Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not think them greater , failed entirely to see why she should . |
| 2 | She reversed in a reckless sweep , scraping the Range Rover with a hideous scream of metal , then tore off down the hairpin bends of the drive , blinking away tears furiously to see where she was going . |
| 3 | The world has not seen more than once or twice in all the course of history a literature which has exercised such prodigious influence over the minds of men , over every cast and shade of intellect , as that which emanated from Rousseau between 1749 and 1762 . |
| 4 | And to lead the horse we need to go somewhere ; perhaps around the house , across the lawn , over the concrete path , under the clothesline with flapping socks , past the dogs , and in to an environment of strange things the horse has not seen before . |
| 5 | Stocky , adaptable and full of vim , Mark has all the hallmarks of the bona fide allrounder , wielding a stubborn blade in addition to the accurate seam-up that has already seen more than one class act tumble before a shrewdly concealed slower ball . |
| 6 | Oceanic crust that no one has ever seen before ! |
| 7 | Nobody … nowhere … has ever seen so many Swindon fans before … and the Town players hearts must have thumping with pride as they emerged from the tunnel to be deafened by Wembley 's Wiltshire roar … |
| 8 | One autumn day towards the end of 1973 , Bernard was driving through Oxford and , as was his wont , stopped off to see how things were at the local shop . |
| 9 | The , the chap rung up to see when was a good time to come and I suggested Monday at half past six . |
| 10 | Phoned up to see how much he 'd charge me . |
| 11 | The dog looks back to see where the owner is , panics at being unable to see him and comes running back . |
| 12 | So Edward had come back to see how she had got on . |
| 13 | He told Unigram.X that the Novell takeover gives these companies ‘ a more logical and fundamental opportunity to line up more , ’ hinting that it may foster ‘ things the market has n't seen yet . ’ |
| 14 | Which Roger has n't seen yet |
| 15 | The teenager gets older , encounters some nicer , more controlled , more kindly people than he or she ever found at home — most people behave worst in their own homes — and with any luck comes to understand , yes , there is an aspiration or so floating around out there , and , if he , she , has n't seen too many horror movies , been too beaten up in body and mind , regains a little faith in a world at least potentially redeemable . |
| 16 | As I say the method has got to recognize things it has n't seen before . |
| 17 | Election Focus:A Hung Parliament : In a quagmire of coalition Robin Lodge , Diplomatic Correspondent , looks abroad to see how other countries cope with pacts , backstairs deals and perpetual campaigning |
| 18 | I ask Tor , who has come across to see how I am coping , if this is normal , a guarded , off-the-cuff way of informing him that I am shit-scared and would like the weather to change . |
| 19 | As she looks in its direction , she sees in a way she has never seen before : |
| 20 | If , meanwhile , another blackbird saw a species it has never seen before , it would rapidly associate this species with the mobbing calls made by its fellows . |
| 21 | He has a gun trained on Keith and a large , nervous man Mark has never seen before . |
| 22 | A spokesman for Red Adair said that : " this is absolutely the worst-case scenario of what the Iraqis could do — it 's something the world has never seen before " . |
| 23 | At his funeral she is surprised by the appearance of three Americans whom she has never seen before . |
| 24 | Someone 's got ta come round I mean just to see where but I just I 'll ring , I 'll give you a buzz on Monday , I know you 're not there , you can say , well , I 'll see you again on Tuesday in English , perhaps you can arrange something then . |
| 25 | I 'd better see how much |
| 26 | ‘ My reward came later when a neighbour dropped in to see how things were going . |
| 27 | ‘ Sometimes the house gets on top of her , ’ Mrs Hellyer explained when she dropped in to see how the girls were managing . |
| 28 | I 'd phoned my father in the evening , and he did n't sound too well , so I drove down to see how he was . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I managed to tip half a pint of crème brûlée over the manager one evening when he came in to see how I was getting on . |
| 30 | He began to talk to the Colonel with animation I 'd not seen before about hunting deer from helicopters in the South Island . |