Example sentences of "[verb] see [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 After work that day , 13 September , I went to the hospital and asked to see Suor Eusebia , the Mother Superior , a truly saintly woman .
2 She settled the squirrel evening cape that had belonged to her mother on top of her light summer coat , then walked in and asked to see Mrs O'Dare .
3 Herbert Cranko asked to see Dulcie Howes and discussed John 's training with her .
4 It is business as usual for ENGLAND U21s , although it is saddening to see Martin Turner , a wonderful servant of English ( particularly English junior ) rugby , retiring as chairman of the England U21 panel in favour of Malcom Phillips with John Elliott continuing as team manager .
5 I do n't want to see Mr Jackson tomorrow , but I did n't tell him that .
6 I do n't want to see Mr Jackson again neither .
7 ‘ Do you want to see Miss Rose before we have lunch or after ? ’
8 It is certain the board would prefer to see Mr Weir re-elected as it tries to keep a united front over the next few months when it has to produce new proposals for its future which are acceptable to the Scottish Office and the Office of Fair Trading .
9 In the morning , she agreed to see Winifred Shalcross .
10 Reluctantly we had to stop as it was time to go to see Mr Hopkin , who made us most welcome .
11 I expected to see Dr Mortimer , as I knew nobody else in the village .
12 It was the day before we expected to see Treasure Island .
13 First we got to see Joey B. Where is he ? ’
14 BP fired the first salvo yesterday and chairman Robert Horton has arranged to see Chancellor Norman Lamont to try to assess the prospects for change .
15 I had arranged to see Dr Yunus Jaffery , a historian and an archetypal Old Delhi-wallah .
16 He lived to see South Africa bend instead .
17 I want to see Adolph Brückner .
18 Question mark , What that means is , four o'clock you go home , you pick the kids up from school , you take them all to MacDonalds , you all have Big Macs , yum , yum , then you go off to the pictures , and they all want to see Arnold Schwarzenegger blowing somebody 's head off , and you want to watch Bambi or whatever it is .
19 If I want to see Adam Franklyn , I 'll do so , with or without your approval .
20 The latest developments came as a survey of top City businessmen revealed that 91 out of 100 senior executives want to see Mr Lamont sacked .
21 " I really want to see Mr. Preston himself , " the man said drawing out a card .
22 With an air of hugely controlled patience she said , ‘ I want to see Lieutenant Werner . ’
23 ‘ So you want to see Lieutenant Werner ? ’
24 Both they and the Dublin government want to see Mrs. Thatcher re-elected … ’
25 They do that : ‘ I want to see George Carman .
26 ‘ I want to see Lorenzo Mancarelli , please , ’ says Anna .
27 ‘ I want to see Miss Maylie . ’
28 Mary Ingham , also from Leeds , said she had booked to see Swan Lake expecting a traditional production .
29 Anyway … off Boy Bradshaw beetled to see Colonel Bumface … . ’
30 But on an afternoon following one of the City excursions , Joan was at last permitted to see Prince Richard .
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