Example sentences of "[verb] see [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do you want to see Earth Commander ? ’ she asked . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He had taken it , now , that she was not going ; she expected to see resentment blossom , but he did not resent it . |
| 5 | The decision will appal many MPs who want to see Government money spent on reviving British industry — not overseas competition . |
| 6 | I never want to see turtle soup again as long as I live . ’ |
| 7 | We want to see shit happenin' . |
| 8 | We 're here because we want to see Earth Commander . ’ |
| 9 | As a Supporter of ASH , you are no doubt already aware of why ASH and other health and medical bodies want to see tobacco advertising banned . |
| 10 | Each decade since the turn of the century has seen influence swing from one camp to the other ( see Cutting , 1985 ) . |
| 11 | Already this year France has seen territory fall to the Brits with Tesco acquiring the 90-store Le Catteau supermarket chain in Northern France . |
| 12 | A strong start to the second half has seen NAV jump 5.2 per cent to 343.8p , and the shares firmed 3p to 294p . |
| 13 | The gloomy Bank Holiday is a blow for Britain 's tourist industry , which has seen trade fall by 25 per cent in most resorts . |
| 14 | One moved out of the city centre and has seen business increase at its new premises . |
| 15 | But this revival has seen business booming . |
| 16 | Composite nine is about putting young people back to work and that has to be a priority in a year which has seen youth unemployment hit the one million mark . |
| 17 | Yorkshire are hoping Tendulkar will lure support from the ethnic community to a county which has seen membership decline from 15,000 to 7,000 in recent years . |
| 18 | The sun was beginning to set when Hazel woke to see Acorn listening and sniffing in the silence , between two white-skinned flints . |
| 19 | We thought about celebrating it early but Kelly seemed to see Christmas Day as something to work towards . |
| 20 | The moderator will normally expect to see documentary evidence of the circumstances cited and samples of the students work at the time of moderating the assignments and/or examination scripts . |
| 21 | Hitherto , the Government has tended to see parent power as a foil to ‘ vested interests ’ like teachers or local authorities . |
| 22 | I remember going to see Culture Club in Australia — I was a Boy George fanatic . |
| 23 | A few people make the mistake of thinking that just because we have a politician on the programme , they 're going to see Weekend World , but that 's not our brief . |
| 24 | ‘ Are we going to see Laurentide Ice ? ’ |
| 25 | After some time , Sara 's little voice said , ‘ I 'm waiting to see Grandad nip . ’ |
| 26 | He would also like to see plea bargaining introduced , although he says he would not have accepted a reduced criminal plea . |
| 27 | And maybe then you would like to see society move towards a situation in which the role of women was recognised in such a way that it was possible for them to leave their babies in creches , would you , or |
| 28 | ‘ We 'd also like to see stamp duty on property up to £250,000 abolished permanently , rather than temporarily . |
| 29 | Mr Wiggins added he would rather have seen road fund duty — raised from £110 to £125 — scrapped and replaced with even more substantial hikes in petrol prices than the 12p a gallon ( unleaded ) and 15p ( leaded ) set yesterday . |
| 30 | An official at Retix said , ‘ if these companies had taken the entire product , the industry would have seen transaction processing interoperability a lot earlier . ’ |