Example sentences of "[verb] see [pron] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Asked to see his driving licence . ’ |
| 2 | He might want to see her grocery list and cross a few things off . |
| 3 | However much , privately , she may have hated seeing her husband drink , or hearing him swear , she would never rebuke him in front of others . |
| 4 | We want to see their country benefit from all of this . |
| 5 | Come along , darling — I want to see your art display . ’ |
| 6 | We want to see your wedding dress , your coloured combs ! ’ |
| 7 | Only one country is expected to see its GNP decline between the two years : Sweden , with a 0.5% drop . |
| 8 | I 'll write it down but you 'll have to write to see what father Christmas says . |
| 9 | We ask this not as a government minister might , faced with the seemingly interminable demands of research scientists for more and more funds , but to try to see what relationship research bears to knowledge . |
| 10 | Lloyd 's has seen its capital base contract sharply as Names have deserted the market in droves after disastrous losses . |
| 11 | It gives me some satisfaction to learn that 12 years later British Airways , privatised , efficient , and highly profitable , has become the biggest international airline in the world , while Lufthansa , struggling with high costs , has seen its reputation slip . |
| 12 | The housing slump , which left millions of homeowners unable to fork out for expensive home improvements , has seen its DIY arm , Do It All , plunge £2.7 million in to the red after making a £10.4 million profit the year before . |
| 13 | Electrolux , the world 's biggest household appliance maker , has seen its year end profits for 1991 fall , due in part to its transfer of cooker production to Spennymoor . |
| 14 | Only Lothian and Borders has seen its murder rate fall — from 13 to 10 . |
| 15 | Labroke has seen its interest bill rise because of high continental Europe interest rates and the devaluation of sterling . |
| 16 | Such obscurantism has badly damaged the NUT , which has seen its membership fall steadily in the past few years , while the more moderate AMMA 's has gone up . |
| 17 | Martin Meeks has seen his income rise sharply since the '70s . |
| 18 | IN these times of recession , the advice is DO N'T PUT YOUR CASH INTO CARS — as any classic car owner who has seen his investment crash through the floor will tell you . |
| 19 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 20 | He is struggling to overcome a thigh injury and has seen his form slump as Liverpool suffer their worst start for 39 years . |
| 21 | In the 1980s , management came to see its information system as part of a variety of decision support systems . |
| 22 | Peter thought Susie was having an affair , ever since he 'd seen her leave work with a colleague . |
| 23 | Nicola had made me go and see if he was okay and I said yes he was , because I 'd seen his eye move and I left him there . |
| 24 | One of the major criticisms of these previous theories has been that they have tended to see their subject matter ( that is , rule-breaking ) as straightforward and easily identifiable — crime being behaviour that breaks certain of the rules of society . |
| 25 | The Treasury , which other departments felt had been engaging in the review only half-heartedly until mid-March ( and which was urged to take a greater role by Mr Major ) , was damned if it was going to see its VAT switch spent on anything that could be tagged ‘ son of poll tax ’ . |
| 26 | THE Duke of Marlborough has no excuse for not going to see his baby grandson . |
| 27 | Erm the one issue on E W S Ian is erm , there 's two issues really I happened to see your draft note to me out there |
| 28 | I have just returned from a visit to Bulgaria , and I thought your readers might like to see their spraying equipment . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd like to see his paying-in book . ’ |
| 30 | Her shop it was the streets ; After noon and after morn Wearing her shoes , tattered and torn , She walked to see her mother yew Who once , in olden days , she knew . |