Example sentences of "was [adj] see [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been told Chinchero was a traditional Andean market and I was interested to see the campesino culture at its most effective . |
| 2 | In Bermuda I took a room at the Belmont Manor Hotel in Warwick county and was interested to see the notice informing guests that gentlemen were not permitted in the dining-room for dinner without a jacket and tie . |
| 3 | Several misgivings later , I was relieved to see a car stop , and so made the acquaintance of Peter Mulhooley . |
| 4 | Lucille felt friendless in an enemy country , but then was relieved to see the Dowager Countess of Mauberges who , like so many other Belgian aristocracy , thought of herself as French and wanted the world to know it . |
| 5 | When he arrived at Florey 's laboratory , Chain was delighted to see a Sohxlet apparatus in a cupboard , but caused consternation by saying ‘ I shall want six of those ’ . |
| 6 | A few weeks ago I picked up a tray of plants from the greenhouse border and was delighted to see a baby toad sitting in a hallow in the soil . |
| 7 | He was pleased to see the soapbox return , adding : ‘ It should have come out earlier . ’ |
| 8 | It was wonderful to see the lunch-time throng of students of theology , both old and young . |
| 9 | Looking by chance out of his kitchen window , Auguste was amazed to see a donkey cart with Egbert Rose and yes — Stitch driving past . |
| 10 | I was amazed to see the club shop still flogging large glossies of ol Frogslegs . |
| 11 | Pannell Kerr Forster 's Tony Foreman cautioned that it was difficult to see an exit route from property zone trusts and wealthy clients were inclined to put £40,000 in the BES before considering such schemes . |
| 12 | Although only eight of the 23 British Columbia players who went to the World Cup were on hand for the two games it was enough to see the host province safely through to championship no.23 by virtue of wins over Alberta — and that was a close call indeed — and NEWFOUNDLAND . |
| 13 | She was surprised to see the studio door open , he always closed the door when he was working and kept it locked when he was n't there . |