Example sentences of "to see [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think you have to see what the system is and then see how you get it to work for yourself . |
| 2 | She pushed it off , rose and went to look out of the window to see what the weather was like . |
| 3 | Half the faces in the stalls were turned the wrong way , trying to see what the fuss was about in the back row . |
| 4 | Then she 'll open the curtains and look out to see what the weather 's like , and then she 'll say summat like ‘ How about a walk , Billy ? ’ or ‘ Jigsaw weather today , hen . ’ |
| 5 | The TA course 's patrolling is coming on well and the visitor has moved on to see What the junior intake is doing . |
| 6 | ‘ We want him to see what the reality is , compared with the tabloid myth , ’ said a party organiser . |
| 7 | The Private Secretary — Michael Marsden , he remembered with an effort — signalled them from the door and McLeish moved forward , keen to see what the kingpin of this row of skittles looked like . |
| 8 | I had slept in the bedroom myself not so many years before , and in the first light of morning had got up to see what the village might have looked like before the traffic came and before the stone walls had been breached . |
| 9 | ‘ I came to see what the Romans were doing , ’ I explained . |
| 10 | We relaxed for an hour with a cup of tea and Otley switched the magic box on to see what the world was up to . |
| 11 | To see what the means , you really have to go to one of the national UFO events , something like The Phantoms Of The Sky conference , which took place in Sheffield this summer . |
| 12 | After breakfast , cheered and strengthened by his new resolution , Mungo went into the yard to see what the earlier commotion had been . |
| 13 | Stanley lowered his habitual newspaper to see what the exchange was about . |
| 14 | During the next few weeks over 15,000 East Germans visited the tunnel to see what the ‘ capitalist warmongers ’ were up to . |
| 15 | Curious , she went over to see what the paper said . |
| 16 | Turning her head round to see what the pain could be , Pepita had seen the spider scuttle back into the crate from which she had been thrown with the bananas . |
| 17 | Test the kitchen cold tap fully opened to see what the flow and pressure is like . |
| 18 | If you want to install a burglar alarm , however , ask the police which company they recommend ; if you inherit one , then examine the service agreement carefully to see what the charges are , what it covers and what notice is required if you wish to terminate it . |
| 19 | Get a book published — that is hard enough — or a TV play produced and it 's straight to the newspapers to see what the critics say . |
| 20 | This is not only because it has a weak case — as we show elsewhere ( this issue , p 76 ) , there are certainly some doubts about the validity of the CEGB 's claims that Sizewell B will reduce the cost of electricity in England and Wales by allowing the board to burn less coal — but also because it is difficult to see what the inspector can say about economics when he comes to writing his final report . |
| 21 | It is instructive to see what the reviewer in The Planner thought of it |
| 22 | First , to diagnose it correctly , second to locate exactly where the weakness in understanding is and third to do the necessary homework on it — that is to examine the matter to see what the truth of the situation is . |
| 23 | I went along to see Ray Talbot , of Norfolk-based The Real McKoi , to see what the trends might be for the coming pond season . |
| 24 | Her mother had not noticed the incident and only turned to see what the matter was when Joyce began to scream . |
| 25 | It 's hard to see what the aim is . |
| 26 | By this time she was out of bed and Charlotte was running upstairs to see what the commotion was about . |
| 27 | This brought the chucker-out to see what the commotion was about , but luckily he could n't tell what row it had come from because the old woman snatched me up by the hem of my frock and sat me on the seat . |
| 28 | Expecting the visitor to knock to gain admittance , the signalman walked towards the door to see what the visitor wanted . |
| 29 | His nephew , David Moores , is chairman at Liverpool but Everton are treading water , waiting to see what the future holds . |
| 30 | Sizewell B project manager Jim McFarlane told a meeting of the local community liaison committee : ‘ We believe the case for more nuclear power is irresistible but we have to see what the Government says before deciding whether to submit the C station application . |