Example sentences of "[noun] see [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One February Sunday , on just about the coldest night I 've ever known , four of us queued up outside a cinema in Golders Green for over an hour to see Crocodile Dundee . |
| 2 | We 'll go to the park to see Mr Frost , she says . |
| 3 | IT WAS like reading the last page of a well-written romance story to see John McCarthy and Jill Morrell relaxed and together a year after the end of his ordeal with Arab terrorists . |
| 4 | It was a strange experience to see Lady Irene in her Edwardian dress , Alastair Thornhill in Norfolk jacket , Big Allen behind them , and then , when the romance was over , the episode ended , the real moor of today come onto the screen with the news . |
| 5 | Then I went skipping round to the cottage to see Miss Louise before I went to school . |
| 6 | Robert Hughes , the Labour MP and chairman of the Anti-Apartheid Movement , criticised the decision to see Mr Savimbi . |
| 7 | you know I 'm gon na take the kids to see Snow White at the weekend |
| 8 | One such occasion was on an outing with Steve to the Apollo Theatre in London 's Shaftesbury Avenue to see Peter O'Toole in Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell . |
| 9 | Perhaps he should extend it , for he had not yet taken Alice to the promised lunch at the Ritz , or been up to Leicestershire to see Mrs Appleby , or fulfilled his promise to Jenny to go down to Calking to see the shop and meet Jack and his family . |
| 10 | Before we left Romford , though , she made a minor detour to see Mr Tuckett at work . |
| 11 | Back in 1980 Geoff Yeadon had told Geoff Crossley that it was his ambition to see King Pot and the East Kingsdale Master Cave , linked to West Kingsdale and Keld Head . |
| 12 | It is unquestionably a pleasure to see Paul Scofield wrap his voice round a sentence ; Vanessa Redgrave laugh as if she 's just been caught off guard ; and Daniel Massey inflect his expression just so , to suggest a man on the cusp between debonair and disintegrating . |
| 13 | One of the other secretaries in the firm — who works in fact for my own solicitor — is coming with a friend and myself next Saturday to see Judge David Edward ( a Judge at the European Court of Justice ) receive the ‘ Royal Bank of Scotland and Edinburgh University Alumnus of the Year Award ’ — the secretary because she worked for D.A . |
| 14 | ‘ Bradl sees Luca Cadalora as the biggest rival and fears that Erv Kanemoto 's rapport with HRC could give the Italian a crucial advantage . |
| 15 | Another scheme developed in Peterborough with local gynaecologists sees Cherylynne Churchill arriving home by ambulance after three nights in hospital for her hysterectomy — the usual time is between seven to 11 days — to be greeted by the district nurse , a patient aide , and Mrs Elizabeth Allen . |
| 16 | This year 's Annual Review sees John Martin and John McCutcheon taking over from Hugh Scurfield and Alistair Neill as Presidents of the Institute and the Faculty . |
| 17 | Behind de Craon Edward saw de Warenne quietly pull a dagger from his sheath . |
| 18 | Expert opinion : ‘ Much will depend on how the electorate saw Neville Trotter 's performance in the light of recent unrest . |
| 19 | Barefoot , she moved with the natural sinuousness of her race , and looking beyond her , Loc saw Jacques Devraux lift his eyes momentarily from his plate to follow the swaying movement of her hips as she walked away from the table . |
| 20 | A speedy , sixth-minute break saw Roberto Paci intercept Warren Neil 's desperate back pass to give Lucchese the lead . |
| 21 | The chaos was physical : early meetings in the Storey 's Gate offices earmarked for the new department saw George Brown on a chair while everyone else ‘ sat on the floor like Buddhas ’ . |
| 22 | Selkirk stopped speaking and Corbett saw de Craon flinch at what the Scotsman had said as he quickly assessed the alternatives open to him . |
| 23 | Did Philippa and her lover see Sir Ralph as an obstacle to their marriage or to Mistress Philippa 's inheritance ? ’ |
| 24 | The kids see Mr Jones as incapable of anything but command , Mr Jones sees the kids as incapable of anything but abuse . |
| 25 | McLeish looked past the boy to see Catherine Crane , colour returned , seated on an upright chair , drinking tea . |
| 26 | Taking a room at the YMCA I made side-trips to Victoria , Nanaimo and Seattle , and vowed that next time I would go further south to see San Francisco , Los Angeles , Hollywood and Mexico . |
| 27 | He sent his private secretary down the corridor to see Sir Norman Brook to ask if they could be provided . |
| 28 | It was a wonder to see Aunt Margaret happy . |
| 29 | Nowadays there are still tourist boats taking visitors to see Cabo Girâo or Machico or to swim in the sheltered coves , but Madeira now has a fine road network stretching to every small hamlet , whether it be on the top of a mountain or in the bottom of a valley . |
| 30 | Ianthe looked up from her work to see Mervyn Cantrell standing at her elbow , with a tall , dark young man of about thirty hovering deferentially a pace or two behind him . |