Example sentences of "to see [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Question mark , What that means is , four o'clock you go home , you pick the kids up from school , you take them all to MacDonalds , you all have Big Macs , yum , yum , then you go off to the pictures , and they all want to see Arnold Schwarzenegger blowing somebody 's head off , and you want to watch Bambi or whatever it is . |
| 2 | They had been to see La Boheme , at which Mr O'Hara had cried quite openly , and which Ellie had sat through dry-eyed , but with a breaking heart . |
| 3 | Daphne had indeed introduced her to Guy , only a few weeks before , when Daphne had persuaded her to make up a party to see La Boheme at Covent Garden . |
| 4 | One such occasion was Labor Day 1949 , when my parents went off on a holiday barbecue or picnic and deposited the three oldest toys — David [ eight ] , Johnny [ six ] and Alvin [ four ] — with a teenage black babysitter named Earl at the Ritz to see Li'l Abner [ the early black and white version , with Buster Keaton in a small part ] and I Married a Witch . |
| 5 | Hari turned to see Ben Jones smiling down at her , his cap in his hand . |
| 6 | I guessed he was going to see Ben Gunn , and thought the doctor was lucky to be walking in the cool shadows of the wood . |
| 7 | He was surprised to see Mrs Brocklebank and slightly more surprised to see Ben Brocklebank whom he had never absolutely believed in before , thinking him more an excuse than a man , someone Mrs B. sheltered behind when it suited her not to do something . |
| 8 | A party of Czech academics called in to see Middlesbrough Mayor Eddie Bolland yesterday . |
| 9 | At one end fast-medium bowler Hill-Wood vigorously shone the ball on his trousers , only to see Ian Peebles at the other end undo his work by rubbing the shine away in the dust . |
| 10 | Anyway … off Boy Bradshaw beetled to see Colonel Bumface … . ’ |
| 11 | She was able to see Colonel Crossley-Payne 's man at once . |
| 12 | The Trustees include widely experienced people and it is good to see Jim Hunter of Skye — crofting expert , historian and author of the definitive book The Making of the Crofting Community — heading the management committee for Torrin , which also includes the energetic national director , Terry Isles of Dundee . |
| 13 | She took one last glance at the window above to see Maria Luisa with her palms flat against the window-pane , desperately , mutely pleading with Ruth for help with eyes so full of pain that Ruth 's nerves nearly snapped . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Back in 1980 Geoff Yeadon had told Geoff Crossley that it was his ambition to see King Pot and the East Kingsdale Master Cave , linked to West Kingsdale and Keld Head . |
| 16 | He was taken to see General Rush Patterson , the US 7th Army 's intelligence chief who , without any fuss , took Gehlen to see General Eisenhower . |
| 17 | Shortly before his death , my father went to see General Nocenzi in hospital . |
| 18 | He was taken to see General Rush Patterson , the US 7th Army 's intelligence chief who , without any fuss , took Gehlen to see General Eisenhower . |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | Depart for Ko Kah to see Wat Phra Dhat Lampang Luang housing the only Emerald Buddha besides the one in Wat Phra Keo in Bangkok . |
| 21 | We went to see Colin Wakeham to ask him on whose authority he 'd run the competiton . |
| 22 | ‘ I assumed it was Pinder going to see Pamela Berry . ’ |
| 23 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 24 | Nowadays there are still tourist boats taking visitors to see Cabo Girâo or Machico or to swim in the sheltered coves , but Madeira now has a fine road network stretching to every small hamlet , whether it be on the top of a mountain or in the bottom of a valley . |
| 25 | " Jane , " he 'll ask as he signs an expense claim , Why did you invest in this trip to see Pierre Broger in Paris ? " |
| 26 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
| 27 | Below : Enthusiasts present at Rendcomb were pleased to see Fokker Triplane G-ATJM displayed by Robin Bowes . |
| 28 | Carole , who had fallen to the floor and was attempting to massage her husband 's knee , looked up to see Kenneth Baker himself in a camel-hair dressing gown , flanked by two men with guns . |
| 29 | ‘ People came to see Kenneth Williams and thought they would be watching a ‘ Carry On ’ . ’ |
| 30 | Mr Poole is to lead a delegation to Blackpool next week to see Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , who will be attending the Tory conference . |