Example sentences of "[adv prt] to see [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But is n't it the case , ’ I ask him , ‘ that while people are piling into the cinemas to see the worst exports of Hollywood , they are also piling in to see our own films , such as Alan Parker 's The Commitments , which has after all just won the Bafta award for best film . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I must apologize , ’ he began , ‘ for not coming in to see you this morning , as I said I would . |
| 3 | Cos she , she 'd gone to you first and she , and she came along , she said erm Ann 's not in , she said I 've come down to see you both . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | When the last telex was sent and the last cheque banked , we almost threw our things into suitcases , loaded them into the sports car , said our goodbyes to Hassan who was off to see his own family , and set out . |
| 6 | Parents turn up to see their own children doing something so attendance is bound to fall off if the major parts in the service are always taken by the same one or two children . |
| 7 | He had taken her up to see her own mother , and Nessie , to his surprise , humoured her in her chatter about Celia and Dermot . |
| 8 | Or imagine the scene at a Labour Conference about fifty years ago if a certain Oswald Mosley had turned up to see his former party colleagues . |
| 9 | These were wise words from a wise old bird , but Matilda was too steamed up to see it that way . |
| 10 | They 're being told by Lucy 's father , who flew out to see them this morning . |
| 11 | Yeah I think it it 's it 's been coming on a sort of er you know we we we tour here twice a year every year and we release an album every year at this time and a video , so it 's for all the people who like that type of music they know it 's going to be there and they come out to see us all the time you know and er as you say it goes on and on but lucky enough there is an awful lot of material for us to do and you know there should n't be any problem . |