Example sentences of "[v-ing] see the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As pressure intensified , Mr Hurd contacted UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali , demanding to see the Cambodian representative to the UN . |
| 2 | ‘ They are paying to see the bridal garter , ’ Gaston explained with amusement . |
| 3 | So you 're going to see the orthopaedic people there care of casualty , B B C one . |
| 4 | At last people were going to see the real Dorothy , the real live woman behind that starchy old madam who 'd sat in the corner for all those years , hiding from the world in general . |
| 5 | She was most likely going to fix up about someone shutting the hens up for her instead of him , going to see the other boy . |
| 6 | Then a chance encounter with a man going to see the precious Blood at Wilsnak in the Duchy of Brandenburg determined her to accompany him . |
| 7 | In times of national emergency , it is reassuring to see the Territorial Army around . |
| 8 | Reverse as your right elbow touches your left knee , turning to see the left side . |
| 9 | Every woman in the church was waiting to see the young man 's face , and he knew it . |
| 10 | He went to the door , opened it and looked down the steps expecting to see the burly figure of the constable emerge and climb the steps to meet him , but to John 's surprise there was nobody at all . |
| 11 | He looked backwards expecting to see the rear gunner running up the fuselage to report that his gun had jammed . |
| 12 | We are only just beginning to see the first stirrings of a new debate on industry 's competitiveness . |
| 13 | It seems the industry is just not learning because we are continuing to see the same accidents we saw 30 years ago , ’ says John Summerscales , deputy chief inspector . |
| 14 | New Yorkers have already been flocking to see the high-tech film where they decide how to shape the quick-change plot by pressing buttons on a joystick . |
| 15 | His new-round reputation was also reflected in smart London society flocking to see the latest novelties from Australia — dead and alive — in the ornithologist 's house in Broad Street , as well as the number of subscribers willing to pay for his extravagant Australian publications , which would provide him with an income for the next 30 years . |
| 16 | Even so , with at least two American tournaments lacking name sponsors at the time of writing and the LTA 's anxious search for a company willing to take over the men 's autumn indoor event in Birmingham , are we , I wonder , starting to see the icy blow of reality infiltrating a sport which , for so long , has seemed immune from the impact of any recession ? |
| 17 | The week before last it put the full text of the initial complaint ( but not the expanded suit ) on UUNet ostensibly because so many were asking to see the exact wording . |
| 18 | The week before last , BSDI put the full text of Unix System Labs ' initial complaint ( but not the expanded suit ) on UUNet , ostensibly because so many people were asking to see the exact wording — see front page . |
| 19 | In the meantime , someone had found that there was some sort of balm that we could rub on his bum before the event , but an echo that I will tell you and I will never ever forget , I can honestly say that having witnessed that ordeal and experienced the aftermath , and having seen the vicious weals on Buster 's backside , I have never ever stolen a thing of any value since . |
| 20 | Having seen the general place of anthropological material in Marx and Engels 's writing , we can now look in a little more detail at particular works and their contents . |
| 21 | Ideally owners are looking for a snapshot or portrait model but the problem is that the modeller has to work without having seen the live model . |
| 22 | ‘ Fish to fry , ’ she joined with him , and rolled her eyes , having seen the awful pun — typical of Dad — coming just in the nick of time . |
| 23 | It is impossible after having seen the finest lady in the world not to wish to see her again . |
| 24 | I suggested to Ben that he might produce Grimes and Ben , having seen The Bartered Bride and , I think , enjoyed it , agreed . |
| 25 | It is hard to revise that opinion , having seen the early results . |
| 26 | Having seen the various statistics covering police forces throughout England , I find that the Liverpool Police Force costs more than any other … |
| 27 | A well-known tortoise , named Jonathan , lives in the governor 's garden on St Helena Island and was once famous for allegedly having seen the exiled Napoleon there . |
| 28 | The UN people in Cambodia , having seen the promised Khmer Rouge offensive fail to materialise , are publicly calm about the new threat . |
| 29 | That is what first tempted the UUP into the talks , but clearly they are now back-pedalling fast , having seen the nationalist alternatives , and are more inclined towards internal or integrationist solutions , without the Anglo-Irish Agreement . |
| 30 | Having seen the full extent of your naked charms , fair play decrees I reveal my own . ’ |