Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] see [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I made him look at me and see how pale I am .
2 The children then dive for them and see how many items of treasure they can catch .
3 ‘ he put them on the shelf and said , ‘ Let's watch over them and see how long it takes to sell them ’ .
4 ‘ I 'd rather go to bed with you than see round any house , ’ she said .
5 A good way of checking your trim ( the angle of the board in the water ) is to look behind you and see how small and quiet a wake you can produce by varying your position on the board .
6 Next time you are with a group of people , look around you and see how many of them breathe through the mouth .
7 But look around you and see how many people sit just like this !
8 Or if you are sitting in a room , look around you and see how many things there are more than two of .
9 Look around you and see how many right angles you can find in windows , doors and chalk boards .
10 Once you go through reception they do n't know what you 're like , or what your background is , but they tend to be rough with you and push you and see how far they can go — and most of the girls crack .
11 They are that kind of car and if you look at £80,000 and how long it 'll last you and see how many £15,000 cars you 'll buy in that time , we 're probably bargains .
12 to see and talk about it between the two of you and see how you got on with it .
13 If there were areas where you were weak , do n't dwell on them but see how they can be strengthen .
14 If only more people could meet him and see how nice he is , say his managers , we would win easily .
15 ‘ When I was talking to him , he had this habit of looking over my head and I wondered whether what I was saying was going in , but he was digesting it and seeing how he could turn it round to his way of doing things .
16 Derek saw it and saw also Frank 's reluctant flinch of sympathy .
17 But the movement is big enough and strategic enough for every single church grouping to get involved in it and to see again church planting as part of their raison d'etre .
18 It 's crazy , it 's crazy , if only people again 'd sit back and look at it and see exactly what 's happening , rather than saying it serves them right , they should n't of done this , they should n't of got themselves into that position they 're in that position
19 I am in sympathy with the approach Tony Wedd advocated , which was to accept temporarily everything that was put forward , to work with it and see where it got you : the attitude of the technologist as opposed to the scientist .
20 Most hotels maintain records of the occupancy of the room so that at any time they can refer to it and see when and by whom the room was occupied .
21 Well , I figured that if I was going to have to stick to 55mph all the way to Boston and back , I might as well make the most of it and see as much of the countryside as possible .
22 So let's have a look at it and see how it works .
23 I think you should study it and see how you feel at the end of it .
24 I 'll have to try it and see how I get on .
25 Yeah , well we 'll have to try it and see how it works .
26 Eat one of them , I , we have one afternoon like we usually do , we 'll have a look at it and see how big it is and all that , yours , and we 'll go from there , I mean actually for us three that trifle will only do that , they 're never that , that big
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