Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] out see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel knelt up inside the cart and peered out to see what would happen . |
| 2 | Then she 'll open the curtains and look out to see what the weather 's like , and then she 'll say summat like ‘ How about a walk , Billy ? ’ or ‘ Jigsaw weather today , hen . ’ |
| 3 | If I had been a marquis , I felt , I would still have been in bed or perhaps just parting the curtains and peering out to see what kind of day it was But Lord Hulton worked all the time , just about as hard as any of his men . |
| 4 | Robert went to the French windows and looked out to see if he could see anything . |
| 5 | ‘ I heard a bang and looked out to see a car parked directly opposite the house go away up the street . |
| 6 | Mum lifted the corner of the curtain and peeped out to see who it was . |
| 7 | Nick was walking in the garden with his father-in-law , a tall , lean , bald-headed Scot who had flown down to London for a couple of days and come out to see his daughter between one business appointment and another . |
| 8 | When they said it was almost a certainty , I made an excuse and nipped out to see Purvis . |
| 9 | She had succeeded in putting Luke out of her thoughts by concentrating purely on each present moment , each new impression , with the same degree of single-mindedness that he himself was capable of , and with a sense of pleasant anticipation she studied her map and set out to see some of the art treasures . |