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Example sentences of "he [vb past] see the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He lived to see the headquarters of the organization to which he had devoted his life established in purpose-built premises on the site at the National Water Sports Centre .
2	Author of The Road to Serfdom , published — impossibly ill-timed — on the eve of Labour 's great victory in 1945 , he lived to see the crumbling of communism ; the destruction , as no doubt he saw it , of collectivism 's inner citadel .
3	Deteriorating eyesight compelled him to give up painting in 1975 , but he lived to see the beginning of a major revival of his reputation .
4	When he opened his eyes , the taste of blood sharp in his mouth , he expected to see the assassin disappearing into the shadows of the park , but the bizarre Mr Pie was standing at the kerb looking back at him .
5	He asked to see the images in the church , of which there was so much talk .
6	He asked to see the officer involved in the investigation of the earlier charge .
7	He asked to see the horse and they took him to the stable .
8	And presently revulsion gave way to indifference : he ceased to see the flaunted female bodies of advertisements and magazines because they had nothing to do with him , they were irrelevant .
9	Never one to sit behind a desk if he could help it , he tried to see the battle front for himself , and was severely wounded .
10	Perkin knew it was I who had remembered that the floorboards should have floated , and on Monday he 'd seen the plank on the dining-room table and heard Doone and me talking in close private consultation .
11	He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them .
12	No , not some fanatical carp angler frightened of someone looking in his bait box , but carp that mouthed a bait and spat it out before the angler could strike — if he 'd seen the bite , that is .
13	He had a microphone in his hand and his eyes were set way back in his head , as if he 'd seen the Lord once too often .
14	‘ He said he 'd seen the film once an' did n't want to see it agen . ’
15	‘ And Doyle never referred to the fact that he 'd seen the Asian girl near to Charlie 's ? ’
16	He 'd seen the change that had come over Chantal since the news that Philippe was still alive .
17	I did n't think he 'd seen the lad on the floor .
18	He 'd seen the walls of reason built against it , brick by brick .
19	He 'd seen the face of Hapexamendios Himself , and half-crazed by the sight had been unable to resist the summons , and the binding , when it came .
20	‘ Well , maybe he 'd seen the error of his ways , ’ I said lamely .
21	He 'd seen the movie .
22	They wanted to surprise him by jumping out and saying ‘ Happy birthday ! ’ after he 'd seen the presents .
23	He 'd seen the stuff that was pitched at them through advertising .
24	It was some kind of a medical thing ; he 'd seen the bracelets before , and this was just another variation .
25	It was on the pier at Stranraer that he 'd seen the man first , in the shed where they searched the cars .
26	Cormack had been swinging on the bar stool , fingering his wallet because Amanda 's appetite for food and drink had made his credit cards nervous , when he 'd seen the man in the raincoat in reception and the beer had spilled over his hand and left wet stains on the varnish for the boy to polish away .
27	But he 'd seen the advert in The Oxford Mail , and the prospect of an Open Day at Didcot had proved irresistible .
28	His eyes looked across to Morse 's : ‘ And he said he 'd seen the Torbay Express at Didcot , did n't he ?
29	He 'd already he 'd seen the bags going up and he 'd already got that in his head .
30	Earlier he said he 'd seen the driver leaning across to the left , perhaps to adjust a radio and that the children were fairly active in the back .