Example sentences of "[verb] see the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing waiting in the yard , while another pony was being saddled , Gabriel asked to see the monastery chapel . |
| 2 | I had stopped seeing the nightmare shape when I shut my eyes but every so often the pigeon stirred just enough to keep me awake . |
| 3 | I expected to see the laurel leaf in the back you know |
| 4 | Those who never want to see the DOS prompt again can opt to have the Shell loaded each time the computer is turned on . |
| 5 | If you want to see the directory structure of a different drive , simply type : |
| 6 | They want to see the road plan sent back to the drawing board . |
| 7 | If we want to see the night sky , we have to leave the bright lights of the city behind and climb a darkened mountain . |
| 8 | Now she ca n't wait to see the end result , when Channel Four screens its adaptation of her best-selling novel early in the New Year . |
| 9 | He talked of his father 's psychic abilities and also of the way in which Alfred Watkins had come to see the ley mark points in terms of the old elements : fire , earth , air and water . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'll need to see the clothing department as well , ’ she said . |
| 11 | If the account is well run , you should not need to see the management supervisor often , but , to be serious , a valuable contribution may well be made to your business through his or her wider experience — a senior agency account director has usually acquired a very passable working knowledge of more different businesses than most middle managers ( at least ) in the agency 's client companies . |
| 12 | Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont has affirmed that he wants to see the rate drop to 2% , the Japanese level . |
| 13 | Never one to sit behind a desk if he could help it , he tried to see the battle front for himself , and was severely wounded . |
| 14 | Half-yearly results which are due to be published next week are expected to see the yard return to profitability . |
| 15 | Captain Woolridge on the Sir Robert Sale , rather further away , reported seeing the eruption column rising above the volcano : ‘ . |
| 16 | I should like to see the new Techniquest look out across a natural estuary that has seen the tide rise and fall for a million years . |
| 17 | Clinton 's long-time Arkansas-based aide Betsey Wright has seen the alliance work for a dozen years . |
| 18 | FILM director Woody Allen has seen the video tape his former lover Mia Farrow made of his daughter claiming he abused her . |
| 19 | H. On the fish docks at Hull a retired trawler skipper , Mr Grant , tells how he has seen the port change in his lifetime . |
| 20 | The acquirer should refuse finally to settle the terms of the warranties until it has seen the disclosure letter and disclosure material . |
| 21 | 1992 has seen the project list rise to number 60 and the 12 new projects have been varied and interesting . |
| 22 | One of us ( the teacher in role ? ) has seen the reward poster … |
| 23 | Now , as the son came to see the marble bust for the last time , court photographers crowded around to capture the poignancy of the son saying goodbye , presumably with a sense of terrible failure , to the father for whom he had never been good enough . |
| 24 | A large crowd came to see the rally start at White Waltham on a cold and windy March 25 last year . |
| 25 | Passengers wanting to see the duty doctor report and wait here . ’ |
| 26 | Leading Oxfordshire as ever we 're with the England amateur captain Phil Garner ; Phil , tomorrow 's match — with the weather unsettled , can we expect to see the spin attack of Rupert Evans and Ian Curtis turn the tables again ? |
| 27 | Shareholders can expect to see the disposal programme continue during 1993 . |
| 28 | On its own , this could prove a nice little facility for corporates to share their thoughts and ideas , but if Microsoft continues seriously to pursue the bottom-up , template approach , we can expect to see the bulletin board melded with the capabilities of electronic mail , Visual Basic and the company 's various database access tools . |
| 29 | She 'd firmly resisted her mother 's oft-repeated efforts to tempt her with the power-packed vegetable which she 'd seen the singing sailor-man so often greedily guzzle straight from the can . |
| 30 | His eyes looked across to Morse 's : ‘ And he said he 'd seen the Torbay Express at Didcot , did n't he ? |