Example sentences of "to see [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went to see them horses remember ? bloody screaming ! |
| 2 | Angie Bowie : ‘ The Christmas before recording ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , I had flown back home to see my parents . |
| 3 | I was allowed to see my parents only three times a week . |
| 4 | I looked out of the window to see my parents , attempting to repair the temporary lean-to , which was used until our garage was built . |
| 5 | I had three a year and of course in between times you go we had quarter fare if we want to go anywhere , you see and er of course it was the old money in those days and I would come from Ipswich to see my parents here for sixpence halfpenny then and er , you see , I used to go on holiday alone . |
| 6 | ‘ I cried because I knew when I walked out on Ramsay Street , it would be a hundred times more difficult to see my friends , ’ she confessed . |
| 7 | No-one 's too old to learn , and it 's a good excuse to see my friends and exchange a bit of gossip . ’ |
| 8 | The brave youngster , from Manchester , said : ‘ I 'm going home to see my friends . ’ |
| 9 | In September 1938 , when I was sixteen , I went back to my native country for a holiday ; partly because 1 wanted to see my friends in štanjel , and partly so that I could visit my uncles , aunts and cousins on my mother 's side of the family in Mavhinje . |
| 10 | to see my fingers counting themselves , dancing . |
| 11 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 12 | ‘ There was a scene where I wanted to keep my clothes on and I told Adrian ‘ They do n't have to see my breasts in every shot , do they ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ To see my horses , ’ said Alejandro . |
| 14 | I had n't come all this way to see my sons turn into doctors . |
| 15 | I enjoyed Niall Dickson 's article ‘ Capital punishment ’ ( Body Politic , October 28 ) and was especially pleased to see my views accurately represented . |
| 16 | I heard hoof beats and opened one eye to see my attackers run back into the trees , two of them not moving as quickly as they would want . |
| 17 | ‘ I like to see my women with long beautiful hair . ’ |
| 18 | Did you , so you did n't tell him I 'd like him to see my paintings ? |
| 19 | It used to be his main ambition to see my knickers . |
| 20 | And my , my granddad was telling me to see my eyes . |
| 21 | She added : ‘ Sometimes I wanted desperately to go home , to see my sisters . |
| 22 | I wanted to see my shares |
| 23 | Daddy having recently popped it , my wife was comfortably off in her own right , and she did a deal by which , in exchange for her making no financial demands on me , I would make no attempt to see my daughters ever again : the corrupting influence was to be kept away . |
| 24 | Do you think I want to see my kids turning tricks for a smear of white powder ? ’ |
| 25 | I want to see my babies . ’ |
| 26 | He told the BBC : ‘ I would like to see my children marry an Afrikaner . ’ |
| 27 | B : quite often + about once a month + actually ++ I come up to see my children |
| 28 | I want to see my children . |
| 29 | I ca n't afford to work and I ca n't afford to see my children . |
| 30 | He then asked to see my legs . |