Example sentences of "[vb infin] to see [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " 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 The reader should resist the temptation to think of the law as a closed set of rules and principles , and should strive to see it as a setting in which the business of politics and government is carried on .
3 ‘ We would expect to see him in a couple of warm-up fights , certainly someone in the top 10 , before he fights Mike Tyson again , if that is to happen , ’ said Morris .
4 You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ?
5 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 .
6 I did n't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night .
7 I would like to see them for the Falls .
8 I would like to see them for the Shankill .
9 He also said that he found his responsibilities ‘ a very great strain ’ , because his aunt was such a difficult , domineering person , and he would like to see her in a Home — partly because she needed more care and more company .
10 Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Do I try to see it from the laibon 's point of view ?
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 The public would still pay to see them at the cinema .
17 We do n't get to see them in the states so we have to come over here .
18 ‘ If he wants to kill you , why would he arrange to see you in a restaurant with the whole world looking on ? ’
19 All her fans , I 'm sure , would love to see her in the Sweetspot. come on , how could you resist such an ace player ?
20 They stood talking a long time at the crossroads before separating but he did n't offer to see her over the weekend .
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