Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | A. The fact of the matter is that medical examination is carried out to see if they have any communicable disease . |
| 2 | The theory being propounded here sees the global system as primarily a capitalist global system and the main forces in it as the transnational corporations , transnational capitalist classes and the culture-ideology of consumerism . |
| 3 | After the usual formalities , and the realisation that ‘ You 're British are n't you ? ’ the officer 's colleague was called up to see AutoRoute do its mapping marvels . |
| 4 | The landlady was going out to see the workers among her hay some miles down the glen ; her man-servant ( the Hermit of Glencoe ) drove , and she asked if I would come with them as far as they went . |
| 5 | ‘ A quarter of my time is spent directly seeing new and on-going clients , a quarter of my time at ward rounds , meetings , seeing other professionals , etc ; a quarter spent with support workers — either possible new ones or on-going workers ; and a quarter spent keeping records , fixing meetings , doing wages , etc . |