Example sentences of "to see the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who never want to see the DOS prompt again can opt to have the Shell loaded each time the computer is turned on . |
| 2 | He would be sorry to see the service close . |
| 3 | Well the head lad was a , er the head lad had to see the head lad 's er , job was to be there first in the morning and the last off the place at night . |
| 4 | It must be a rare sight , even in this division , for spectators to see the home side knock in eleven goals in one match , but that is what the Alborne supporters witnessed last Tuesday night . |
| 5 | I should like to see the Home Office introduce what is called the side-handled baton . |
| 6 | I was in the habit of going in there each Sunday with my ( straight ) friend Kenny to see the horror double-bill . |
| 7 | ‘ We would like to see the council address the issue seriously because it is affecting quite a lot of pensioners . ’ |
| 8 | Had it been a Saturday we should have stayed to see the cheese market . |
| 9 | Stand close enough to see the column form and you will probably be pelted with near-boiling water . |
| 10 | Shocked onlookers , in town to see the Milk Race , watched as detectives broke into the pub . |
| 11 | I am more than pleased to see the Tiller troupe remain . |
| 12 | Robert wheeled round to see the bearing face of Mr Mafouz . |
| 13 | Clients came in at 45p plus , only to see the share price drop rapidly to 18p , although it did later recover . |
| 14 | A foolish general might surround his Pump Wagon with friendly units only to see the machine crunch through his own lines in the first turn ! |
| 15 | Apart from the inputs and outputs described above this procedure checks whether each reference measure lies outside a certain percentage tolerance , checks for low-light conditions ( failure to see the reference card ) and checks on the current number of bad readings . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd love to see the winter garden . |
| 17 | An alternative way of looking at this phenomenon is to see the field official as a ‘ street-level bureaucrat ’ . |
| 18 | Blissfully unaware of the impending danger , Grant stood under the outer canopy of the treeline and eyed the cloud cover overhead , in time to see the moon slide out of sight . |
| 19 | And I 'd like to see the ice hockey team win the play offs as well . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'll need to see the clothing department as well , ’ she said . |
| 21 | Employing a night watchman was the solution to his problem , and so without delay Jack was sent to see the wharf manager , who felt that the sprightly-looking man who had served on the Khyber Pass would suit admirably . |
| 22 | Like Mr Sneddon , we would like to see the Government look at the wider picture and to develop a coherent defence policy that addresses all the issues . |
| 23 | It is a disappointment to him to see the way canoeing is marketed and perceived , particularly the view that people ca n't be coached after a certain level . |
| 24 | If you want to see the directory structure of a different drive , simply type : |
| 25 | Consider the following final sentences : ( a ) It is tempting to see the Boer War not as ending British Imperialism but as turning its energy inwards . |
| 26 | She said , ‘ Do you find it strange to see the Sun Chamber so empty , Captain ? ’ and Fergus thought : oho ! she is calling me Captain . |
| 27 | Just the ticket to see the sun rise . |
| 28 | Strombolian activity , then , is a bit noisier than Hawaiian , but it 's still not particularly dangerous — there are two villages on Stromboli only a couple of kilometres from the ever-active vent , and the inhabitants rarely have cause to worry about whether they will live to see the sun rise on another day , or on another boatload of visitors coming across to look at the volcano . |
| 29 | It 's nice to see the sun shine on the place again though in n it ? |
| 30 | He turned his dark head in time to see the colour drain from her face as her green eyes filled with fear and excitement . |