Example sentences of "see [pron] [vb infin] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know you 'd like to see me become a big tycoon like you , ’ Peter was saying , ‘ but you 'll just have to face it — I 'm not and never will be . |
| 2 | ‘ The place was packed to the roof — to see me get a good hiding . |
| 3 | ‘ I have seen him play a little bit more to the net than normally , but I would say that he has much more confidence staying back and playing long rallies . |
| 4 | They had one drink — Maxim had never seen anyone order a triple Scotch before — and went on to eat at a roadside café . |
| 5 | next Monday I want to see you have a happy Christmas . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't see you have a great deal of choice , ’ he drawled , ‘ unless of course you wish to walk home — in which case you may as well forget our agreement . |
| 7 | No matter bow close you are to your home , never lead a suspicious person to it so that he can see you enter an empty house/ flat alone . |
| 8 | One of the authors , Phil Hanson , who is IBM 's consultancy team leader , commented : ‘ While few of our manufacturing companies have proved to be world class , it is good to see we have a significant number of strong contenders . |
| 9 | I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’ |
| 10 | It is about a guy struggling from one crisis to the next and part of the appeal is that he is not particularly likeable , so you do n't mind seeing him get a rough deal , but like an awkward Grandfather you hopethings will turn out OK . |
| 11 | Riven saw something like a black tide sweep out of the stream , and then there was the green glow of eyes everywhere in the chaotic darkness , and the Myrcan staves were whistling and cracking down to break bones and shatter skulls . |
| 12 | Patrick saw him unzip a small pocket . |
| 13 | Phillips straight to Hill and that 's a long ball aimed at Ormanroyd Cooper across to cover and you just saw him grimace a little bit again there as he charged in on Ormanroyd . |
| 14 | Snoring louder than ever he fumbled again and I saw him insert a small blade into the side of the carriage . |
| 15 | The exceptional skills of Ettore Bugatti saw him develop a four-wheel drive car , the Type 53 , for hill climbing in 1932 . |
| 16 | I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him . |
| 17 | I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’ |
| 18 | Others saw it as marking a shift in US perceptions of the OAS and a readiness to see it perform a new role in encouraging the closer economic and political integration of the hemisphere , in line with the US " Enterprise for the Americas " free trade policy [ see pp. 37651-52 ; 37914 ] . |
| 19 | ‘ I see you put a high value on yourself , Miss Bishop . ’ |
| 20 | When we shamble inside I see we have a new dragon . |
| 21 | However , I think the practicalities in the situation are that we have to face the fact that they are not going to behave impartially and you see we have a classic example in er the circumstances of our own situation as described by John . |
| 22 | And the Darlington to Hartlepool railway line is not the wild west nor did Wednesday see it produce a huge number of train robbers . |
| 23 | And the Darlington to Hartlepool railway line is not the Wild West nor did Wednesday see it produce a huge number of train robbers . |