Example sentences of "see [pron] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Colonel and John-William were both Justices of the Peace , often serving on the same Bench together , and although she had so far shirked inviting them to dine — the prospect of being alone with the Colonel 's lady frankly terrifying her — she was delighted to see them here today , feeling that their presence lent great distinction . |
| 2 | I suppose it 's probably because his time at Leeds coincided with the time when I used to go to see them most frequently . |
| 3 | ‘ I am a fairly lonely person — I do have friends but I do n't get to see them very often because of my unsociable shift work . |
| 4 | ‘ Mum gets a bit tired ; I go to see them as often as I can : it cheers Dad up , and Mum loves the children . ’ |
| 5 | I try to see them as often as I can . |
| 6 | because the second , third and fourth measures involve precise numbers rather than a vague expression of feeling , it 's tempting to see them as more useful and accurate . |
| 7 | My parents only live about five miles away and I try to see them about twice a week . |
| 8 | To see them together now it 's hard to believe that less than six months ago Tanya ’ Pret chen ska ’ from Russia thought of giving up her baby . |
| 9 | she 's coming to see me again soon . |
| 10 | Did I tell you Madeleine came to see me again shortly after you left ? |
| 11 | They hoped to see me very soon . |
| 12 | ‘ Ranulf the rat-catcher came to see me earlier today . |
| 13 | It is in weighing these up one against another — in balancing them and seeing them altogether cumulatively — that these criteria may become effective . |
| 14 | Although you see them on film , it 's not the same as seeing them actually there . |
| 15 | Since I had taken her from her people , I felt in some degree responsible for seeing them together again . |
| 16 | Seeing ourselves as less important than anyone else , or less worthy or deserving than others , is just another form of arrogance , disguised as humility or neurosis . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I seen you somewhere all right , ’ he said . |
| 18 | And for their inspirational captain and star batsman to see himself so early as a lonely figure of torment , when England will need his strengths in the weeks to come , does not bode well . |
| 19 | He looked at me as though he had seen me somewhere before , but I passed by with a curt nod . |
| 20 | You must have seen me often enough without them . |
| 21 | Do you have any of the peeler 's , they have a peeler one end and a knife the other , interchanging by the handle , I 've seen them here before . |
| 22 | She did n't realise , you see , that I had followed them , that I had seen them here together — and knew what they were planning . |
| 23 | I 've actually seen them only once — Lawrence and I wandered in there one morning– the torch beam just happened to fall on a clutch of them sitting tight on the wall , right by my ear . |
| 24 | Why had he never seen himself so clearly , he wondered ? |
| 25 | I though I 'd seen you somewhere before . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Seen you somewhere before , have n't I , squire ? ’ said a weary young man in a coffee-stained white jacket who was clearing the tables , without any great interest . |
| 27 | " I 've seen you here before , " the lady said . |
| 28 | I 've seen you very briefly in England and now here . |
| 29 | I have n't seen you too often . |
| 30 | ‘ He 'd have liked to have seen you more often . |