Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] see [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd better see for myself . |
| 2 | I do not see on what grounds it could be argued that an amendment on the subject of Capital Punishment is outside the scope of a comprehensive Bill amending the law relating to the methods by which the courts are empowered to deal with offenders . |
| 3 | Er My Lords I do not see within this of amendments the answers that we want , I see two or three narrow misses . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think I do n't see through your little game ? |
| 5 | ‘ This is all very well but I do n't see in any of it a motive for murder . |
| 6 | So , I do n't see from Pearson 's point of view that , that a government of any complexion will alter what we can and er , or ca n't do in relation to our current er , holdings . |
| 7 | always says Hello to me every time she sees me and I do sometimes see in the mornings . |
| 8 | They regarded no convention , and I did not see till later that their unconvention was almost as intolerant as my parents , convention. , Helen stayed with Mrs Logan — who was awaiting a divorce — dating Edward 's first year at Lincoln . |
| 9 | ‘ There was another side to him which I did n't see at first . |
| 10 | I did n't see in the end . |
| 11 | So you 'd better see to it that Luke and Sonny do n't go often to the village . |
| 12 | ‘ Well — ’ She went to the fire and ground the kettle on top of the glowing tins , then added , ‘ As you 're takin' over , you 'd better see to it . ’ |
| 13 | If you 're not already using some form of contraceptive , you 'd better see to it , although normally I 'd agree that it 's a joint responsibility , since it seems that I 'm so atrociously lacking in control where you 're concerned … damn you , Maria . ’ |
| 14 | I think you 'd better see to it . |
| 15 | You 'd better see for yourself . ’ |
| 16 | Or the nineteen thirties book is like one of the things that really inspired me because it showed me that you can do type that looks as though , I mean it can be composed as though in metal and not be boring — can not be , manufactured , you know hum drum , by varying the weights and by massing it , and also one of the things they do , that you see in those books that you did n't see in printing , was this size of type . |
| 17 | Cos you do n't see through a joke . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't see at all . |
| 19 | And you do n't see with that . |
| 20 | And he used to erm things you do n't see in allotments today , he used to build the clamps for the pits for storing winter potatoes and turnips and that sort of thing in the garden . |
| 21 | Your practice partner makes the list ( which you do not see in advance ) and then gives the short descriptive sentence which provides a clue to the way in which the key word has been used . |
| 22 | ‘ I see , ’ Erika said , although she did n't see at all . |
| 23 | ‘ I see , ’ she murmured , when she did n't see at all . |
| 24 | ‘ If you imagine she does not see through your wiles , ’ came Araminta 's shrill tone , ‘ then you are a great fool , Benedict . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And now , I think we 'd better see about keeping a special watch on the road . |
| 26 | and I say round Vauxhalls the only thing we did n't see at Vauxhalls was the er paint shop |
| 27 | The whole character of the game has been changed by a goal which er suddenly has brought to life in a way which we did n't see at all for the first half . |
| 28 | Every road junction has a multitude of signposts in a variety of languages , but we did n't see on that would have directed us to the Roman site . |
| 29 | Montague we do n't see much of , Rosalind we do n't see at all . |
| 30 | And we do n't see in principle any reason to divert from them . |