Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] see the " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mr Goodwin did not see the file and does not know if his source had access to the file . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She was so busy thinking about the people upstairs that she did not see the figure standing in the shadows of the kitchen doorway . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But she did not see the features of the Reverend Mr Bottingley , broad and bland behind his handkerchief . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 : |
| 18 | Body positioning : Many areas in cleaning are missed because the cleaner did not see the dirt . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | JTR ‘ did not see the glen to the greatest advantage ; the weather was too fine . ’ |
| 21 | He did not see the soldier until he was almost on top of him . |
| 22 | Certainly it appears so , since you did not see the subordinate reading his newspaper again . |
| 23 | However , a subject did not see the same material in more than one of its forms . |
| 24 | ‘ I did not see the television , as even my friends who had it had not the Independent ; and the only person who saw it seemed to be the greengrocer , who naturally had everything . |
| 25 | He did not see the young lady but found a small sculptured image of Our Lady . |
| 26 | Even FD Roosevelt , he reminds us , had to tell lies about his fiscal intentions in order to get elected ( it is a pity the Labour Party did not see the proofs of this book ) ; and the famous fiscal deficit of the US , ‘ though a topic of voluble discourse ’ , was ‘ less of a threat to the contented than the taxes that would have reduced it ’ . |
| 27 | For two days after their conversation Ruth did not see the woman , and then on the third day a man leaned over from the upper deck and called out to her . |
| 28 | Brian did not see the two of them until breakfast time the next morning . |
| 29 | ‘ The defendant clearly did not see the bicycle because he hit it firmly in the rear , ’ Mr Reid said . |
| 30 | The creatures of Riverbank did not see the big dog the next day . |