Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think a lot of the time , they are trying to see what they can get away with . |
| 2 | And just when they are beginning to see a potent combination developing with Mark Bright — with Chris Waddle to provide the crosses and John Sheridan to scheme openings from behind . |
| 3 | The opening of Sonnet 148 again criticizes his own powers of sight and discrimination : It is not only a failure in perception : as we have seen in 152 , the eyes were merely agents or instruments of the will or judgement , from which self-deception flowed , forcing the organs of perception to see what they are told to see ( as in the political conformity enforced in George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four ) . |
| 4 | Old Hewlett-Packard Co hands say that back in their day Lew Platt never looked to be a contender for the presidency : they are gratified to see him elevated since he came up on the Unix side and wonder how much should be read into that . |
| 5 | Through that system they learn a lot about agriculture and the farm stock as well as technology skills and when they make a farm visit are well prepared for what they are going to see . |
| 6 | — To generate the language of description by setting students the task of describing a character or a place they are going to see . |
| 7 | It talks about the heathen being astounded and being envious and jealous because they are going to see peace and harmony and happiness and this is what we are looking forward to this is why we 're not mourning , why we 're not you know all upset because we know this is going to come . |
| 8 | The win secured Portadown 's place in the next stage of the competition and they are expected to see off Ballymena on Saturday in their final section game . |
| 9 | ‘ They are paying to see the bridal garter , ’ Gaston explained with amusement . |
| 10 | Although Anna 's family have welcomed the resignation , they 're determined to see a change in the bail laws . |
| 11 | They 're coming to see if we have though . |
| 12 | A few people make the mistake of thinking that just because we have a politician on the programme , they 're going to see Weekend World , but that 's not our brief . |
| 13 | They 'd just watch , thinking , ‘ Oh , they 're going to see my daughter . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ My men are outside — they 're going to see what it is . ’ |
| 15 | They look at this in customs , they 're going to see a death 's head , and they 'll know . ’ |
| 16 | Before the match begins they 're going to see the Falcons fly . |
| 17 | They 're going to see the football |
| 18 | tt and Thursday they 're going to the luxury end , they 're going to they 're going to see Paul and John |
| 19 | Well at least they 're going to see each other again . |
| 20 | GUIL : They 're waiting to see what we 're going to do . |
| 21 | They 're waiting to see you . |
| 22 | Now they 're waiting to see if humans will respond . |
| 23 | They 've broken free and they 're turning to see what kind of creatures called them out of their enchanted sleep . |
| 24 | Erm it was the way they sort of checked all the way round the car park as if they were looking to see which would be the best . |
| 25 | They then said to their Dad that although they missed their Mum very much indeed , they were beginning to see that their Dad needed them around to have people to talk to about their Mum , and so now they were asking Jesus to make sure nothing else awful happened . |
| 26 | ‘ Thus , ’ as J. A. Burrow remarks , ‘ as Duke Humphrey 's guests worked their way through this very unpenitential fish banquet , they were invited to see in it the four courses of their own life 's feast . ’ |
| 27 | They were summoned to see Miss Rudge who took a dim view of the episode . |
| 28 | Around 25 per cent of those gathered will be distracted anyway ; they may be upset by their home situation ; concerned by some event which occurred on their way in ; confused by the absence of someone they were expecting to see . |
| 29 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 30 | Whilst they were waiting to see the magistrate , Richard Baxter spoke kindly to Mr. Keting regarding the needs of his soul , which , ‘ his conscience did not well digest ’ . |