Example sentences of "[verb] see a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ And we did n't want to see a team of scriptwriters messing around with our characters . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 5 | There 's no decent men in it and there 's no nudity of men it , even when he 's in it all you got to see of him was waist-high , you got to see a clips of his bum . |
| 6 | There is also speculation that the rebels want to see a change of manager . |
| 7 | ‘ I expect they want to see a bit of night life , ’ said Sister Dew . |
| 8 | Okay , if you want to see a sample of |
| 9 | Because we want to see a review of the whole system of union representation within the council to see whether it 's an appropriate sort of representation for an organisation of this size . |
| 10 | Neither they nor finance-ministry officials want to see a repeat of that scary event . |
| 11 | Next morning the sun rose to see a variety of signs hanging , not always squarely , on the battered quarry gate . |
| 12 | KENNY DALGLISH has come to see a side of Alan Shearer that he never knew existed when he shelled out £3.3 million on the England striker . |
| 13 | One witness described seeing a plume of moke and a ball of fire and then seeing a body on the road . |
| 14 | Er anybody that actually wants to see a list of the prizewinners from last year , from the actual race , I do have a copy er |
| 15 | But she certainly had n't expected to see a selection of Penguin Classics . |
| 16 | France are the only member of the Five Nations to accept an invitation , although it can be expected to see a number of England 's high-order in the Barbarians side and Irish charm amongst the Irish Wolfhounds . |
| 17 | In principle , one could have expected to see a list of such bodies appended as a Schedule to the Act , but the Lord Chancellor , with all his ‘ numerous and talented counsellors ’ , was unable to cause one to be drawn up . |
| 18 | They followed her pointing arm with their eyes , and were chilled to see a group of thin figures form out of the darkness all around , shambling towards the group of tired combatants . |
| 19 | We normally expect to see a lot of people on a Friday but they 're just not coming through the doors |
| 20 | Expect to see a version of Norton 's Backup program — it 's much better than Backup and Restore |
| 21 | Like all other areas of Great Britain which are involved in agriculture , Scotland has seen a slump of 10 per cent . |
| 22 | Besides these major product innovations , the eurobond market has seen a plethora of subsidiary innovations , many of which have been one off or flourished only for a time . |
| 23 | So the 1980s has seen a betrayal of primary health care at the very same time as more and more lip-service has been paid to the idea . |
| 24 | Dai Hudd said : ‘ We would have much preferred that this initiative happened before the downturn in defence markets , which has seen a haemorrhage of jobs from the North-West . |
| 25 | But first John Major 's , and now Norman Lamont 's , tenure at the Treasury has seen a resumption of a policy that is inimical to both the industry 's and the Government 's long-term interests . |
| 26 | The past 30 years has seen a continuation of the break-up of the old landlord and tenant system . |
| 27 | Compared to previous years 1993 has seen a flurry of activity , with a medley of reports and debates on issues such as the economic impacts of hosting international facilities , returns on research and development spending , and various reviews of government expenditure , including the funding of the Government 's own research facilities ( see related item on Warren Spring , p4 ) . |
| 28 | Appearing during a period that has seen a stream of reassessments of the discovery and development of penicillin , Gordon 's work is his fictional version of the same episode — together with some real events and characters . |
| 29 | THIS year has seen a procession of visiting Senegalese acts . |
| 30 | The accident was one of the worst on the A420 which has seen a catalogue of crashes and a safety campaign from residents . |