Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] to see [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Sheila Malanszak , whose house overlooks the sprawling factory at Castleford , West Yorkshire , said : ‘ I raced outside to see debris being hurled into neighbouring fields . |
2 | I called in to see Dad before coming here and while I was there an insurance investigator called Tom O'Neill came to see him . |
3 | We went in the Gra Grand just done the lounge at the Grand and when we had our first car and I went round to see mother and I said come on , we 'll go up to the , take you up to the Grand and have a drink . |
4 | Then looking over her shoulder , she enquired , ‘ Are you coming up to see Great-gran ? ’ and began to walk towards the door . |
5 | She looked round to see Ryker standing there . |
6 | The new patient did n't need anything , so she went in to see Donna . |
7 | Then , after the party we went along to see Man at The Lyceum . |
8 | The press of people thinned out as everybody moved outside to see H.R.H. |
9 | They looked up to see Sheldukher coming towards them , the Cell case under one arm . |
10 | He looked up to see Merymose grinning at him . |
11 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |