Example sentences of "[verb] see [indef pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Czech government does not want to see lots of companies go under because of a new bankruptcy law . |
| 2 | But explore all the options first , such as cost-cutting and restructuring borrowings , before calling in an insolvency practitioner : they tend to see everything in terms of insolvency legislation . |
| 3 | Expect to see lots of rollers being used to create this year 's styles . |
| 4 | Expect to see lots of pictures of Batts in the blackburn strip tomorrow . |
| 5 | For a city that has seen plenty of violence , Colombo was curiously calm after Mr Premadasa 's death . |
| 6 | You had to be in bed and washed by nine o'clock at the latest ; the house screw only left after she 'd seen everyone in bed . |
| 7 | I 'd seen plenty of funerals , but this was the first I 'd been involved in and I was fascinated by the splendid flowers and the well-groomed horses of the hearse and I forgot , for a moment , my fear . |
| 8 | It was the first time I 'd seen anyone in labour and I made a silent vow that when I was married I was n't going to have any babies if this was how you had to suffer . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been meaning to ask if you 'd seen anything of Barbs . ’ |
| 10 | If I if you 've got people in prison and then you had to go visiting you , you could get relief after , after the first twenty five pounds , so if the expenses were going to see somebody in prison were more than twenty five pounds I could get relief with them |
| 11 | remember seeing somebody in trousers . |
| 12 | I remember seeing lots of traffic lights , mostly red ones , zip by and then the lights of Goodge Street underground station , some of which were still working . |
| 13 | Gritstone is showing a bit of a renaissance these days — there have already been two new E8s this year — and it 's continuing to see plenty of action . |
| 14 | She walked in and around the corner , and her heart leapt to see someone in Carolyn 's bed . |
| 15 | Sometimes knowledge comes in a flash , sometimes one does not have to see someone for weeks at a time . |
| 16 | However , they could be valuable witnesses who may have seen something of interest . |
| 17 | ‘ If I were you , I would go to the conference centre itself and ask to see someone in security . |
| 18 | I have around 15 more good years ahead of me , but I fail to see plenty of room at the top for women like me . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm hoping to see something of Czechoslovakia while I 'm here , ’ she replied , but as it suddenly struck her that the silence emanating from Ven Gajdusek was decidedly chilly — and since the last thing she needed was to be bad friends with him if he objected to Lubor Ondrus flirting with her on his time , ‘ But now I must return to my hotel , ’ she added . |
| 20 | Now erm how , how long is it since you 've seen anyone from Friends Provident ? |
| 21 | They 've seen lots of fashions come and go , so they 're suspicious of microcomputers in many ways and the changes are happening so fast , I think many are sort of waiting to see what 's going to happen before they commit themselves . |
| 22 | I 've seen lots of pictures where people are obviously doing something that you just do n't know what 's going on and that , that is a pity because er er the idea of a photograph is to illustrate what 's happening . |
| 23 | I mean , I 've seen lots of people doing this and er they 're not dead yet , so , here goes ! |
| 24 | Well not at national account level I 've seen lots of people now and I 'm sorry |
| 25 | She had seen plenty of fireworks in her life . |
| 26 | They had seen nothing of Gus since he had withdrawn , she suspected with reluctance , after delivering her and her luggage at Paviour 's house . |
| 27 | We had seen nothing of Coventry nor were we due to . |
| 28 | I did not venture to express my opinion , fearing that my taste might have become corrupted by my long residence in the Indies ; but since my companion had recently come from France , it was quite a relief to hear him say that he had seen nothing in Europe quite so bold and majestic . ’ |
| 29 | When they landed , Finlayson came over to ask if they had seen anything of Tribe . |
| 30 | Your Dad said he was coming over to visit you too , and wanted to see something of Prague . |