Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , the council could have opted for a significant increase in the er I five allocation and to go on to see to identify a site in the local plan . |
| 2 | Sheepishly I fed the other meter , too , and slouched in to see my Alexander Technique teacher , who 's helping me to stand up straight . |
| 3 | Gabriel knelt up inside the cart and peered out to see what would happen . |
| 4 | Sorneone saw the open garage door and sneaked in to see what he could pinch . |
| 5 | ‘ I think you gave me one too , ’ I said , then , very gingerly , I straightened up and twisted round to see that Murder Cay was far behind us and well out of machine-gun range . |
| 6 | Well when the sirens went at the beginning , what few rifles we 'd got , he 'd er take us out and string we out along this brook , a rifle every so often and and facing one way and looking round to see when anything goes up and in case anybody come over or anything come over and er that was the initial start . |
| 7 | This and and looking round to see that you were working . |
| 8 | ‘ Aye , ’ I said , wiping my eyes with my sleeve and looking round to see that we were still alone . |
| 9 | Then , like a break in the rhythm of a fugue , I heard the Sheikha say ‘ Um Hamed ’ , and looking up saw Um Hamed and two of the women of her hareem walking through the court toward us . |
| 10 | Then we would tell her the same story , in the same words , like a folk-tale : the ride on the motorway , the meal in the restaurant , her going to sleep and waking up to see sheep on the Derbyshire hills . |
| 11 | And all I ken was that we got word that there was to be a school trip and that we were leaving I forget what tie in the morning , and going down to see the German ships . |
| 12 | I felt something wet on my leg and turned round to see a coffee stain spreading across a now ordinary hearth-rug and my fingers once more where they should be . |
| 13 | He put the phone down and turned round to see the whole family looking at him , open-mouthed . |
| 14 | He said he heard a car engine racing behind him and turned round to see headlights . |
| 15 | Unable to bear the suspense , Jess tucked her skirts under one arm and clambered up to see herself . |
| 16 | Then she 'll open the curtains and look out to see what the weather 's like , and then she 'll say summat like ‘ How about a walk , Billy ? ’ or ‘ Jigsaw weather today , hen . ’ |
| 17 | With the sexes thus reunited in the obscure origins of the word ‘ Hooligan ’ , let us pay a find visit in our tour of these troubled streets and pop in to see Mrs Jenkins and her family of Bean Street , South London , on the occasion or that fateful Bank Holiday . |
| 18 | If I had been a marquis , I felt , I would still have been in bed or perhaps just parting the curtains and peering out to see what kind of day it was But Lord Hulton worked all the time , just about as hard as any of his men . |
| 19 | At this point I could no longer contain my curiosity and rushed through to see what he looked like as he said it , thinking of all the teachers I know who would cherish these rare kind words . |
| 20 | He sheeted both sails hard in and glanced back to see the Zodiac lift high on the edge of a breaking swell . |
| 21 | What so what be p doing then , would be looking , assessing and anticipating that this might happen , and then easing off and an and holding back to see whether A , is he going to come out ? or B , is he going to steady ? |
| 22 | Then around eight we would get cleaned up a bit and drive over to see Nigel , a forty-mile round trip . |
| 23 | Vitally urgent and flying down to see us . |
| 24 | You start the weekend like a whirling dervish as you get jobs done in double quick time and rush around seeing people , making decisions and generally working wonders . |
| 25 | That she should just forget about her lessons and rush off to see your brother whenever she pleased ? |
| 26 | ‘ Suddenly a police van came round the corner and pulled up to see what was going on . |
| 27 | Avoid Blackgang Chine which is over-commercialised and continue on to see some of the other chines — dramatic fissures in the cliff faces — such as Whale , Walpen and Shepherd 's Chine . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Ianthe , ‘ I believe it 's a kind of beer — but how many people must have been strengthened and comforted by seeing that message shining out into the night . ’ |
| 29 | Like bundles of dirty old clothes — Jess thought irritably , and looked round to see who else was there . |
| 30 | He was aware of a small noise at his side and looked round to see Detective Inspector Kate Miskin looking , not at the corpse , but at him . |