Example sentences of "[verb] see [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't ever want to see Phantom of the Opera , no of course I have n't have n't |
| 2 | Here you will not get a test , but they will often want to see proof of any qualifications that you may have . |
| 3 | Bullies are impressed by force and power , and may want to see proof of your new-found strength of character . |
| 4 | And she would want to see monitoring of any pubs admitting children , with premises carefully vetted before permission to let in youngsters was granted . |
| 5 | just that issue was raised that we would not want to see demolition of Franklyns that block held up by this . |
| 6 | He said have you seen Kevin out in street I said I 'm not fucking hell would I want to see Kev for ? |
| 7 | It was almost as if he 'd stopped seeing Dad at all . |
| 8 | But I still think I 'd prefer to see justice in the hands of what the Americans call the law enforcement agencies . |
| 9 | I still think I 'd prefer to see justice in the hands of what the Americans call the law enforcement agencies . |
| 10 | At the very least , it says a great deal about the conspiratorial mentality which the leaders of the Communist system have created that so many defectors tend to see deception at work everywhere . |
| 11 | Organizations that adopt the marketing concept also tend to see marketing as a very diffuse activity , shared by many , and not just the preserve of a specialist group called Marketing & sales . |
| 12 | The effect of excessive development on the environment in North Yorkshire , and the second on is a relationship with places like Cleveland and West Yorkshire and the need to continue to see regeneration within those areas . |
| 13 | I want to see evidence of both of them , that is my purpose , that you may be like me . |
| 14 | So if you want to see Lundy in its relatively unspoilt present state , go soon . |
| 15 | And yet she 's jealous if I want to see Dad on my own , Caro thought . |
| 16 | Whenever one of the family is seen responding to their dog 's demands , he or she must pay 10p ( or 50p if you really want to see motivation at work ! ) into the other 's boxes . |
| 17 | Erm want to see expansion in half a million there . |
| 18 | If you want to see hell on earth go to the condemned hole the night before execution day . |
| 19 | This causes problems er , if I may say so , er but erm , it , the paragraph does n't make any reference to the date , it 's paragraph five point three , now I want to see debate in the point in erm , implementing it before the first of April . |
| 20 | We all felt happy about this and began to walk towards a distant wood , but as we approached it we saw two figures emerging : the priest we had come to see arm in arm with an attractive girl . |
| 21 | It was when she described seeing film of the results of the bombing on television , and thinking : ‘ They think I did that ! ’ |
| 22 | ( If anyone wants to see prescience in its purest form , they might read quotations from Woodcock 's writing in my obituary article about him in the Dictionary of National Biography . ) |
| 23 | She also wants to see investment in building schools and hospitals , to create jobs , and a rise in taxes . |
| 24 | This resulted in farce : ‘ I have never forgotten seeing footage of a British manager which began on his moccasined feet , wafted over his monogrammed door mat , and ended up opposite the sofa on which lounged five of his charges , scowling greasily ’ . |
| 25 | In order to bypass this traditional way of seeing society , Marx turned away from administrative and political organization and tried to see society in different , more fundamental terms . |
| 26 | Toby tried to see Onyx as an Eton games master 's wife . |
| 27 | But now with a fifty billion pound deficit to contend with the Chancellor is expected to see VAT on books and newspapers as a useful source of income . |
| 28 | People reported seeing smoke from over 70 miles away and helicopters were used to help fight the blaze . |
| 29 | What she has to offer is precisely what has seen Cliff through 31 years of showbusiness . |
| 30 | The year has seen success in the development and commercialisation of a new series of fast fire glazes for the previously unavailable from less sophisticated systems . |