Example sentences of "[verb] see [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had written to Joe Ackerley about Dana , and how we were writing poems together , and he asked to see some examples of this unusual collaboration . |
| 2 | And also I did n't want to see that Mercy Newbegin . |
| 3 | Obviously one would not want to see that scene again . ’ |
| 4 | Mada Madam Speaker my honourable friend knows well that the purpose er of what has been said and what is being considered about air strikes er is to is is to bring about er the er cessation of the sort of bombardment that we have seen in Sarajevo and I think everybody will want to see that effort successfully er completed . |
| 5 | Ooh I do n't want to see that thing . |
| 6 | erm One of our buyers , Spain , er was not in favour of that solution because they were not a member of the tornado team and they did not want to see some kind of old boys club er running this project which was very important to them . |
| 7 | Redmond , Washington-based Microsoft Corp does not want to see any part of the digital automation process that is not touched by Windows , and the company has developed a specification for computer integrated telephony for the MS-DOS personal computer , with which , needless to say , it is aiming to set the industry-standard . |
| 8 | His wife did n't want to watch him suffer , and she wanted him to die also , and she did n't want to see any suffering . |
| 9 | We do not want to see those jobs destroyed . |
| 10 | Coun Philip Stamford Bewlay ( Con ) said he did not want to see another pub in the town centre but officers said that was not an issue the planning committee is entitled to discuss . |
| 11 | When you 've been here six months you 'll nae want to see another lobster in your life . ’ |
| 12 | But I admit , I am glad it 's all over — I do n't want to see another pack of cards for a couple of weeks ! ’ |
| 13 | She did n't want to see this man again . |
| 14 | We do not want to see more knife carrying by people who are mentally ill , although that clearly affects a minority of community care cases . |
| 15 | I had a bath , then had to wait to see this officer in charge , and because they read on my notes that I 'd barricaded , I was put on this wing like C1 . |
| 16 | Afterwards he 'd sworn he would prefer to see any child of his six foot under rather than taken for a nun . |
| 17 | However , conventionally , which is not to say correctly , modes of social scientific explanation tend to see these elements as analytically separate orders of phenomena and , accordingly , data . |
| 18 | No , they er I heard someone say that though they sort of actively encourage the use of to go to see many things like sort of sport days , erm . |
| 19 | I expected to see all kind of things you know |
| 20 | They never expected to see any freedom in their lifetime . |
| 21 | He looked around him , as if he expected to see another presence there . |
| 22 | The child was born to what must have been exhausted parents , strained to their physical and mental limits , and it never lived to see another year ; in the December of 1771 the nameless infant was buried on Catherine Hill — the first occupant of plot number 119 , but certainly not the last . |
| 23 | The ex-Croydon Corporation E/1s were still in sound condition and lived to see another day ; they were transferred to New Cross depôt . |
| 24 | Sailing with about 50 men in mid-October , Ormonde had an uneventful passage from Normandy to Torbay , but failed to see any signs of a rising there and thereupon returned to St Malo . |
| 25 | We want to see such wastes dealt with to the highest possible standards in ways that are consistent with industrial economics . |
| 26 | And what 's more , we want to see that ice rink filled because it 's the greatest family sporting entertainment you could ever wish to see and with the crowd behind you it gives you that extra buzz . |
| 27 | A fast-growing proportion of young people go on to higher education ; and we want to see that proportion rise still further . |
| 28 | He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future ; I want to see that future . |
| 29 | We obviously want to see those companies continue as viable units . |
| 30 | We also want to see more money spent on the Government 's home energy efficiency scheme , with all houses in poor physical condition upgraded to a minimum standard . ’ |