Example sentences of "[vb infin] to see [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want to see her hurt , longing eyes . |
| 2 | So you 'll want to see me first . |
| 3 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 4 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 5 | But she smiled again and said , " I 'd understand if you did n't want to see me any more , " and looked down , away from him , at her feet . |
| 6 | ‘ But I do n't want to see my hard work wasted . |
| 7 | The problem there was the children climbing the fence and with just having spent five hundred and eighty pounds putting a fence up , spent another fifty four pounds although it 's not in the budget , I accept that , er was er a necessary expenditure which I took a decision on straight away because I did n't want to see our five hundred pound fence being knocked down within a week of being put up . |
| 8 | erm as many people here know and like them I have worked in a voluntary capacity and one way or another in this theatre for many years and we ca n't do without it we do n't want to see it close or any of those drastic things . |
| 9 | He had seen fear , and bravery , too , and savagery and oppression , homes burned down , wheels smashed off carts and farm implements so that the land could not be cultivated , crops ruined — he had seen it spread everywhere and he did n't want to see it any more . |
| 10 | Your old friends — your real friends — do n't want to see you any more . |
| 11 | He could not wait to see it all back safely in England and to start on his next publication . |
| 12 | After all the speculation surrounding his appointment , he ca n't wait to see his new side in action . |
| 13 | After all the speculation surrounding his appointment , he ca n't wait to see his new side in action . |
| 14 | Well er as I say I think , er if if if the County Council are are insisting that any new settlement erm should be self contained , I think one would need to see what that definition is before we can be clear as to whether or not it has it has strategic implications . |
| 15 | Because when you say ‘ full backing ’ it 's all very well to have the N U J saying ‘ we 're fully behind you ’ , but you do need to see something positive . |
| 16 | There are advantages and disadvantages of each and you may need to see them all before deciding . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , and Mrs Hilaire , one other thing , the message is we may need to see your own place . |
| 18 | Erm , I do need to see you some time erm let me just just see erm , but I 've got your erm your last term 's report here that we need to meet to discuss . |
| 19 | You 'd better warn him that I 'll expect to see him some time tomorrow , if he does n't feel up to an interview this evening , that is ! ’ |
| 20 | As they get older , the puppies can expect to see their pink tongues turn a distinctive bluey black colour . |
| 21 | " I 'd like to see her first , please and here . |
| 22 | You 'd like to see her dead ? |
| 23 | I 'd like to see what less we got off . |
| 24 | ‘ Would you like to see me naked ? ’ |
| 25 | But I 'd like to see my own kind better off than they are . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Would you like to see my filthy sculptures ? ’ she said . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's only that we 'd like to see you happy … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You know I do n't like to see it all frizzed up like that . ’ |
| 29 | I 'd like to see it all actually . |
| 30 | At the moment the academy has a nearmonopoly of the subject , and I would like to see it broken , in a recognition of the traditional cultural truth that good criticism can be written by poets and novelists , and indeed by people whose professional concern is not with literature at all . |