Example sentences of "[verb] see the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things that those of us who were involved in local government campaigns were trying to do was to achieve some measure of redistribution in favour of all those lesbians and gays who do not belong to the charmed circles of The Swimming Pool Library — people who have no private income ; people who depend on their jobs and would welcome job security ; people who want council tenancies free of harassment , with friends and lovers of their choice ; people who want to meet others at venues which have disabled access , which are not commercially exploitative and which are run for the benefit of the community ; people who want to display affection or consensual desire publicly without fear of violence or arrest ; people who want to bring up children without intimidation from the courts or social workers ; people who have survived the indoctrination of the education system but do not want to see the next generation of lesbians and gays subjected to the same process ; people who wanted themselves and their lifestyles to be treated with respect by the health services . |
| 2 | Those who tend to see the eighteenth century as above all " the Age of Wesley " usually bring a good deal of retrospectivity to their view of the rise of Methodism over a period at the end of which Methodists were still not especially numerous in the nation as a whole . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to see the second one — Neferukhebit , ’ said Huy briskly . |
| 4 | One drawback of the Masters for married men , who want to see the last putt in , is that it requires them to creep to bed as if they were returning from a night club . |
| 5 | The group of researchers that has seen the first indications of a Z particle is code named UA1 , and is one of the two teams that reported the evidence for the W particle earlier this year . |
| 6 | The academic year 1992/3 has seen the first year of fully modularised courses at Napier . |
| 7 | ‘ You would n't think it so unexpected if you 'd seen the first nightclub I bought . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I 'd seen the last of this particular fashion accessory . ’ |
| 9 | Had n't she thought she 'd seen the last of Rourke Deveraugh ? |
| 10 | I thought we 'd seen the last of him , after what he did to Jennifer . ’ |
| 11 | Police had hoped they 'd seen the last of the joyriding and the crowds who gather to see the stolen cars in action . |
| 12 | Doctor , as you 're finished would you mind seeing the next ? |
| 13 | As they reached the trees they heard a wild burst of cheering and turned to see the first tongues of flame licking up the walls of the cainca . |
| 14 | The neccriminal justice act in November introduces a new sentencing frame work which should reduce the numbers , but others would like to see the next Goverment go further . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's one I 'd like to see the last of as well . ’ |
| 16 | I would like to see the Third and Fourth Divisions and GM Vauxhall clubs combining . |
| 17 | We are only just beginning to see the first stirrings of a new debate on industry 's competitiveness . |
| 18 | It is hardly surprising that the reign of Napoleon I , an era of warfare on an unprecedented scale , should have seen the first tentative moves in this direction . |
| 19 | THE WORLD may have seen the last of the ancient scourge of the locust . |
| 20 | We may not have seen the last of this controversy . |
| 21 | I only managed to see the second programme when still perhaps a little punch-drunk from over-exposure to Bournonville at the Copenhagen festival , but I relished the four examples of choreography by Mark Morris and Lar Lubovitch , particularly when they showed off Baryshnikov . |
| 22 | She could recall seeing the first black insect flying towards her and then she must have fainted . |
| 23 | But then , only three people in the whole piazza remembered seeing the first one ! |
| 24 | Well I 'll just see the first part of Eastenders if I can cos I 've seen the second part . |
| 25 | You 've seen the last of him . ’ |
| 26 | We 've seen the last of him . ’ |
| 27 | As his wife Susan says : ‘ I do n't think we 've seen the last of him . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm sad to say it but I think we 've seen the last of him , Bless him ! |
| 29 | Clearly er , it 's er , again in , in paragraph four , under future budget of er , the services is going to be critical , if you 've seen the last couple of years that are defined in the pay , and that 's going to continue . |
| 30 | And I do n't think we 've seen the last from Pisa at two one . |