Example sentences of "[vb past] see [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On trying to contact Mr by phone I have on many occasions I was put off to say he was n't available I have also come to the foyer at the bottom asked to see Mr after twenty minutes wait and nobody turned up I decided to retire . |
| 2 | The low murmur of conversation in the hotel 's sun lounge was like the crashing of waves to Kelly as she entered to see Annie at a corner table . |
| 3 | Good humour helped to see Victor through his prolonged ill health , caused by a lung complaint which led ultimately to a transplant operation from which he did not recover . |
| 4 | I tried to see Liz about that last week , but that 's anyway , but , but |
| 5 | Gradually , the Europeans came to see Persia as an ally against the Ottomans . |
| 6 | " You came to see Doris about bed-bugs . " |
| 7 | A few days later Mr Churchill came to see Edward at Buckingham Palace . |
| 8 | Americans now came to see Castro as a threat and Cuba as a potential base for Communist activity throughout Latin America . |
| 9 | The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner . |
| 10 | When Kirk Douglas became a target for a drunkard in a bar who 'd seen Douglas as the boxer in Champion , Kirk merely slammed his hand on the bar and shouted , ‘ Anyone in this bar can lick me in a fight , ’ and the drunkard backed off . |
| 11 | It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him that she thought she 'd seen Amy on Friday night . |
| 12 | Connections : I 'd seen Nevil at Sedgeley House ; I 'd seen Jo at the Mimosa Club where Nevil was supposed to work , or at least beat up barmen . |
| 13 | And I heard Monks say that he 'd seen Oliver in the street , and that he knew at once Oliver was the child he was looking for , although I could n't hear why . |
| 14 | Perdita remembered Sukey being just as deferential to Grace Alderton three years ago , the first time she 'd seen Ricky in the flesh . |
| 15 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 16 | He 'd seen Barry on his BMX . |
| 17 | Connections : I 'd seen Nevil at Sedgeley House ; I 'd seen Jo at the Mimosa Club where Nevil was supposed to work , or at least beat up barmen . |
| 18 | ‘ Not only do I have Penny 's word for it , but I happened to see Nicky on television last night , participating in a chat show that always goes out live from a studio just two blocks away from our own building here . ’ |
| 19 | I got it somewhere , I 'll root it out for ya and I forgot to see Hilda about that |
| 20 | The press began to see Morrissey as the spokesman for a new generation . |
| 21 | They lived a long way away , but they decided to take a weeks holiday in Cornwall and decided to see Daryl in the middle of it . |
| 22 | It was time to move on to the offensive : ‘ What I 'd like to know is how you managed to see Newley in Primrose Hill at six o'clock . ’ |
| 23 | I went to see Sleepless in Seattle last night . |
| 24 | Together they went to see Baldwin after dinner and persuaded him , apparently without great difficulty , to go out , if he had to , with a bang and not a whimper . |
| 25 | Terry arrived late on Friday night so on Saturday he went to see Sarah with an invitation to tea from his mother . |
| 26 | That night , she went to see Jamie at his apartment on Tai Hang Road . |
| 27 | And I never went to see Arafat since 1982 because we had not heard of any mood or climate of change in the attitude of the PLO . |
| 28 | On 9 October I went to see Macmillan in the nursing home and he talked about the future leadership . |
| 29 | Undaunted , Marr and Morrissey went to see Shaw at her home and plied her with spiel . |
| 30 | Mosely , did you say that you went to see Mosely in a meeting ? |