Example sentences of "see if [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Strangeways , here we come ! ’ quipped Morrissey every day to his workmates — probably — quoting , of course , the famous line uttered by Barry Grant in Brookside five years later , which Morrissey could have seen if he videoed that episode while The Smiths were on tour . |
| 2 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 3 | In the meantime , I made inquiries with the old-folk of the village to see if they remembered any house or cottage ever standing on that particular field . |
| 4 | He needed hobdaying and was rather on the temperamental side , so she sent him to Bill and me to see if he had any ability in the dressage sphere . ’ |
| 5 | I was looking at the vectors on either side of him to see if he had any friends and when I came back he was gone . ’ |
| 6 | I turned to Beamish to see if he had any observation to make , but the trainer was silent , gazing at the big animal expressionlessly . |
| 7 | Dr Kent was with the new patient , and Sister sent her to see if he needed any help . |
| 8 | I have a look in my pockets to see if I got any sweets or anything , but I ai n't . |
| 9 | As she hesitated , she glanced at the loose page to see if it offered any clue to its rightful position in the book . |
| 10 | If Rhoda had gone to see her sister in Eastleech , surely she would have called in to see if she had any messages . |
| 11 | I 'd like to snoop in Harriet 's personal papers — to see if she received any hate mail , like Tom . ’ |
| 12 | To see if she paid any attention to him . |
| 13 | to see if she wanted any messages , corn or meal for the hens , she kept hens . |
| 14 | See if we got that bottle of whisky got a bottle of Bells . |
| 15 | And see if I got five centimetres five . |