Example sentences of "[noun pl] to see [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I buy enough marmalade at local fayres to see me through the year .
2 I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend
3 She struggled to her feet to see him to the door .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Midge Ure was playing for nothing , just a few beers to see him through the evening .
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