Example sentences of "a [noun] to see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I think probably I would support the recommendation as it stands because I do think that we need to have a trial to see if the end performance , and I very very much support the idea of the end performance , er in district . |
| 2 | But lasting influence depended not only on some form of regular , close contact , but equally crucially on a sense of affinity , of common inheritance and character , which allowed a grandchild to see in a grandparent a model for his or her own development . |
| 3 | But they are greedy plants where space is concerned , and it grates a bit to see all that wasted ground around them when they are first planted out . |
| 4 | She moved her mouth about a bit to see if she could find her tongue . |
| 5 | She said , ‘ I 'm going out for a bit to see Dickie . ’ |
| 6 | Eventually the committee agreed to defer a decision to see if the school could team up with neighbouring villages to boost numbers . |
| 7 | We went across a large lake and then took a hike up a trail to see some old steam engines and lots of parts strewn about ; the trains were once used to transport the logs . |
| 8 | It 's more of a trick to see if we can get artistic freedom within a business structure — to see if we can create things and sell them without charging five times our cost . ’ |
| 9 | After being promoted to Sergeant-Major , Cottle was summoned before a board to see if he were officer material . |
| 10 | just so can we get back to research about beginners because I 'm worried about how much there is on the tape and you 're about to drive to Pitlochrie erm basically you have to define a beginner to see what they want to do |
| 11 | And it had on painted hose of black and white , so cunningly painted that no man who saw them would have thought but that they were grieves and cuishes , unless he had laid his hand upon them ; and they put on it a surcoat of green sendal , having his arms blazoned thereon , and a helmet of parchment , which was cunningly painted that every one might have believed it to be iron ; and his shield was hung round his neck , and they placed the sword Tizona in his hand , and they raised his arm , and fastened it up so subtilly that it was a marvel to see how upright he held the sword . |
| 12 | He spoke in stories or parables , so that the simplest might understand if they had a heart to see and hear . |
| 13 | It was such a tonic to see her . |
| 14 | And I had this strange image of myself and Frankie Vaughan sitting in her front room , spinning a coin to see who went first . |
| 15 | Well , I have a fancy to see it , and I think we might take a look on our way home . ’ |
| 16 | My father come up to school , he come up there on a bike to see the schoolmaster and get me out to get a load of hay home . |
| 17 | You do n't have to be a Christian to see the truth in that . |
| 18 | He used a flash to see what he was doing . |
| 19 | ‘ There are some parts of London which are necessary and others which are contingent ’ is quite a good joke , though perhaps you would have to be a philosopher as well as a Londoner to see the point of it . |
| 20 | They do have considerable advantages though , and it 's worth giving them a try to see if they suit you . |
| 21 | I go up to the counter and have a look to see what they got to eat . |
| 22 | ‘ The main problem is that some of my bones are crumbling and doctors have got to have a look to see what they can do for me . |
| 23 | Have a look to see whether these things apply to you — it is not a test . |
| 24 | Now let us take a look to see what the future might hold . |
| 25 | We will have a look to see if you was watching or giggling with your mate next door . |
| 26 | We 'll have a look to see if you 're right in a minute . |
| 27 | That , just have a look to see if it looks okay . |
| 28 | Well let's have a look to see what we 've got . |
| 29 | From the fence I surveyed the area , sneaking a look to see if Shelly was lying in the window . |
| 30 | I have a look to see what I might wear today . |