Example sentences of "[noun] to see [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was too deeply into the part to see anything outside the stage . |
| 2 | I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters . |
| 3 | It seems a shame to waste the opportunity to see something of the country . ’ |
| 4 | Immediately beyond the church and school the road has a less steep section , and soon passes a small cheese dairy where , depending on circumstances of the season , there may be an opportunity to see something of the work that is typical of this type of country . |
| 5 | This chapter is an account of the process and is an attempt to see it from the family 's perspective . |
| 6 | ‘ I buy enough marmalade at local fayres to see me through the year . |
| 7 | She did n't care about anything ; she just wanted Meredith to see her on the back of the Prince 's white charger . |
| 8 | I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend |
| 9 | I was on my way to Glen Nevis with enough gear to see me through the night . |
| 10 | She struggled to her feet to see him to the door . |
| 11 | These were the children some of the teachers looked down on because they came to school with unmended holes in their jumpers , or no proper shoes , only canvas sandshoes to see them through the winter . |
| 12 | He was much respected for his knowledge of golf courses , but was a throwback to the days when caddies wore old macs or tweed overcoats , slept rough in the summer , and in October committed a misdemeanour mild enough to ensure six months in jail to see them through the winter and send them out sobered up and refreshed for the new golf season . |
| 13 | ( Do you concentrate on a large or small area of the brain ; if the latter , which one , if the site of the clock has not been established beyond all doubt ? ) ( a ) Do you follow one person only throughout your observation time(s) or choose , instead , a single place to see which of the family , if any , are there ? ( b ) If you choose to observe a single place , then do you study a place that is large or small , say , the front garden , a single- room , or the exit at the end of the drive ? ( c ) If it is a single room , which one ? |
| 14 | They 've turned down several lucrative offers to reform in the past , but feel that now is the time for fans outside London to get a chance to see them in the flesh . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It will please the Colonel to see them at the breakfast-table in the morning , ’ I-said . |
| 16 | Her parents travelled home in the first week of October leaving her with fields enriched by the presence of a few dozen sheep and enough advice to see her through the cow 's first calving and the sow 's first litter . |
| 17 | Could I make an appointment to see her at the Education Office to sort out the dinner money debts once and for all — hopefully . |
| 18 | You gave me to understand that even if you had not had your accident you would almost certainly not have come to France to see him at the end . ’ |
| 19 | It was then the turn of the Americans to see themselves as the party whose imperative task it was to rescue a friend from the consequences of her own folly . |
| 20 | County cricketers were paid for the summer and only the best were given a reduced wage to see them through the winter . |
| 21 | If only Craig was at her side it would be so different , she needed his strength to see her through the ordeal , not only of the funeral but of the days and weeks that were to come . |
| 22 | Senada and her children , Mevlida ( 16 ) , Sanel ( 15 ) , Saliha ( 12 ) and Jasmina ( 11 ) , now have changes of clothes to see them through the week , cash in their pockets , and the run of Bob 's kitchen and store-cupboards , which were pre-stocked with macaroni and pasta for their arrival . |
| 23 | It was such a surprise to see him on the beach like this . ’ |
| 24 | Midge Ure was playing for nothing , just a few beers to see him through the evening . |