Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] see a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Neither of them asked to see a girl called Evelyn Harris and Jackie guessed correctly that her letter had gone astray , though he never said as much to her .
2 I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed .
3 ‘ Now look , Connie me pet , it 's bleedin' cold in the parlour , ’ complained Archie , ‘ and , anyway , I got to see a bloke about a job . ’
4 But , says Frank , ‘ a few weeks before I got to see a specialist I passed what looked like a bucket-full of blood into the toilet .
5 I expected to see a beach ! ’ she exclaimed .
6 I looked out to sea , almost as though I expected to see a puff of smoke and a beast with a forked tail appear from the darkness .
7 I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said .
8 I pretended to see a pin on the floor .
9 Someone described seeing a couple having tea in a restaurant with an elderly parent .
10 That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used .
11 Over his shoulder I 'd seen a pair of beat coppers walking by .
12 I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how .
13 Says Lt Watts , a Northern Ireland veteran : ‘ Before Bosnia I 'd seen a couple of bodies in road accidents but that was just it .
14 Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies .
15 That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry .
16 I was sure I 'd seen a punch thrown .
17 I 'd seen a lot of that splashy material .
18 You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff .
19 I 'd seen a photograph of one of those ; they cut your throat and pull your tongue out through the slit .
20 I began to see a pattern to these puzzling events , a distinct and disturbing trend .
21 I rushed to see a physiotherapist , John Harris , and he made up a little pad around it with a hole in the middle so that I would n't put any pressure on it .
22 I went to see a film last month and the film told me . ’
23 I do n't think I would ever do such a thing again , but when the depression settles on me I 'm very vulnerable , and if I went to see a film and it had a drowning sequence in it , or swirling water , then you just ca n't tell .
24 I went to see a film at Penzance . ’
25 Quite recently Jack , my mother and I went to see a film called Enemies : A Love Story , a story of three Holocaust survivors set in 1940s New York .
26 I went to see a debt counsellor and she agreed to come to the bank with me .
27 So , I went to see a hypnotist .
28 I went to see a friend in Regent 's Park that evening but she was n't there , so I climbed the railings into the park , crossed the grass , and settled under an oak tree …
29 I 've , I 've just been reading here some books that I 've got upstairs , and stuff , and I I I went to see one of erm Shakespeare 's erm , I went to see a Midnight Summer 's Dream
30 ‘ The last time I went to see a specialist about my knee , I was ready to pack it in if he 'd told me I was facing another year out .
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