Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] see [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Director of the Kenya Wildlife Service , Dr Richard Leakey , commented that : " We do not want to see ivory having a commercial value , because if it has , people will continue to steal it . |
| 2 | I do not wish to see reconstruction through bankruptcies . |
| 3 | People do not like to see land set aside , with someone appearing not to be doing very much with the land set aside and getting paid for it . |
| 4 | You 've grown into a very beautiful young woman , Alice , and I do not like to see beauty wasted . |
| 5 | ‘ I do not like to see fear in a woman 's eyes , especially a woman who places so much value in equality . |
| 6 | I do n't remember seeing Imogen looking anything but glamorous . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't like to see destruction and waste . ’ |
| 8 | This resulted in farce : ‘ I have never forgotten seeing footage of a British manager which began on his moccasined feet , wafted over his monogrammed door mat , and ended up opposite the sofa on which lounged five of his charges , scowling greasily ’ . |