Example sentences of "[vb past] see [noun prp] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet if Mosley came to see Lloyd George as a fellow economic radical , objections to the management of Irish policy divided them in the early 1920s . |
| 2 | They 'd seen Miss Lavant on the promenade and about the town , always walking slowly , sometimes with a neat wicker basket . |
| 3 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
| 4 | I decided I did n't want a toffee-apple any more , even though I 'd seen one with a great wedge of toffee stuck to the bottom , so I pretended I 'd seen Marie passing in front of the window and I ran out and shouted , " Wait on , Marie , I 've an important message for you . " |
| 5 | A masculine voice joined in the conversation , and they turned to see Dr Rafaelo at the door , with a broad smile on his face . |
| 6 | Four weeks later the partners returned to see Mr Barnes with the news that BCCI chief executive Swaleh Naqvi had admitted that false documentation had been prepared ‘ to deceive the auditors ’ , and that he had given information about loans to BCCI shareholders secured on CCAH shares . |
| 7 | On one of his visits to Beckenham , Pearson told him about a little girl neighbour , a Downs Syndrome child , who loved seeing Kenneth Williams in films or on television . |
| 8 | David managed to see Reggie Kray in prison . |
| 9 | As soon as I could I went to see Aunt Louise in her new home . |
| 10 | Shortly before his death , my father went to see General Nocenzi in hospital . |
| 11 | Have got today ( Monday 17th ) off ( yippee ! ) but have n't done much — slightly hungover from last night , I went to see Tex Mex with Ruth & Euan & some of their friends , the food was great , & so today had a long lie in then went to a few shops … which were n't open because it 's an Edinburgh holiday … |
| 12 | ‘ I went to see Mrs Prosser at the Swan , a pretty women dying I fear of consumption which she caught of her sister … |
| 13 | That evening , I went to see King Lear at the Old Vic , but I was unable to shake off my self-pity and I could n't for the life of me see what the old git was moaning about . |
| 14 | Finally Murphy went to see Mr Neal in the Magnet pub in Grangetown , Middlesbrough , but lost his temper and struck him twice on the head with the thin end of a pool cue , causing a cut . |
| 15 | ‘ When you went to see Mr Penver about the day-to-day running of the business , what did he tell you ? ’ |
| 16 | After one meeting , attended by 14 ministers , he went to see Mr Major as their spokesman . |
| 17 | The day after I walked out of the Times-Herald office I went to see Joe Hallonquist at his office in the Hammond Building . |
| 18 | She hesitated for a moment before saying , ‘ We went to see Eddie Brady on Thursday . ’ |
| 19 | In 1990 , after several years of enforced separation ( I was forbidden from leaving Russia for a quarter of a century ) , I went to see George Dionisovich in Athens . |
| 20 | Even if your parents did see Maria Whittaker in the buff , they would n't be able to recognise the blobby mess as human , let alone a nude woman ! |
| 21 | Cleo had seen Lady Claudia on her previous visit and had recognised the woman instantly as a merciless tyrant to whom prestige and dignity meant more than legal rectitude . |
| 22 | They had seen Miss Brady in the distance at Mass but they had never met her . |
| 23 | General Francis had seen Mr Remington-Hart on Monday . |
| 24 | Detective Inspector Gladding said a shopkeeper had seen Mr Garvey in Great Yarmouth 4 days earlier . |
| 25 | Paul did not mention that he had seen John Howie from the gallery of Savill 's . |
| 26 | She and her friend Annie Moberley believed that they had seen Marie Antoinette at the Petit Trianon ; they wrote a best-selling book about it , entitled An Adventure , which remains , even today , the subject of dispute . |
| 27 | A source at the meeting did not deny that Mr Havel 's candidacy was discussed , while Father Vaclav Maly , a leading Forum activist , said he wanted to see Mr Havel as head of state . |
| 28 | He wanted to see Mr Remington-Hart about some patient and to spend next Sunday catching up on ‘ cold ’ cases . |