Example sentences of "[verb] see [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm One of our buyers , Spain , er was not in favour of that solution because they were not a member of the tornado team and they did not want to see some kind of old boys club er running this project which was very important to them . |
| 2 | Redmond , Washington-based Microsoft Corp does not want to see any part of the digital automation process that is not touched by Windows , and the company has developed a specification for computer integrated telephony for the MS-DOS personal computer , with which , needless to say , it is aiming to set the industry-standard . |
| 3 | Coun Philip Stamford Bewlay ( Con ) said he did not want to see another pub in the town centre but officers said that was not an issue the planning committee is entitled to discuss . |
| 4 | When you 've been here six months you 'll nae want to see another lobster in your life . ’ |
| 5 | But I admit , I am glad it 's all over — I do n't want to see another pack of cards for a couple of weeks ! ’ |
| 6 | I had a bath , then had to wait to see this officer in charge , and because they read on my notes that I 'd barricaded , I was put on this wing like C1 . |
| 7 | Afterwards he 'd sworn he would prefer to see any child of his six foot under rather than taken for a nun . |
| 8 | I expected to see all kind of things you know |
| 9 | They never expected to see any freedom in their lifetime . |
| 10 | More needs to be done and I want to see more focus on this key area of economic policy . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I want to see this bit of paper — if it exists . |
| 12 | Perhaps the book of lamentation is not the book you normally turn to , to find words of encouragement , but there are tremendous encouragements to be found in it , listen what the profits says there , in the third chapter , he says this I recall to my mind , and he 's talking about the time of his own affliction , the time when he is going through it , the time when nobody loves him , the time when everybody 's against him , when he 's suffering and he 's in pain the time when life is full of bitterness for him , he says this I recall to my mind , therefore I have hope , the lords loving kindness indeed never ceases for his compassion 's never fail and here Jesus is demonstrating that , he 's compassion 's never fail , he 's loving kindnesses they never cease , here in his dying hour Jesus is showing that in reaching out to this man but as we said the other week the , the deepest , the most important significance of what Jesus did then , of what Jesus said then , its not just of the historical account , but that he is able and willing to say and to do exactly the same today in your experience and in mine , what he did for that man on the cross he 's ready and willing to do for every one of us the incident may of happened nineteen hundred years ago , but there 's the old hymn , the verse reminds us , picks out that very story and it says the dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day and there may I , though via us he wash all my sins away , and that verse from William Cowper 's hymn , it takes up that great historical event , that tremendous happening in that man 's life and he links it with a present and it applies it to you and to me and says this can be our experience as well . |
| 13 | The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) was reported to see little hope of repatriating some 95,000 Sierra Leonean refugees trapped in northern Liberia by the latest intensification of the war . |
| 14 | Erm I think they , I think they do that during the day and then in the evening it 's on for anybody else who wants to see that take-off on cheeses . |
| 15 | The new chairman of the physics committee , Professor Michael Hart of Kings College , London , wants to see more representation of mainstream physics at the highest levels within the SERC — especially on the council itself . |
| 16 | Our estate agency loss has been reduced and we expect to see some improvement in this business as the housing market responds to lower interest rates . |
| 17 | Following that up when , when can your long suffering shareholders er , expect to see any return on the B Sky B stake and a follow up on that ? |
| 18 | About 200 people reported seeing some kind of craft landing near the base in 1980 . |
| 19 | Of course , this century has seen all manner of spiritual cults , from Madame Blavatsky and Theosophy to the Designer Spirituality of the Eighties ( caricatured , with some justification , as fashion victims chanting for sports cars ) . |
| 20 | Alvingham , through all its centuries of existence , has seen much activity of a pastoral nature . |
| 21 | Bernie 's nose section has seen much publicity in the past , and has recently ‘ starred ’ in a well-known TV advert for lager featuring a new interpretation of the Dam Busters raid ! |
| 22 | The past year has seen much debate in the UK about the duties of company directors , both executive and non-executive , and about the structure and functioning of boards . |
| 23 | Detective Superintendent Edwards said : ‘ If anyone has seen any clothing like that scattered around , we want to hear from them . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If anyone has seen any clothing like that scattered around , we want to hear from them , ’ said detective superintendent Brian Edwards yesterday . |
| 25 | Obviously , this is too valuable a tradition to be allowed to die out in the century that has seen more restriction of public access to land than any previous period of history , including the Enclosures . |
| 26 | A good example of this would be a site that has seen some activity in Saxon times , and where scarcity of metal finds would be normal . |
| 27 | We have been encouraged to hear from the president of the National Licensed Victuallers Association that he has seen some softening in the brewers ' approach since our meetings with them . |
| 28 | Lucas Industries Plc has seen some improvement in interim performance due to cost-cutting measures , attempts to reduce working capital expenditure , and better sales levels from its automotive businesses . |
| 29 | So in 1818 when a doctor called Herbert was told of a young man living on the island of Fetlar in the Shetland Islands off the north of Scotland who had been deaf and blind from birth , he hastened to see this object of curiosity for himself . |
| 30 | Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it . |