Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] to see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a long enough journey for me to come here to see you , ’ she said . |
| 2 | A little later he crooked her in the shelter of his arms and said , ‘ You 've no idea what it took for me to come over to see you that first time . ’ |
| 3 | And erm I asked around to see if anyone else was interested in doing the same kind of thing . |
| 4 | Someone 's got ta come round I mean just to see where but I just I 'll ring , I 'll give you a buzz on Monday , I know you 're not there , you can say , well , I 'll see you again on Tuesday in English , perhaps you can arrange something then . |
| 5 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 6 | It was therefore with some trepidation that I ventured out to see if it was possible to meet my own demanding standards and buy a high quality basic marine system within the modest , at today 's prices , £250 budget the editor set me . |
| 7 | The next day I ventured out to see our new village , conscious that many curious eyes were on me . |
| 8 | And when they gave over I ventured back to see from the hillside , where there was some cover . |
| 9 | After half an hour or so , spent scratching mosquito bites , I head over to see him . |
| 10 | ‘ I came here to see your girlfriend , ’ she said in an unnaturally high voice . |
| 11 | ‘ Funny , I came here to see her as well . ’ |
| 12 | I came here to see the installation of an air-conditioning unit , not to be involved in your personal life ! ’ |
| 13 | I came here to see a Mrs Denner , to design her garden . ’ |
| 14 | I will , I felt maybe er when I came up to see , oh I was having all these heavy sweatings . |
| 15 | Hunter and I came ashore to see what was happening , and found the stockade . |
| 16 | The only reason I came in here was that I was on my way into town when your boys called and they said it would be quicker if I came in to see you . |
| 17 | You know if I came in to see Kim , your room , we 'd never get anything done . |
| 18 | I was saying , oh yeah erm Shrimpy like , we , me and Scott were playing snooker and I , I came in to see if like , either of you , anyone else wanted to play doubles and like , Swimp , Shrimpy was just sat by himself in the middle of the floor , cross-legged just sat there like a little pixie or something ! |
| 19 | I came in to see you but you were n't in so . |
| 20 | You know quite well that 's why I came back to see you . ’ |
| 21 | I went on an induction course down in Bournemouth , which was all technical , er , I came back to see my first clients , and I cringed at the thought of it . |
| 22 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
| 23 | I 'd phoned my father in the evening , and he did n't sound too well , so I drove down to see how he was . ’ |
| 24 | I pretending not to see , ashamed . |
| 25 | It 's like a speck of dust drifts down and goes into my eye and I look up to see where it came from and I 'm hit by this tonne of bricks ; it hits me that hard . |
| 26 | Sheila Malanszak , whose house overlooks the sprawling factory at Castleford , West Yorkshire , said : ‘ I raced outside to see debris being hurled into neighbouring fields . |
| 27 | ‘ I raced there to see white smoke coming from the patch of bushes and part of a wall demolished . |
| 28 | As we leave , I glance around to see if anyone shows more than idle curiosity . |
| 29 | I glance back to see Andy looking uncertain . |
| 30 | I turned around to see Mr Lu playing what I thought was his third shot . |