Example sentences of "see what [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And we always let our prospective stallions have five mares when they are two years old so we can see what type of stock they throw .
2 I did n't see what kind of weapon it was that caused the injury . ’
3 One can see what sort of benefit would have been taxable if the courts had decided that a tax charge could arise .
4 I had some dim idea that I should see what sort of creatures these whores were , so that I might find out what I was .
5 Anyway , we 'll see what erm we 'll see what sort of timing there is , okay ?
6 Then area officials would see what sort of pattern was emerging .
7 When tapes come into me I have a listen to the beginning and end of them all to sort of see what sort of quality they are
8 It is hard to see what kind of claims might reasonably be made about linguistic variation expressed as average scores of groups such as these ( an additional difficulty being the abstract and contentious nature of social class labels ) .
9 I joined the said list earlier this week , just to see what kind of shite was going on there .
10 Like slicing into pastry , Léonie thought : to see what kind of pie you 'd got .
11 If I had been a marquis , I felt , I would still have been in bed or perhaps just parting the curtains and peering out to see what kind of day it was But Lord Hulton worked all the time , just about as hard as any of his men .
12 They 've broken free and they 're turning to see what kind of creatures called them out of their enchanted sleep .
13 Our project questions the validity of that approach and its underlying concepts and aims to see what kind of picture emerges when its emphasis is reversed .
14 Feedback to groups can help the members to see what kind of role they played in the proceedings .
15 We knew very little about these last clients of the season except that they were two attorneys and a proctologist , all from Georgia and all vacationing with their wives , and we also knew that one of the wives was a vegetarian and that the proctologist hated pasta , but beyond that our guests were utter strangers and so we waited nervously to see what kind of people would be our companions and paymasters for the next week .
16 To see what kind of animals there was next .
17 For , when she had woken up , rather late that morning , her usual brightness had been replaced by a quiet , sinking unhappiness , and instead of getting straight out of bed and opening the curtains to see what kind of weather was there , she had huddled down between the sheets , reluctant to face anything .
18 It would be interesting to see what state of preservation she is in , always assuming that the Manchester Natural History Museum had her properly encoffined .
19 So , we did n't have time to study them to see exactly where they are , to see what relationship between congress , the C E C and the sections .
20 When it comes to abusing parliamentary procedure , I fail to see what point of order the hon. Gentleman was seeking to make .
21 He looked out of the window to see what sort of day it was .
22 G. accepts his suggestion and leaves , observing that he will be back fairly soon to see what sort of progress has been made .
23 It should begin to open up negotiations with the statutory services which come under the SAD umbrella to see what sort of progress should be made on this .
24 We have a short paper which I ask people coming for a job to read through , and then I ask some questions to see what sort of person they are .
25 I turned round to see what sort of bastard it was .
26 ‘ There is no need to be ashamed , ’ he said to himself , getting up off the bed and making his way to the door to see what his native Forest looked like in daylight and to see what sort of world it was where a man could be free and alone and full of shame .
27 And so it would be most interesting to see what sort of patent you can come up with for policy , and and and and and and we 'll see just just how you 'll meet that .
28 It is revealing , therefore , to see what sort of people are thought to fit the bill in these places .
29 In the bus going to the airport she looked around her to see what sort of people went to Rome in April .
30 Young girls would come to her to have their fortunes read , to see what sort of husbands they would get , the number of children they would have and so forth , all of which circumstance she would signify by movements of her hands and fingers .
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