Example sentences of "see the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who never want to see the DOS prompt again can opt to have the Shell loaded each time the computer is turned on . |
| 2 | He would be sorry to see the service close . |
| 3 | Well the head lad was a , er the head lad had to see the head lad 's er , job was to be there first in the morning and the last off the place at night . |
| 4 | It must be a rare sight , even in this division , for spectators to see the home side knock in eleven goals in one match , but that is what the Alborne supporters witnessed last Tuesday night . |
| 5 | I should like to see the Home Office introduce what is called the side-handled baton . |
| 6 | ‘ To see the Hammond woman . ’ |
| 7 | I was in the habit of going in there each Sunday with my ( straight ) friend Kenny to see the horror double-bill . |
| 8 | The Taylors ' main aim is to make their guests feel very welcome and as committed Christians they are happy to see the Mount Hotel used as a retreat . |
| 9 | ‘ We would like to see the council address the issue seriously because it is affecting quite a lot of pensioners . ’ |
| 10 | Had it been a Saturday we should have stayed to see the cheese market . |
| 11 | Stand close enough to see the column form and you will probably be pelted with near-boiling water . |
| 12 | So we feel that it would be best to see the Helsinki process in all fields . |
| 13 | Shocked onlookers , in town to see the Milk Race , watched as detectives broke into the pub . |
| 14 | I am more than pleased to see the Tiller troupe remain . |
| 15 | To see the Tomlinson report as a question of London versus the rest would be a mistake and a missed opportunity . |
| 16 | Robert wheeled round to see the bearing face of Mr Mafouz . |
| 17 | He would be happy to see the Yu step into the gap left by the demise of the Ping Tiao . |
| 18 | Clients came in at 45p plus , only to see the share price drop rapidly to 18p , although it did later recover . |
| 19 | A foolish general might surround his Pump Wagon with friendly units only to see the machine crunch through his own lines in the first turn ! |
| 20 | Apart from the inputs and outputs described above this procedure checks whether each reference measure lies outside a certain percentage tolerance , checks for low-light conditions ( failure to see the reference card ) and checks on the current number of bad readings . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd love to see the winter garden . |
| 22 | An alternative way of looking at this phenomenon is to see the field official as a ‘ street-level bureaucrat ’ . |
| 23 | Blissfully unaware of the impending danger , Grant stood under the outer canopy of the treeline and eyed the cloud cover overhead , in time to see the moon slide out of sight . |
| 24 | Has my right hon. Friend had time to see the OECD report on unsatisfactory unemployment levels in France and the clear evidence that its minimum wage policy has served to make unemployment worse ? |
| 25 | Most of us have been taught to see the Davy lamp as a scientific advance in that it saved the lives of miners because it would burn without causing explosions in a methane-rich atmosphere . |
| 26 | The Hairflair stand attracted thousands of hair enthusiasts , all eager to see the January issue which we 'd printed especially early for the show . |
| 27 | And I 'd like to see the ice hockey team win the play offs as well . |
| 28 | ‘ You 'll need to see the clothing department as well , ’ she said . |
| 29 | This increased flexibility in the conceptual framework allows Freud to see the Nirvana principle alone as the principle which seeks the reduction , lowering or elimination of tensions , and the pleasure principle as seeking pleasure and avoiding pain . |
| 30 | Employing a night watchman was the solution to his problem , and so without delay Jack was sent to see the wharf manager , who felt that the sprightly-looking man who had served on the Khyber Pass would suit admirably . |