Example sentences of "[be] to see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion after they had been to see the film Odd Man Out , thick fog prevented Bobby returning home to Blackheath . |
| 2 | Two million people have been to see the film Jurassic Park since it was released in British cinemas just five days ago . |
| 3 | The aim , then , has been to see the problem afresh , and a first reformulation of it was offered in Chapter iii . |
| 4 | It is also likely that my friend will , at some point , have been to see the SUSA Welfare Officer and obtained help with a late grant , or received advice on one of a whole host of student problems from harassment to housing . |
| 5 | I 've been to see the magician said Tim . |
| 6 | ON reporting to Chantilly on the morning of February 25th , Pétain and Serrigny found that ‘ the panic was at its peak ’ The fall of Verdun was expected momentarily , ‘ and everybody was saying that General Herr should be shot ’ Somehow it leaked out that Pétain had come from Paris , not Noailles , and the word was quickly passed round by those veterans of intrigue that he had first been to see the Minister of War , Galliéni , the implacable foe of G.Q.G. Doubtless the rumour helped augment the alarm in the air . |
| 7 | ‘ You have been to see the corpse ? ’ she asked . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been to see the dog , ’ Anabelle replied , and told him about taking away the dog 's food . |
| 9 | He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist . |
| 10 | Princess Anne has been to see the inmates at work … behind bars . |
| 11 | She had been to see the inspector in charge of her father 's murder case . |
| 12 | They tend to be the larger companies , I have to be fair , er , but er , one of the encouraging things from my point of view , and I , we started rather early , maybe fifteen , twenty years ago has been to see the growth of this particular sector , where people have moved progressively into , I think a much more enlightened posture in the last ten or fifteen years , and B I C , Business in the Community of course , have to take , I think much credit for that . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been to see the family ; I 've kept away until now … |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 15 | Communication is vital if we are to see the quality of a child 's thinking and assess the support it needs . |
| 16 | Arranging the interview in an organized fashion , and making sure it takes place in relaxing circumstances , are very important if you are to see the candidates at their best and so be able to make a well-informed decision . |
| 17 | My personal reaction may often be to see the problem originating with the attitudes , beliefs , or actions of the other person . |
| 18 | An alternative way of examining this example might be to see the individuals as employees or representatives of the organisation , and thus as exercising the rights the organisation had gained for them through the treaty , independent of their member States . |
| 19 | French interests , on the other hand , were to see the break-up of that empire and King Philip Augustus , therefore , supported the Staufen cause and the candidature of Philip of Swabia . |
| 20 | Detective Chief Superintendent Wycliffe and his wife , Helen , were to see the spectacle for the first time ; they were spending a long weekend with the Ballards , who lived on the moor above the town . |
| 21 | If , in Lady Chatterley 's Lover , the scales were to fall from Connie 's eyes and she were to see the worship of Mellor 's phallus for what it is , a means of subordinating and oppressing women , she could free herself and develop her authentic will , ego and individuality . |
| 22 | Over the next few years we were to see the terminal in all its stages of construction on our various visits to Scapa Flow and we were to become very familiar with Flotta not only in the earlier days , but later when the terminal was operational and our crews began their real work of checking the large tankers . |
| 23 | Tyson 's past had come back eerily to haunt him — this time not in street violence but in the way Desiree Washington , a competitor in the Miss America Pageant accused him of the crimes that were to see the world heavyweight champion 's status reduced to that of a common criminal . |
| 24 | The first is to see the story as one of Messianic action . |
| 25 | An alternative way of looking at this phenomenon is to see the field official as a ‘ street-level bureaucrat ’ . |
| 26 | County Council and the department transport strategy right now is to see the A one three four , north of Bury St Edmunds be made a trunk road and the |
| 27 | The best we can hope for now is to see the effects on the wild birds and animals , whose behaviour is much more in tune with the seasons . |
| 28 | All I need is to see the direction . |
| 29 | What matters at this point is to see the importance for faith and doubt which this claim implies . |
| 30 | For David Marquand 's main mistake is to see the policy review as merely an exercise in junking outmoded policies . |