Example sentences of "would see to [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Sooner or later , events would see to his recall . "
2 Did she not understand that I would look after her , that 1 would see to it that she was safe and well ?
3 ‘ No , but Leo would see to it for you , while you were here .
4 While we were among them , they would see to it that we were cherished .
5 The portiere barked some instructions at the boy and made Sandison to understand that Aldo would see to it that the letter got posted .
6 In time , she hoped that some theatrical Producer would see to it that Shakespearian plays were performed on the cliffs again , as they had been in the nineteen thirties .
7 I promised that his further education would be no burden to them , and that after the war , I would see to it that he received a free college education , which should not be denied him , but all I got was ‘ You take ‘ im , Mr Burton , you take ‘ im . ’
8 That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness .
9 If Leary got nothing else , Rain would see to it that he got that .
10 He would see to it at once .
11 She would take lunch at Gravetye Manor near East Grinstead ( a 3 out of 5 in the Good Food Guide ) where Peter Herbert , its owner , would see to it that she had two poached eggs on Bovril toast and a good , old-fashioned pudding .
12 Instead he told the judge that if he let his son go free , he would see to it that his got into no more trouble .
13 In these great welfare state totalitarianisms therefore , as in the modern world , child-rearing regimes could regress to pre-agricultural styles , and oral indulgence , Oedipal rivalry and incestuous fixation could all be allowed to occur in the individual because the state bureaucracies would see to it that none of the undesirable consequences of these things occurred in reality .
14 You would then have the right to organise her work and most certainly you would see to it that she had little or no large-animal work .
15 The planners could determine the availability of finance : ‘ Every single externally financed project was therefore meant to be scrutinized for conformity with the targets and if the projects passed this test the Commission would see to it that sufficient tax and credit incentives would be made available ’ ( Estrin and Holmes , 1983 , p. 179 ) .
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