Example sentences of "and see [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's bad enough looking through the new sections and the main articles and seeing nothing mentioned less than E4 , 6b . |
| 2 | Aunt Nessy had been upstairs , but hearing voices she came down , and seeing me ran towards me , as lightly and softly as a little bouncing ball , her eyes full of love and welcome . |
| 3 | Her mummy , drawn by the noise , ran out of the tent , and seeing what had happened put her arms round her to comfort her and took her back into the tent . |
| 4 | ‘ But I am very disappointed as I was looking forward to going to the West Indies and seeing what promised to be a great series . ’ |
| 5 | The judge knew this man of old : he was the pit-bull of the legal profession , attacking any weak spots with devastating precision , and seeing him ended the Judge 's faint glimmer of hope that he might just get home in time for the football . |
| 6 | I saw her twice between that Friday in Bamford and seeing her silhouetted on the blind on Christmas Day . ’ |
| 7 | He had forgotten all about his mother 's present and seeing it made him think even more of home . |
| 8 | I consciously look with the object of transcending the commonplace and seeing it transformed . |
| 9 | Just the actual joy of starting and , and seeing it transformed while |
| 10 | ‘ And they see us — and seeing us garbed thus , they grow ever more surly , refusing now to carry out all but the most basic tasks . |
| 11 | Contrary to instructions and tired of inactive waiting , they had decided to come and see what went on . |
| 12 | He had heard the commotion and roused himself from his noonday nap to come and see what had caused such an uproar . |
| 13 | So he looked behind himself and saw that the passage he had just come down was one of many , all wrinkled and wormy and dripping and tangled with roots , and he thought he could never find his way back so he must perforce push on and see what lay in store . |
| 14 | Her moment of complete despair had come when Doyle switched on the radio and sat down to wait and see what happened . |
| 15 | You could just drift and hang out and see what happened , which suited me fine , even more than being a Customs Officer or a professional footballer or a guitarist . |
| 16 | Something warned her that it might be better to wait and see what happened during her vacation and to contact Freddie when she returned , if she had anything worth relating . |
| 17 | You only have to look and see what happened in Germany when Beckenbauer retired , in Brazil when they lost Pele and Holland when they no longer had Cruyff . |
| 18 | Now she could only wait and see what happened . |
| 19 | He decided to wait and see what happened in the other rehearsals . |
| 20 | I thought I 'd go and see who attended . ’ |
| 21 | Polperro 's festivities fell five days later at St Peter 's Fair , and Quiller Couch beautifully described how a pile of tar barrels and wood would be built up on the beach for the entire village to gather around and see it lighted . |
| 22 | The grooms and Leslie Brown led the horses across from train to van and saw them installed and then , carrying holdalls , themselves trooped on to a bus which followed the horse-boxes away towards the racetrack . |
| 23 | But first , Nicholas walked uphill back to the manor with Loppe , and in the office there read the ledgers and saw what had been done . |
| 24 | Then he caught sight of the empties and saw what had happened and began laughing as well . |
| 25 | She looked into the circle of their cabal , and saw what had occupied them . |
| 26 | She spun on her heel and saw what had happened : the lead door had swung open — and inside , something was gleaming . |
| 27 | ‘ After getting out of the cab , I looked round and saw what looked like a car upside down on fire . |
| 28 | They turned the corner of the house and saw what looked like an outbuilding , only rather a smart one , painted white and with a tub of nasturtiums outside the open front door . |
| 29 | ‘ Jock ’ Hilton Barber was not flying on this date , and saw what happened from the ground : ‘ I was swimming when a battle started overhead . |
| 30 | Charles was out in front and saw what happened . |