Example sentences of "we [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We failed to see there would come a point where additional leisure would become more stultifying than satisfying and that the mass of men would be incapable of absorbing any more , ’ wrote the Harvard sociologist , David Riesman . |
| 2 | ‘ Those nondescript spots and blotches of fur and feathers are the wildlife we tend to see most often , ’ he writes . |
| 3 | If we live on continents , we tend to see the world as land inconveniently dissected by expanses of water . |
| 4 | We tend to see the history of art as an ordered succession of works appreciated for and judged by their conceptual content . |
| 5 | Part of the problem is that most of us do n't know very much about mental illness and we tend to see very negative images around us and on television . |
| 6 | Equally , we tend to see the learning of a foreign language as mastering a skill , thereby perhaps doing ourselves a disservice . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Right , yes , it is important you see is n't it ? , because one of things that happens also I think is , is that we tend to see a motorway and we tend to see a call one side it , and a call the other side , and work on the assumption that we can actually get across the motorway there , or under the motorway there , but sometimes you ca n't can you ? |
| 9 | Right , yes , it is important you see is n't it ? , because one of things that happens also I think is , is that we tend to see a motorway and we tend to see a call one side it , and a call the other side , and work on the assumption that we can actually get across the motorway there , or under the motorway there , but sometimes you ca n't can you ? |
| 10 | They were looking for the principles of organisation , how it is that we organise things like dots into a meaningful whole Why is it that we tend to see two lines crossing in the middle rather one two than two V's ? |
| 11 | Just when we expected to see Cordoba produce an extra gear as Walter Swinburn got to work with the whip , the son of El Gran Senor capitulated and it was Balla Cove who produced extra reserves to hold the late thrust of Rock City . |
| 12 | It was the day before we expected to see Treasure Island . |
| 13 | ‘ The overall incidence profile is exactly what we expected to see . |
| 14 | Now the curious thing was that if you looked at the early atmosphere , the molecules in that were the molecules that we expected to see in interstellar space . |
| 15 | When we asked to see the tape on Thursday , the Beeb said it had mysteriously disappeared without authorisation . |
| 16 | ‘ When we asked to see test results so we could recommend the products with some confidence we were told that the data was confidential , between Colin Isaacs and Loblaws . ’ |
| 17 | What with all the activity associated with moving house , it was two weeks before we got to see Arthur 's famous castle . |
| 18 | We got to see a man . ’ |
| 19 | First we got to see Joey B. Where is he ? ’ |
| 20 | What new programming do we want to see ? |
| 21 | What sort of programmes do we want to see in the nineties and beyond ? |
| 22 | Do we want to see him hammer nails up his nostrils ? |
| 23 | Do we need to see if we can draw up an extra . |
| 24 | We long to see peace ; so we pray that you will strengthen those who work for peace , and restrain those who believe that the only solution to violence is more violence . |
| 25 | For our present purpose , however , the important point is that a hierarchical pattern is what we expect to see if the objects being classified have originated by a process of branching . |
| 26 | As its performance continue to improve , we expect to see growing private sector interest in purchasing it outright . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , we expect to see Diana back here , ’ said an advertising executive I encountered . |
| 28 | Erm we expect to see improvements on chlorine , but I ca n't give you a time . |
| 29 | ‘ These two ventures , along with the expected announcement of first gas from one of our recent discoveries in Colombia , are just the first of many exciting projects we expect to see come to fruition over the next year or so , ’ Chris told Pipeline . |
| 30 | Our estate agency loss has been reduced and we expect to see some improvement in this business as the housing market responds to lower interest rates . |