Example sentences of "see what was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
| 2 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
| 3 | At least he could then see what was said against him and , if necessary , make representations about that . |
| 4 | Do you see , do you see what was written on the olive oil bottle and it says it 's got polyunsaturates . |
| 5 | Think of how surprised the well-heeled audience beyond the velvet curtain would be if it could see what was going on back here , the last-minute mayhem that came of packing a dozen models and heaven only knew how many assistants , hairdressers , make-up people , and general , all-purpose ‘ gofers ’ into the cramped space that lay backstage at the Sala dell'Arte . |
| 6 | There is a famous story of Nilsson arriving at a rehearsal of his Metropolitan Ring as Brünnhilde with a miner 's lamp on her head : the conductor was well spotlit , but no one could see what was happening on stage . |
| 7 | In that you could see what was happening on the floor but it did n't show continuity of work which easily |
| 8 | It was attached to the monitor so the nurses could see what was happening to the baby and every time I had a contraction my stomach went rock hard so the belt dug into me . |
| 9 | She stood very still , her eyes closed , afraid he might see what was happening to her . |
| 10 | The tabloid newspapers decided it was their duty to reveal that Gatting had invited a barmaid to his hotel room during the Test match , and that he and other players had taken part in ‘ sex romps ’ with girls from the hotel ; though how the newshounds , scrabbling around in the bushes outside , could see what was happening in the rooms was not really clear . |
| 11 | When pressed by the defence on how he could see what was happening in the dark the man replied : ‘ I was reared without lights . |
| 12 | Speich was serious — being German but he was also serious because he could see what was coming over the horizon looked like a storm . |
| 13 | The others pushed on past him in the doorway , but they too stopped when they saw what was revealed on the other side of the windows . |
| 14 | ‘ Friends close to me probably saw what was written about me and the criticism I took from every angle . |
| 15 | In glancing down , she saw what was written on it : ‘ Lucenzo Salviati , Banco D'Oro ’ . |
| 16 | And then , with his face no more than a foot from her own , she saw what was wedged in his mouth . |
| 17 | As clearly as anyone he saw what was owing to the university of Cambridge . |
| 18 | I flew down and looked at the computer screens to see what was written on them , and they all said in huge letters … |
| 19 | I sought a subject , as I had done in the past , by looking at my TV screen to see what was going on the world . |
| 20 | Consequently , very little has survived and , apart from a late fourteenth-century rectangular oak coffin in the St Peter Hungate Church Museum at Norwich , and a c.1500 ossuary chest in Winchester Cathedral ( Col. 7 ) , excavated in 1958 from the site of the Carmelite Friary at Cowgate , Norwich , we have to turn our attention to illuminated manuscripts of the period to see what was provided at the close of the Middle Ages . |
| 21 | Busacher was so riveted by the bizarre sight that he failed to see what was happening with Georg and Suzi . |
| 22 | At the Redoubt Mr Major told the 2,400 troops including those from the Cheshire Regiment and Royal Engineers : ‘ I wanted to see what was happening on the ground and particularly to express my thanks to you for the work you are doing . |
| 23 | At the Redoubt Mr Major told troops including those from the Cheshire Regiment and Royal Engineers : ‘ I wanted to see what was happening on the ground and particularly to express my thanks to you for the work you are doing . |
| 24 | To his credit , Mr Allen did not go mad and even managed to find an Eskimo poet who returned from Copenhagen in the revolutionary year of 1967 to see what was happening in Greenland ( 'Nothing ’ ) . |
| 25 | Yet while Liz , the good daughter , the dutiful daughter , was taking a deep hot bath on New Year 's Eve before changing for her party , Shirley the rebel was serving up a hot meal for her mother in the old house in Abercorn Avenue before rushing back ( without appearing to rush ) to see what was happening in her own oven at home , where she was cooking a goose for her husband Cliff , his brother Steve and his wife Dora , her own mother- and father-in-law , and Dora 's Uncle Fred . |
| 26 | At the time ( I know it was seven years ago because that 's when I left for Edmonton where I met Michael ) I would always make sure I read the foreign page to see what was happening in Danu . |
| 27 | Because he sat at his desk from early morning until night he was not getting around to see what was happening among the ordinary people : and many of his henchmen were using their positions of power for personal or family advantage . |
| 28 | To the extent that he went further so as to suggest that in no circumstances could the speeches be looked at other than for the purposes of seeing what was said on a particular date , his remarks have to be understood in the context of the issues which arose in that case . |
| 29 | I caught an early edition , read about the ruckus , and thought I 'd better come home and see what was happening about the five grand . ’ |
| 30 | He seemed keen enough to go , to investigate the latest bands and see what was happening in music . |