Example sentences of "[vb base] to see [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate to see it like that . ’ |
| 2 | Foreigners tend to see him as a ‘ whingeing pom , brit etc. ’ and do not like the program . |
| 3 | Western historians tend to see them as alienated intellectuals motivated not by the interests of any major section of society but by a host of heterogeneous ideas , romantic and modernizing , dictatorial and democratic . |
| 4 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 5 | LIKE BEAUTY , tawdriness is in the eye of the beholder , and on their country 's 40th birthday East Germans tend to see it through the cruelly unblinking eyes of thoroughly Westernised consumers . |
| 6 | We tend to see it from perhaps sort of Heathrow that you want to go in , into London because that 's where , where the links are , by roads an and then the part of the link we 've got is at Piccadilly line . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to see her at once . |
| 8 | You want to see her in the morning when she bloody get up . |
| 9 | ‘ You want to see me about something ? ’ |
| 10 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 11 | Oh you want to see me in four weeks ? |
| 12 | But er you want to see me in four weeks to see about that ? |
| 13 | You want to see me in gaol . |
| 14 | Trade supremo Michael Heseltine , whose supporters want to see him in Mr Lamont 's job , was even more lavish in his praise . |
| 15 | We want to see them in action against South Africa . |
| 16 | Well , tonight you may leave early , but I want to see you with my guests every evening . |
| 17 | He shouted to make himself heard above the din : " I want to see you at once , " |
| 18 | I want to see you on your knees begging for my love before our time is up , and that will be all the satisfaction I need . ’ |
| 19 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 20 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 21 | I want to see you in proper uniform today , Sharpe , today ! ’ |
| 22 | Now I want to see you in four weeks again . |
| 23 | I want to see you before lunch . ’ |
| 24 | More than a third of directors want more summarised information and want to see it in a more comprehensible , graphic form . |
| 25 | If you seek to see them with loving eyes , you will experience their beauty and be aware of their good points while making allowances for whatever may be lacking . |
| 26 | Seven student teachers will be taking their examinations on 21st and 28th March — we wish them luck and hope to see them at next Q.T. Day . |
| 27 | Scott , it declared , ‘ wants a tight rein , and we hope to see it in Lord Palmerston 's hand ’ , but he should resign rather than undertake work in any other than that in which he has distinguished himself . |
| 28 | We hope to see you at the show . |
| 29 | We hope to see you at the grand final in London . |
| 30 | I hope to see you at one of the shows soon but do join me here next month for hints on lace knitting . |