Example sentences of "[vb past] see [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 2 | I have n't spoken to Mr Boldwood since the autumn , when I promised to see him at Christmas , so I 'll have to go . |
| 3 | They drove to see him at the Chapel of Repose . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've got chilblains ! ’ their mother said when she came to see them at the beginning of December . |
| 5 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 6 | ‘ His agent came to see us at the St Louis Lollapalooza show , and we talked about the possibility of doing something together . |
| 7 | c I think I she 'd seen me at my worst on Friday |
| 8 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
| 9 | He recognised Kurz and Hinterstoisser , he 'd seen them at the hotel ; strikingly handsome fellows , especially Kurz , an officer of the Wehrmacht , blue-eyed , blond-haired . |
| 10 | He would not see me there ; he condescended to see me at my hotel . |
| 11 | ] ‘ I went to see her at Claridge 's … they are always so obsequious when one asks for her … . |
| 12 | I had witnessed Sister Kenny 's unusual treatment when I went to see her at work at Queen Mary 's Hospital for Children in Carshalton , one of several hospitals we had visited during our advanced student days . |
| 13 | I went to see him at Covent Garden and came away thinking ‘ What am I doing with this miserable life ? ’ |
| 14 | Early in the morning I went to see him at the Castle . |
| 15 | Then I went to see him at his home in Wimbledon and , as we were talking , he gradually got into the Frank Spencer character . |
| 16 | I went to see it at the Barbican , it 's very good . |
| 17 | ‘ Most of them preferred to see it at home . |
| 18 | Jonna was not slow to remind them that he and Maisie hoped to see them at their wedding , due in a few weeks ' time at Easter . |
| 19 | He had seen them at the County Show , where he had gone for the rabbits , all those girls with plaits and scrubbed faces and clean gloves , doing an exhibition ride . |
| 20 | He had looked older when she had seen him at St Petrock 's ; but he had been scowling then , and now he was looking quite friendly and interested — rather like James , who sat in front of them regarding them both with faithful brown eyes . |
| 21 | The young receptionist gave no hint of recognition , even though she had seen him at least a dozen times before . |
| 22 | I had never met the head of governors , Dr Arnold Barton , though I had seen him at several functions , a thin , tall , stern-faced , lantern-jawed streak of a man who rarely seemed to smile . |
| 23 | He knew no-one had seen him at Barak 's house otherwise he 'd have been charged straight away . |
| 24 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 25 | She had seen him at 5pm and there had been no major problems . |
| 26 | She knew Gwen Evans only slightly ; she had seen her at the funeral , and previous to that a couple of times , but the memory stuck . |
| 27 | Most of them had seen her at meetings or heard of her in connection with the ICO . |
| 28 | He had recognised her at once when he had seen her at the funeral , and even then her looks , though pale and wan , had surprised him with their purity . |
| 29 | Was I sure I had seen it at all ? |
| 30 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |