Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't get an immediate break-down of where the money had gone so asked to see the manager . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Variety Club 's Chief Barker , Marsha Ratcliff , said : ‘ You only had to see the expressions on the competitors ’ faces to see how much they were enjoying themselves . ’ |
| 4 | I suddenly wanted to see the green-leafed Devon river banks and to feel the grey sharp waves of the Channel buffeting my hull . |
| 5 | I suddenly wanted to see the work I was doing laid out in front of me . |
| 6 | Despite being repeatedly arrested and brought back home , bruised and beaten by the police , she finally got to see the King by throwing herself into the road in front of the Royal car . |
| 7 | I just wanted to see the house again , to look at my father 's things . |
| 8 | yes well it 's only just like you do if you 've not got erm teletext and you just wanted to see the picture . |
| 9 | I really just wanted to see er just wanted to see the sort of range of things they did now this is more like it you see Effective Writing , Report Writing , Technical Report Writing , Business Sales Corres , Editing House Journals Writing for Publication , Desk Top Publishing , things like working with the media these are more the sort of things that I would see people |
| 10 | They hardly expected to see the BMW waiting for them at the dockside , but after they had parked the car and got the ticket , they began to look at their watches , and each other . |
| 11 | ‘ I was on the other end of the question for most of my life as a British Telecom customer manager , and I always tried to see the view of the underdog , because there is just a chance he might be right , ’ he said . |
| 12 | He also always managed to see the good side of a person , and would defend them as he saw fit ( ie Rodolpho ) which shows a very christian type of behaviour . |
| 13 | Will and I always went to see the plays . |
| 14 | Mr Bouez said Lebanon still wanted to see the implementation of a UN resolution demanding Israel immediately take back nearly 400 Palestinians deported to southern Lebanon . |
| 15 | The United States wished to discharge its debts to those with whom it had fought during the war ; but it also came to see the volume of refugees as a kind of continuing proof that it had waged a just struggle against evil forces . |
| 16 | The United States wished to discharge its debts to those with whom it had fought during the war ; but it also came to see the volume of refugees as a kind of continuing proof that it had waged a just struggle against evil forces . |
| 17 | They were not , Leading Seaman , now Sub-Lieutenant Saunders also came to see the Minister , and stay at the small guest house in Lillie Road . |
| 18 | We also went to see the Museo do Pobo Galego , which has fascinating exhibits on rural life , including horréos or granaries , which are found in almost every country garden and look like a stone garden shed on stilts . |
| 19 | They also wished to see the principle of popular election extended beyond Parliament , and suggested that magistrates and judges should be elected annually . |
| 20 | Harold Evans clearly had seen the List and regaled me with some of its more unlikely names . |
| 21 | SCRAM found itself caught in the middle between those who felt nonviolent protest was the only way and those who really wanted to see the whole place go up in smoke . |
| 22 | Coun. David Walsh , chairman of the environment , development and transportation committee , said the county council now wanted to see the bypass going ahead , using the best design , construction and landscaping standards possible . |
| 23 | They ranged from a tiny mouse , with lifelike whiskers and a twitchy nose , to a metre-high Pied Piper , whose grin was so wickedly triumphant that she almost expected to see the children of Hamlin following behind . |
| 24 | Prowling on through the foul open area , wrapped in such pleasant fantasies , I almost failed to see the furtive movement on the edge of my vision . |
| 25 | I spent the next few days talking to Cabinet colleagues — all of whom shared my view that the demand was preposterous — and then went to see the Prime Minister . |
| 26 | Moore then went to see the old servant whom Mr Carnford had recommended to him . |
| 27 | He then left to see the King … |
| 28 | Geoffroy Saint Hilaire uncoupled transmutationism from the idea of a linear scale , but again failed to see the importance of geographical factors . |
| 29 | He loved the fat knight but on this occasion dearly wished to see the back of him . |
| 30 | oh yes , we never got to see the fields did we , cos the mist coming out ? |