Example sentences of "see [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 I refused to see my counsellor for almost a month .
2 One Sunday morning , about a week after I had seen my dad for the second time , I was lying in bed when I heard voices in the street below .
3 I 've only seen my daughter-in-law for three minutes since I got the news .
4 I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’
5 I have n't seen my husband for six months .
6 I have n't seen my family for three years , not since they left .
7 I have n't seen her handwriting for so long that I can hardly remember what it 's like .
8 ‘ Victoria has n't seen her father for months .
9 ‘ But I know some people have felt so miserable they have seen their doctor for some medicine and have been told that the fumes are the likely cause of their symptoms .
10 ‘ The state some of these old boys let their bodies get into , old Fred there ai n't seen his dick for ten years . ’
11 A British audience will not have seen his work for more than twenty years , although he was included by his earlier art in the Tate Gallery 's ‘ St Ives ’ exhibition of 1985 , and the new works , delicately constructed and monochromatic in colour , will be a happy surprise .
12 Robert Bolt , the eminent playwright who had produced A Man For All Seasons and had just seen his screenplay for Lawrence of Arabia completed , wanted Ken for a Puck-like part for his forthcoming play , Gentle Jack .
13 I have n't seen your family for months .
14 I have n't seen your family for months .
15 I have n't seen your family for months .
16 I have n't seen your family for months .
17 I have n't seen your family for months .
18 These will be offered to you when you first register with a doctor or if you have not seen your doctor for some time .
19 The man behind the final stages of the planning was the then Deputy Chairman of the Board , Mr J M Woolf , CB , a great advocate for and a frequent visitor to the cutters who had seen our need for more sophisticated and faster boats .
20 NEWSAGENTS have rejected a move which would see them campaign for the restoration of capital punishment .
21 Of late , we have seen the appearance of league tables for schools — soon we will see their counterpart for other council services — which will then be combined to produce composite indicators .
22 Sister was off duty , but the staff nurse , a big , auburn-haired girl with freckles , agreed to let Juliet see her mother for a few minutes .
23 Fred could see her hatred for the man showing plainly on her face , and he thought of Nellie 's closing words which kept running around inside his head .
24 ‘ Very well , Mr Hyde , ’ said the lawyer to himself , ‘ I will find you , and I will see your face for myself ’
25 She gave him that chill , remote look which she now knew infuriated him , and felt a fierce satisfaction to see him struggle for self-control .
26 After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised .
27 The bat flitted so low that I saw its silhouette for a brief moment against the Milky Way .
28 Labour Party leaders , meanwhile , saw their plan for new industrial laws overwhelmingly endorsed at the party conference in Brighton .
29 One day , in Times Square , Dustin looked up and saw his face for the first time on a billboard .
30 He saw his programme for encouraging visual education as part of a broader creative pattern to further children 's total learning .
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