Example sentences of "[verb] see [noun] [noun] " 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 | ‘ When we asked to see test results so we could recommend the products with some confidence we were told that the data was confidential , between Colin Isaacs and Loblaws . ’ |
| 5 | Ken asked to see Robert Bolt and demanded the speech to be cut . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I keep hearing people say they do n't want to see Ovett running 3:58 because they want to remember him running 3:48 . |
| 8 | Why do you want to see Earth Commander ? ’ she asked . |
| 9 | I do n't want to see Mr Jackson tomorrow , but I did n't tell him that . |
| 10 | I do n't want to see Mr Jackson again neither . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you want to see Miss Rose before we have lunch or after ? ’ |
| 12 | It 's perhaps fair to say as well that if if er er a member of the public knows that P C Smith or P C Jones is his local policeman , he would prefer to see P C Smith or P C Jones . |
| 13 | The committee did not endorse the Schools Council 's wish to see CEE courses closely linked to CSE courses and grades ; it would prefer to see CEE course more closely linked to FE courses ( themselves in need of a simpler structure ) and more vocational in emphasis . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The National Association of Pension Funds would prefer to see executive share options exercisable only if the share price has out-performed a suitable benchmark , such as the FTA All Share Index . |
| 16 | In the morning , she agreed to see Winifred Shalcross . |
| 17 | Reluctantly we had to stop as it was time to go to see Mr Hopkin , who made us most welcome . |
| 18 | I expected to see Dr Mortimer , as I knew nobody else in the village . |
| 19 | It was the day before we expected to see Treasure Island . |
| 20 | He had taken it , now , that she was not going ; she expected to see resentment blossom , but he did not resent it . |
| 21 | First we got to see Joey B. Where is he ? ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I had arranged to see Dr Yunus Jaffery , a historian and an archetypal Old Delhi-wallah . |
| 24 | He lived to see South Africa bend instead . |
| 25 | I want to see Adolph Brückner . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The decision will appal many MPs who want to see Government money spent on reviving British industry — not overseas competition . |
| 28 | If I want to see Adam Franklyn , I 'll do so , with or without your approval . |
| 29 | You want to see imminents laser-dance . |
| 30 | I want to see N C V O as co-operating . |