Example sentences of "i [verb] see [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to see the laurel leaf in the back you know |
| 2 | ‘ I want to see a health service at ease with itself — optimistic and confident about its essential work . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to see a prison system where grievance and disciplinary procedures work quickly and fairly . |
| 4 | I want to see the Billy Goat Gruff . |
| 5 | It was the first time I 'd seen an SS uniform , you know . |
| 6 | I could hardly remember having muffins before , although I 'd seen the muffin man in his white apron , a towel over his arm and a tray of muffins every Sunday afternoon . |
| 7 | As I was only 12 it scared me but now I know seeing a land mark just helps find the airstrip . |
| 8 | I like to see a career structure in the company I work for |
| 9 | I mean that 's a , a thing that er I remember seeing a TV documentary and there was this bloke , I du n no if he was from the Terence Higgins Trust , I do n't think so , but erm er anyway he was going on about this , this very thing that there 's often the homophobic imagination er has this sort of slippage between you know , consenting adult activity and if you 're gay , if you 're homosexual then this probably means that you 're also interested in seducing children , you 're also interested in sado-masochistic activity er you 're also interested in , you know , a whole variety of other , you know , things which |
| 10 | The only reason why I go to see a Nirvana show is just to see them wreck the gear ! |
| 11 | I went to see a debt counsellor and she agreed to come to the bank with me . |
| 12 | I 've , I 've just been reading here some books that I 've got upstairs , and stuff , and I I I went to see one of erm Shakespeare 's erm , I went to see a Midnight Summer 's Dream |
| 13 | Well I went to see the Chippendales right and I 've never seen there 's seventeen |
| 14 | ‘ I was living in a council flat with two young children and I went to see the housing boss , which was him , to ask for a bigger place . |
| 15 | But I do see the project quality plan being extremely valuable because you will be feeding back the front part of the quality plan to the client and explaining the extras that you 're going to do , or the constraints within which you 're working . |
| 16 | I have n't seen the re final reply that went from er the Maxwell organisation to er I M R O but I did see a draft reply . |
| 17 | Once I had seen a rabbit snare fixed between the palings of a fence , and now my mind 's eye saw a rabbit hopping slowly towards this remembered snare as if hypnotized , and the rabbit was me . |
| 18 | I knew of the Knowlton Circles in Dorset but I had never seen them , although I had seen an air photograph . |
| 19 | But nevertheless I had seen the Cabinet agenda getting more and more overflowing and , therefore , Cabinet decisions had to be taken quickly . |
| 20 | To my absolute horror I found that all my controls were completely frozen , I was quite certain I had seen the ground crew go round and remove all the external locks before I had climbed aboard . |
| 21 | And all and another thing I tell you th this this is worth knowing I 've seen you wo n't credit it but I 've seen a rowing boat in Street . |
| 22 | Well I saw there by the what 's now , it was in them days , I 've seen a rowing boat mm in there in Street . |
| 23 | And I 've seen the corn harvest again , the the sheaves growing green out it stook . |
| 24 | I 've seen the video tape of Tom and I coming down the 18th . |
| 25 | I 've seen the puppet show one , yes . |
| 26 | But I have seen a coke stove , cast iron coke stove on a chimney going up to the ceiling in the dark absolutely glowing bright , bright , red . |
| 27 | In East Norfolk , for example , where I live , I have seen the fox population increase very substantially indeed since that time and this can not be coincidental . |
| 28 | I wanted to see a lymph gland . |
| 29 | ‘ I wanted to see the hotel suite they stayed in . ’ |