Example sentences of "[vb infin] to see [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 2 | You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ? |
| 3 | She now hopes that the world will no longer expect to see her on the arm of her husband , hugging or kissing him in public , behaving like a loving wife . |
| 4 | I did n't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night . |
| 5 | We 're talking about a lot of money here , that has been spent , and has continued to be spent , and the sooner we get it sorted out the better , and I 'd like to see it on the agenda of the next budget review committee , which would prior to the policy committee , I believe next , and so we could perhaps augment er , Mr 's report with some findings of our own . |
| 6 | If the three volumes had a thematic heart ( in fact their whole method defies centralisation ) one might like to see it in the dialogue of Legolas and Gimli , walking through Minas Tirith at III , 149 , and looking at the masonry . |
| 7 | We would obviously like to see ourselves as the organ of a revolutionary party , however embryonic it may be . ’ |
| 8 | Do I try to see it from the laibon 's point of view ? |
| 9 | In short , they should establish the kind of position in which they would wish to see themselves at the end of that period . |
| 10 | I asked the governor whether I could have a visit in the probation department so that Karen did n't have to see me in the gym with everyone else and I could talk to her a bit more intimately . |
| 11 | It takes imagination and a lot of practice to read a play to yourself in the same time as it would take to see it on the stage . |
| 12 | The public would still pay to see them at the cinema . |
| 13 | They stood talking a long time at the crossroads before separating but he did n't offer to see her over the weekend . |