Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] see [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob Henry , you must be aware of some of the criticisms which were levelled at the companies which were put out by arts associations , where they say really it 's very self-indulgent and nobody much goes to see this particular type of dance group . |
| 2 | We obviously want to see those companies continue as viable units . |
| 3 | Do you actually do you personally expect to see many more people staying at home ? |
| 4 | I said , ‘ I 'd very much like to see some of her work . ’ |
| 5 | Coun Mrs Harker said : ‘ I would very much like to see more speed limits on all the roads coming into West Auckland . |
| 6 | you 've only got to see any tax that goes up and everyone 's up in arms about it . |
| 7 | I would personally like to see more erm sort of grading of erm more , more higher standards being set by the sort of head offices of people who own things like chains of motorway service areas , not catering for the lowest common denominator , but aiming to really have an absolutely top quality service , cleanliness , everything , in all parts of their business . |
| 8 | In the long term , I 'd only like to see more effort aimed at subject matter , and perhaps , in some cases , less concern with veneer quality |
| 9 | The desk clerk had gone off duty , but had he seen Kragan , he would only have seen another businessman in an expensive coat returning to his hotel after a night out . |
| 10 | Erm and er what I would like to see , and I 've long wanted to see this coming out of the church , is a rite of passage that I with integrity can offer to any parents who come to me with a , a , a lovely little baby in their arms saying to me parish minister can you give us something that would satisfy us , and they 're not saying it like this , but they want a rite of passage . |
| 11 | We looked , and though we never said so , we believed that we alone had seen these things , that they had never been seen before . |
| 12 | You only have to see some of run down estates for the evidence . |
| 13 | I only wanted to see this one and he said |
| 14 | Cinemagoers meanwhile got to see more of the ‘ bum ’ than he intended . |
| 15 | Obviously one would not want to see that scene again . ’ |
| 16 | I am sure that the more sensible people in racing and in the Jockey Club would not want to see that . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She hates Odborough and does not want to see more of it than need be . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We do not want to see those jobs destroyed . |
| 23 | The rest of continental Europe is not expected to see any significant growth during the year . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's time we had an outstanding international , ’ said the English coach who , without any sour grapes after Wales 's win at Cardiff , desperately wants to see some back play , sadly missing in most of the Five Nations games so far . |
| 25 | She did not expect to see much of Liz and Alix , who had married and made their own lives after another pattern . |
| 26 | Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it . |
| 27 | Chairman Robin Biggam said that he does not expect to see any improvement until 1993 . |
| 28 | I do not expect to see another version as good as Binyon 's … |
| 29 | I can just remember seeing some shapeless mass of mummy of a whitish colour . |
| 30 | It was somehow reassuring to see all those houses , those solid Victorian terraces in the rain and the soft yellow light of the street lamps . |