Example sentences of "[verb] to see [pron] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost twenty years alter the incident Coleridge was persuaded by Byron to publish the poem , and he then made the sensational claim that he had been able to remember 200 to 300 lines of perfect poetry when he had awoken from a drug-induced sleep , and was busy writing them down when he was interrupted by someone from Porlock demanding to see him on business . |
| 2 | I had just received a telephone call from the barracks which informed me that officials from Horseferry Road magistrates court had phoned demanding to see me about nonpayment of fines . |
| 3 | D' you want to see me in prison ? ’ |
| 4 | The Czech government does not want to see lots of companies go under because of a new bankruptcy law . |
| 5 | But explore all the options first , such as cost-cutting and restructuring borrowings , before calling in an insolvency practitioner : they tend to see everything in terms of insolvency legislation . |
| 6 | I was able to go to see her in hospital . |
| 7 | For weeks he was the trouble of my dreams and it took real courage to go to see him in Attila the Hun . |
| 8 | You want to see me in gaol . |
| 9 | Trade supremo Michael Heseltine , whose supporters want to see him in Mr Lamont 's job , was even more lavish in his praise . |
| 10 | We want to see them in action against South Africa . |
| 11 | I want to see you before lunch . ’ |
| 12 | The film we 're going to see is Flatliners , and Denice tells us she 's been dying to see it for ages . |
| 13 | ‘ I have come to see you about Mrs Wallis Simpson , ’ he began . |
| 14 | You need n't think I 'd have come to see you in Brixton . |
| 15 | I can not want a man who wants to see me in gaol . |
| 16 | He wants to see you at Kinsai . |
| 17 | I agree wholeheartedly , with what we were saying , what we do n't want to see is a whole one house block in the countryside , he wants to see it as part of a farmstead and order to prove that it 's going to be part of a farmstead , the buildings should be prerequisite to go up first before the house does . |
| 18 | ‘ Have you … tried to see him in hospital ? ’ |
| 19 | Expect to see lots of rollers being used to create this year 's styles . |
| 20 | Expect to see lots of pictures of Batts in the blackburn strip tomorrow . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | MAY 1993 During the Khmelnitski exchange visit to Hunterston great interest was shown in TOP and the Director and Deputy Director of Khmelnitski NPP sat in on a team meeting to see it in action . |
| 23 | As a result , many undoubtedly experienced deep feelings of isolation and alienation , and came to see themselves as prophets in the wilderness or pilgrims journeying through hostile territory . |
| 24 | In spite of their divided , defeated and reactionary Kultur , the Germans came to see themselves as people who needed no emancipation . |
| 25 | He came to see me with Sir Patrick Nairne . |
| 26 | A twenty four year old woman came to see me for treatment on the ward , a smoker . |
| 27 | Ronnie Ross : ‘ At the time he came to see me for lessons , groups like The Rolling Stones were just beginning to come into vogue although he was more interested in jazz , and we 'd sit and talk about jazz and jazz musicians quite often . |
| 28 | You came to see me on Sunday , ’ she added , in case Loretta had forgotten . |
| 29 | Mr. Docherty came to see me in April , desperately concerned because he was homeless and had insufficient money with which to feed himself . |
| 30 | So funnily enough , the girl that I made friends with when I was a tracer , Penny , erm she came to see me in land army uniform you see , and I said , ’ Right , if I ca n't go in the forces , I 'll join the land army ’ , so I said ’ alright ’ . |