Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to see [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sunday and they were , say they were going down to see her in hospital , I mean that 's terrible one arm and living on your own , I do n't know how she 'll manage
2 Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them .
3 Molly had the same feeling of doom she remembered when her father wrote to say he 'd be coming down to see her at school and would take her out to tea , so she could meet a ‘ new friend ’ .
4 Beefy is a hero to the thousands that turn out to see him through rain and shine as he marches down the south coast .
5 I had conceived my fictional , pastoral church within which I now spent so much of my time during an imaging session at the Centre , but I had yet to see it in reality .
6 Several modifications have been suggested , but unfortunately there was no snow for the Aviemore race so I 've yet to see it in action .
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