘ But we do n't want to see the meadow go . ’ |
| 30 | We would not want to see the scheme a held up or at least , the timetable that we could set down . |