Example sentences of "see [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time , she said under her breath , I want to see them fucking perfect . |
| 2 | I 'll probably have to see them anyway |
| 3 | I 'd I was I was glad when they said no more can move into Green , cos I was thinking , Well my sister 's getting a house soon and my other sister she 's getting a house and I do n't want them two living round here as well cos the me mam and dad wo n't be able to see them either , you know if they move into the flats so I was glad . |
| 4 | You have to get people out from behind their desks to see them clearly . |
| 5 | At a fair distance , and without being able to see them clearly in the encroaching dusk , they seemed a friendly lot and we yelled back . |
| 6 | Swan seemed unwilling to fly very close to these creatures from another world , and this made it impossible for Little Billy to see them clearly . |
| 7 | When vision is directed to an object immediately in front of the eyes , objects in the peripheral ( outer ) areas of the field of vision are not seen in sharp focus , so it is necessary to turn the head and direct the gaze on to these objects in order to see them clearly . |
| 8 | The darkness beneath the cover encourages the worms to tunnel close to the inside of the glass so that you will be able to see them clearly in their burrows . |
| 9 | It should be noted that , despite the historical primacy of arithmetic calculation as the raison d'etre for computers , we ought perhaps to see them instead as symbol-processing devices . |
| 10 | They saw the camp-fires lighting up the winter dusk well before they reached the Hoddom area , near where the Water of Milk joined Annan , which meant , of course , that the enemy ahead presumably would be apt to see them also ; but it was practically impossible to hide the presence of a major army anyway . |
| 11 | Love to see them just to see what it 's like , okay . |
| 12 | The components are of magnitudes 4.4 and 5.7 , and since the separation is almost 44 seconds of arc it should be possible to see them individually with × 20 binoculars , but I have never been able to do so with certainty . |
| 13 | But the Colonel and John-William were both Justices of the Peace , often serving on the same Bench together , and although she had so far shirked inviting them to dine — the prospect of being alone with the Colonel 's lady frankly terrifying her — she was delighted to see them here today , feeling that their presence lent great distinction . |
| 14 | It 's very reassuring because it could be quite daunting but all these are friends I 've met before and so it 's lovely to see them here supporting me |
| 15 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 16 | These people , the pubescent schoolkid , the 45-year-old English professor , the dim college girl , we have met before , and we might be pleased to see them again , but neither they nor their predicaments quite justify so uncritical a veneration . |
| 17 | The old and lonely are very vulnerable , and if you have sounded detached , preoccupied , or hurried during the conversation they can easily feel hurt and rejected ; and that hurt can be like an emotional graze that will remain painful until you are able to see them again and heal it . |
| 18 | He longed to touch them , even to see them again ; but made no effort , yet , to go back to the Asshe house , though he had been invited to play the pianoforte whenever he wished . |
| 19 | It 'd be nice to see them again , would n't it ? |
| 20 | Dan said , ‘ I really hated to get that news as I really hoped to see them again ’ . |
| 21 | She did not really expect to see them again . |
| 22 | She was filled with longing to see them again . |
| 23 | Rostov wondered if Burun was in a hurry to see them again . |
| 24 | Dad has three cats called Toby , Cleo and Mishkin , and I was pleased to see them again . |
| 25 | Happily she waved back , realising just how pleased she was to see them again and when , moments later , she climbed into the crowded bus with David behind her she was deafened by welcoming voices . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ It was great to see them again . ’ |
| 27 | She shares the heartache felt by many owners who lose their horses to thieves , often never to see them again . |
| 28 | and then I come back and then I went to see them again and they were all on a great big table as though they were celebrating a party and Joyce said er |
| 29 | I tell you what 's nice to see them again |
| 30 | I suppose it 's probably because his time at Leeds coincided with the time when I used to go to see them most frequently . |