Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] see [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't you think you 'd better see the body buried before you do anything else ? |
| 2 | ‘ I think you 'd better see the Inspector right now . ’ |
| 3 | Right you 'd better see the cashier big fat chap with the glasses . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd best see the College Secretary , sir . |
| 5 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 6 | The implications of this would seem to be that 1975–85 did not see a process of structural change , but simply the latest in a series of chaotic attempts by central actors to use local government as a means of achieving their ends , without any appreciation of the range of different interests reflected in its various policy networks , and which are also linked by various routes to the still disaggregated parts of the centre . |
| 7 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 8 | Although a large ship of the line , she did not see a lot of action during her service . |
| 9 | And never mind if some of them did not see a single golf-ball struck . |
| 10 | Lord Lane CJ stated : ( a ) If there was a conflict between Lawrence and Morris , the latter was to be preferred , but the Lords in Morris did not see a conflict . |
| 11 | Yet I did not see a foul . |
| 12 | Thus , unlike Marx , Weber did not see every unequal social structure as a class society — caste , for example , was based on status differences , grounded in religious ritual . |
| 13 | So we end up dissociating one piece of behaviour from another : in ‘ blindsight ’ , the verbal response ‘ No , I did not see the light ’ is dissociated from the ability to move the eyes towards the light . |
| 14 | for their part , the British did not see the Canadian proposal as much of a compromise , and indeed seemed already to have given up on the conference . |
| 15 | Mr Goodwin did not see the file and does not know if his source had access to the file . |
| 16 | He said that he did not see the point of a central control over pay beds which was a relic of the Labour governments of the 1960s . |
| 17 | She was so busy thinking about the people upstairs that she did not see the figure standing in the shadows of the kitchen doorway . |
| 18 | The Feminine Mystique , which dared to put the silent question , did not see the light of day until 1963 , when it sold three million copies , but it was already being written and its audience was waiting . |
| 19 | But she did not see the features of the Reverend Mr Bottingley , broad and bland behind his handkerchief . |
| 20 | This new position was achieved only as a result of continuous warfare ; there was hardly a year in the third century that did not see the Roman army engaged in some campaign . |
| 21 | One man who , greatly to the relief of his family and parishioners , did not see the burning , for he died while the rebels were on their way , was the minister , William Reid . |
| 22 | Flook claimed he did not see the family as they crossed a dual carriageway in Patchway , Bristol , as he was chased ‘ bumper to bumper ’ by two men in the other car . |
| 23 | I DID not see the London Marathon this weekend , and so can not complain about it too loudly , but my heartfelt sympathy goes out to those who found themselves confronted by 25,000 runners , all anxious to show how goodhearted they were and what fun they were having . |
| 24 | Most naturalists of my age just enjoyed wildlife of every kind and did not see the need for conservation until after the war when modern methods of farming made enormous changes in the countryside . |
| 25 | He did not see the failure as a consequence of the refusal to unite all opponents of Unionism , but of the NILP 's willingness to compromise in order to achieve such unity : |
| 26 | Body positioning : Many areas in cleaning are missed because the cleaner did not see the dirt . |
| 27 | I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet . |
| 28 | JTR ‘ did not see the glen to the greatest advantage ; the weather was too fine . ’ |
| 29 | He did not see the soldier until he was almost on top of him . |
| 30 | Certainly it appears so , since you did not see the subordinate reading his newspaper again . |