Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] see " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He tried to go to see the family , but the palace was surrounded by Bolshevik guards and Russian soldiers . |
| 2 | He has gone to see Madame Verveine at the nursing-home . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He has asked to see you , since you are still here . ’ |
| 4 | John Chant asked how the above was progressing and I explained that we have had initial draft typeset — he has asked to see a copy which I have passed to him today . |
| 5 | When he has not seen the man he has hoped to see , his long spine slackens and he falls back upon the red vinyl of the booth with his eyes closed and his foot shaking in a livid tic . |
| 6 | He needs to try to see the subtler reasons for this mood . |
| 7 | Officers went to Doncaster to interview a lorry driver after he reported having seen a young girl whose appearance was similar to Moira 's , in the company of two other lorry drivers the day after the Lanarkshire schoolgirl disappeared . |
| 8 | Officers interviewed a lorry driver in Doncaster after he reported having seen a girl who resembled Moira with two other lorry drivers the day after she disappeared . |
| 9 | He 'd wanted to see how everybody was . |
| 10 | It was almost as if he 'd stopped seeing Dad at all . |
| 11 | But it had taken bad ways and , by the time he 'd agreed to see the doctor , it was too late . |
| 12 | He transferred his observations of the commercialization of German ‘ light ’ music to the United States and found the trends confirmed and amplified in the mainstream music-industry production of the 1930s and 1940s ; indeed , he seems to have seen American popular music simply as a historical continuation of these trends , the line running from European operetta , revue and beer hall schmaltz to Tin Pan Alley , Broadway and Hollywood . |
| 13 | He decided to try to see Chris while he was still free during the day before starting work . |
| 14 | but he was , he was that tired but he would n't give in , he kept wanting to see what was going on |
| 15 | But he did remember seeing the two beggars . |
| 16 | He liked to sit seeing others , including the permanent secretaries , arguing in front of him . |
| 17 | To be recognized for some achievement in life lifted Dad immensely ; before Eva he had begun to see himself as a failure and his life as a dismal thing . |
| 18 | He had begun to see what he looked like to God , and now he was not in the least uninterested to hear what Jesus Christ had done about it . |
| 19 | When Picasso 's art became truly Cubist , in 1909 , he had begun to see solid forms in a new pictorial way , without the aid of linear or mathematical perspective . |
| 20 | She almost danced away , out of the door and into the sunlight , blithely leaving her horse to her brother whether he had intended seeing to it or not . |
| 21 | He had hoped to see the opening of the ‘ Ballymurphy Seven ’ trial , which involves alleged attacks on security forces , but said the trial date had been postponed . |
| 22 | He had arranged to see Diana the following day , Friday February 6 , at Windsor Castle . |
| 23 | He said he had wanted to see a national statistics council to act as a protective agency 10 years ago . |
| 24 | And what a trick Fate had played on him by putting the very qualities he had wanted to see in that son in a daughter . |
| 25 | He had wanted to see her again … |
| 26 | Her good humour somewhat restored , she stifled a laugh : however much he had wanted to see her again , Geoffrey 's enthusiasm had not lasted the course of the evening . |
| 27 | Archbishop Tutu said in a statement that he had asked to see the President in an effort to spell out what the white minority government must do to resolve South Africa 's political crisis . |
| 28 | She got out , and , after he had waited to see her enter the house , the car roared off into the night . |
| 29 | It had been the day he had gone to see about a job he had heard of for a general handyman who had some experience with animals . |
| 30 | Scotland he had gone to see , and Scotland they would receive from his eyes and words . |