Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv] to see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Business had been good in the few weeks she had been in charge , but she was astute enough to realise that many of the customers had been coming to the club simply to see her . |
| 2 | At best we are trapped in a modern version of the ancient myth of Sisyphus : condemned forever to roll the electoral stone to the top of the hill only to see it roll back down again . |
| 3 | Wilson took the baby in to see her as soon as she was about and he was admired but , she fancied , with some sense of distancing . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ Now what I have in mind is a stroll to the end of the valley just to see what goes on there , then back to the car and home for tea , how about that ? ’ |
| 5 | If we live in a free society we can not carry out experiments on the real world so it would not be possible to go ahead and build the road just to see what would happen . |
| 6 | Once , when she was ill and I had to show the doctor in to see her , he was rather disconcerted to see the bedclothes on either side of Mrs Field appear to rise of their own accord — and four dogs emerged ! |
| 7 | I am happy to say that my officials will be meeting representatives from the company tomorrow to see what ECGD can do to help in the present confused economic position in the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | There are some people who obviously come at the weekend more to see whatever it is we 're showing . |
| 9 | Then midfielder Gavin Johnson went close with a header before veteran striker Paul Goddard found the net only to see his spectacular volley disallowed for a foul on Ray Houghton . |
| 10 | ‘ I go to the market regularly to see what is happening , ’ he says , ‘ but our entire trading policy is based on building relations with suppliers . |
| 11 | You take a look round to see what is outside our universe . |
| 12 | As I relaxed I took a look around to see what was going down , just as we pulled away from the lights and turned left . |
| 13 | Without so much as a glance back to see his reaction to such an abrupt departure , Isabel scurried to the postern , yanked it open , and fled . |
| 14 | In a business where fees are usually paid on a success only , rather than an hourly , basis , this may come a bit hard to people who have worked hard for two or three months on a deal only to see it fall at the last hurdle . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr. Preston , there is a lady here to see you . ’ |
| 16 | No employer will willingly train a craftsman only to see him go down the road to work for another employer who has invested nothing in training . |
| 17 | We even sent an invitation to Michael Swinton as a joke just to see what he 'd do , but it was hopelessly disappointing , he simply pretended he had n't had it — ’ |
| 18 | They been coming round every day just to see you 're okey dokey |
| 19 | On the Sunday , late morning , I took a train up to see them . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll get a doctor over to see her , ’ Rourke said , a new briskness in his tone . |
| 21 | Then with school looming ominously on the next day 's horizon there was a stampede home to see who could be first in bed . |
| 22 | We can not rely , as we have , on our Christian heritage and the prayers of a generation ago to see us through . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you think I 've lost a fortune only to see it salted away in the same nip-cheese fashion as before ? |
| 24 | There 's a big tree was wedged on er , I do n't know if it 's still there on Friday , I took a trip up to see it |
| 25 | Remember John and I went on a , a visit down to see their hut and to be honest , they were making a very good job of the hut , what they come in for , is er , a second bite , really , erm , they 've got to , to floor the roof which we er , thought was quite interesting . |
| 26 | Whatever the critics say it seems a lot of people will be picking up a copy just to see what might have happened to the De Winters . |
| 27 | It includes a grandad off to see his grandchildren , a family 's trip to the seaside and a young girl visiting friends . |