Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I intended to pick up my car and come over to see you as soon as I 'd talked to Bertelli , but when I got back here Lorenzini had this message from up near the fort . |
| 2 | So the women got Anna to open her door and the prince was pushed forward and asked her pardon and promised never to see the French girl again and they had a great drama and Anna consented to be reconciled . |
| 3 | He was aware of a small noise at his side and looked round to see Detective Inspector Kate Miskin looking , not at the corpse , but at him . |
| 4 | Try and get over the bumps. as well that , I go into work and do n't see Teresa that often you 'd think she 'd have the money ready on Friday morning would n't you ? |
| 5 | Horsley passed the test and went off to see Thornton , who was still simmering and had nothing but dire warnings for him . |
| 6 | Well in the end she took a stack and went in to see Miss and Miss tried to change the subject , subj |
| 7 | Spend the morning doing some sightseeing , pop back to the ship for lunch and come in to see Timothy then ? |
| 8 | The man had been in the wood and had perhaps seen the animal cemetery . |
| 9 | When they said it was almost a certainty , I made an excuse and nipped out to see Purvis . |
| 10 | Then around eight we would get cleaned up a bit and drive over to see Nigel , a forty-mile round trip . |
| 11 | Most naturalists of my age just enjoyed wildlife of every kind and did not see the need for conservation until after the war when modern methods of farming made enormous changes in the countryside . |
| 12 | We just threw all the names into a big data base and sat back to see what the computer threw up . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I think we 're — ’ He broke off abruptly as Fenella let out a cry of purest revulsion and looked down to see the Melanisms at their feet , surging thickly upwards . |
| 14 | ‘ Aye , ’ I said , wiping my eyes with my sleeve and looking round to see that we were still alone . |
| 15 | ‘ I heard a bang and looked out to see a car parked directly opposite the house go away up the street . |
| 16 | But Mr Watson said that Mr Ross saw the briefcase from the corner of his eye and did not see Mr Garvey . |
| 17 | ‘ Bobby Moore and Jimmy Armfield , former England captains , were at the match and did n't see it the way Souness did . |
| 18 | Gabriel knelt up inside the cart and peered out to see what would happen . |
| 19 | Mum lifted the corner of the curtain and peeped out to see who it was . |
| 20 | We appreciate the dirt and muck and do n't see further . |
| 21 | ‘ Is there anyone you know who thought Mills was a traitor and cared enough to see him dead ? ’ |
| 22 | Spittals was still one inspector down on his personnel establishment and had not seen any evidence of progress on the Mills murder . |
| 23 | She replaced the phone on its rest and looked up to see Myra gazing at her , a concerned look on her face . |
| 24 | We provide an excellent service and do n't see any reason to change that . ’ |
| 25 | In many cases departments did not have an explicit policy on multicultural education and did not see it as something they should be forced to go into in their appraisal reports . |
| 26 | Twenty minutes into the game , he jolted a disc in his back and went off to see his replacement , Rob Wainwright , come on and make a name for himself . |
| 27 | Mrs Swales 's friends Liz Metcalfe and Gail O'Keefe said they were with her on the night and had never seen her assaulting Mrs Wilson . |
| 28 | The manager had watched Rangers play Dundee United at Ibrox last month and has therefore seen Walter Smith 's side put under pressure over two games — a two-goal lead having been lost in Glasgow before Ally McCoist eventually scored the winner . |
| 29 | I felt something wet on my leg and turned round to see a coffee stain spreading across a now ordinary hearth-rug and my fingers once more where they should be . |
| 30 | Sorneone saw the open garage door and sneaked in to see what he could pinch . |