Example sentences of "[verb] see [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She wo n't want to see someone like you . |
| 2 | The Czech government does not want to see lots of companies go under because of a new bankruptcy law . |
| 3 | But explore all the options first , such as cost-cutting and restructuring borrowings , before calling in an insolvency practitioner : they tend to see everything in terms of insolvency legislation . |
| 4 | Given , let let's say y'know somebody of a status goes to see somebody of equivalent status wait so it 's it 's about the distance , yeah . |
| 5 | Our attitude is that we want to see everyone in the six counties , whether Protestant or Catholic , active in the movement to attain civil rights for the people there . |
| 6 | ‘ After all , I 've come to see someone about volunteering to go on a special mission to America . ’ |
| 7 | By the year 2000 , the Government wants to see one in three school leavers entering a university or college . |
| 8 | We might have expected to see something of the great movies , Gold Rush , Modern Times , Limelight … |
| 9 | He had n't seen anyone carry on like this since going to watch the World Wrestling Federation with Gilbert Lewis , the man next door 's nephew , who had had a major seizure at the sight of a man called Hulk Hogan and had written to Robert afterwards to say that he ‘ had never expected to see anything like that in real life ’ . |
| 10 | Expect to see lots of rollers being used to create this year 's styles . |
| 11 | Expect to see lots of pictures of Batts in the blackburn strip tomorrow . |
| 12 | And as Rex and Khai Eng , still thriving in an area which has seen plenty of other vegetarian establishments come and go , get ready to enter their second decade , perhaps we 'll leave the last word to Rex : |
| 13 | For a city that has seen plenty of violence , Colombo was curiously calm after Mr Premadasa 's death . |
| 14 | The Gulf has seen nothing on this scale before . ’ |
| 15 | Since then , they estimate that he has seen something in the region of 70 doctors . |
| 16 | ‘ He refuses to see anybody except us . ’ |
| 17 | She stopped me in town funny enough erm oh a good couple of weeks ago like , she says to me oh have you heard , cos I was saying about oh we 'd seen something in the shop , it was ever so nice , I said oh I 'm too fat for that she said ooh have you seen , she must be erm infat you know bloody infatuated with dieting |
| 18 | You had to be in bed and washed by nine o'clock at the latest ; the house screw only left after she 'd seen everyone in bed . |
| 19 | I decided I did n't want a toffee-apple any more , even though I 'd seen one with a great wedge of toffee stuck to the bottom , so I pretended I 'd seen Marie passing in front of the window and I ran out and shouted , " Wait on , Marie , I 've an important message for you . " |
| 20 | I 'd seen plenty of funerals , but this was the first I 'd been involved in and I was fascinated by the splendid flowers and the well-groomed horses of the hearse and I forgot , for a moment , my fear . |
| 21 | It was the first time I 'd seen anyone in labour and I made a silent vow that when I was married I was n't going to have any babies if this was how you had to suffer . |
| 22 | ‘ Nothing — I asked if he knew if she 'd seen anyone in the hospital recently , before we contacted Records . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been meaning to ask if you 'd seen anything of Barbs . ’ |
| 24 | The good news is that we are still going to see something of as he has agreed to act as a consultant for us . |
| 25 | If I if you 've got people in prison and then you had to go visiting you , you could get relief after , after the first twenty five pounds , so if the expenses were going to see somebody in prison were more than twenty five pounds I could get relief with them |
| 26 | The Sergeant had arranged signals with us if we happened to see anything to our front , by moving our feet and so prevent talking . |
| 27 | Er we have n't had to see anybody about that and he sent us a letter saying that he 'd like to see us and we went and he says it there might not be a second inquest . |
| 28 | I do n't remember seeing one in the harbour either . ’ |
| 29 | I hope you manage to see everyone during the holiday period , as I know how much that means to you . |
| 30 | ‘ You said you 'd like to see something of the Cotswold Way . |