Example sentences of "we [vb past] to see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we asked to see the tape on Thursday , the Beeb said it had mysteriously disappeared without authorisation . |
| 2 | ‘ In my boyhood we yearned to see the Poms defeated . ’ |
| 3 | In my boyhood , we yearned to see the Poms defeated . |
| 4 | His dry sense of humour spilled over into what might have been a harrowing session and by carefully chosen words and clear illustrations we came to see the value of the painstaking work required by those at the scene of a major accident . |
| 5 | We arrived to see the tops of the first ladder against the wall . |
| 6 | It was only after Patrick Jenkin became Industry Secretary that we began to see the proliferation of industrial support schemes . |
| 7 | When I 'd finished we began to see the funny side of it and ended up laughing . |
| 8 | The Queen 's Men came to Stratford in June , and we went to see the play . |
| 9 | So we went to see the humans . |
| 10 | The following morning we went to see the beautiful , fifteenth-century stables of the Sanvitale castle , and there , under the arcades , Eric asked me to marry him . |
| 11 | We crossed the western main line by a bridge to get to the G.W.S. Outside the first shed was King George V. We went to see the broad gauge track layout with the transit shed and broad gauge signal and after that took a look at the carriage shed which contained some clerestory coaches . |
| 12 | I remember when I was at university in Padua we went to see the basilica there . |
| 13 | We went with the sixth formers las last summer we went to see The Tempest and it 's such a beautiful place you know , it 's you 're outdoors but it 's quite weird the way they do it , because you 're like in a canopy but the actual stage it outdoors , so you 're covered but you get a bit cold and you need to take woollies and things , it can get a bit cold out there , but it should be nice in the summer . |
| 14 | We went , we nearly rang you last night , we went to see the Batchelors last night |
| 15 | Did mum tell you we went to see the Bachelors last night ? |
| 16 | and then we went to see the Curly Sue |
| 17 | We wanted to see the place where we thought the 20th century had begun . |
| 18 | Somebody switched it on I expect , we wanted to see the cake did n't we ? |