Example sentences of "who [vb past] see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the latter 's son Joseph , now about 55 , who lived to see the whole enterprise brought to a halt by the hostilities . |
| 2 | The Doctor who came to see the poor Doc ( a psychoanalyst and neurological specialist ) said that every neurotic case went back to the childish fear of the father . |
| 3 | However , the expense of welcoming and entertaining all the visitors who came to see the dolphin began to tax the modest resources of the town , and to destroy its quiet and peaceful character . |
| 4 | Yes , that was interesting , I mean several of the people who came to see the |
| 5 | ‘ She should n't drive a car , ’ said his Mum , who 'd seen the car out too . |
| 6 | Then , one night , on the phone , my close friend Astrid — who 'd seen the show at Farnham — said ‘ Why do n't you ask Denis ? ’ |
| 7 | NONE of the 27,310 who paid to see the Tennents Scottish Cup semi-final between Airdrie and Hearts at Hampden Park will wish to see a repeat of such numbing mediocrity in the replay tomorrow week . |
| 8 | The careful and precise manner in which these financial arrangements were laid down suggests that many who served saw the war as essentially a business enterprise holding out the promise of substantial rewards for those who were fortunate or who distinguished themselves in the field . |
| 9 | By contrast , here is a comment by an anthropologist who went to see the work of Mark Rothko . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll bet it was that woman who went to see the house after us yesterday . |
| 11 | Mark Twain , for example , who went to see the Great Exhibition of 1867 , wrote : ‘ ( I saw ) Napoleon in military uniform — long-bodied , short-legged man , fiercely moustached , old , wrinkled , with eyes half-closed and such a deep crafty scheming expression about them . ’ |
| 12 | For those who went to see the Christmas lights in London 's Regent Street this year , it must have been a sombre experience ; out of 102 shops , 19 are empty and 38 had desperate pre-Christmas sales . |
| 13 | Will he pass on the thanks of those of us who went to see the Prime Minister two weeks ago to ask for his help in the matter ? |
| 14 | Anyone who wished to see the King would often approach Seton . |
| 15 | Cromwell returned from Ireland in 1650 to lead the English resistance to the threat from the Scots , and by his subsequent victories at the battles of Dunbar and Worcester he thwarted not only those who wished to see the return of the house of Stuart , but also those who sought to impose a Presbyterian church on the English people . |
| 16 | The broad difference was between those who advocated some form of centralised planning and those who wished to see the government as the final umpire of a largely free market . |
| 17 | He let a dignified minute pass before going out himself , collecting Catherine , and dispatching Bruce to supervise the house-to-house interviews in Malplaquet Terrace , to see if anyone could be found who had seen the blue BMW arrive or caught sight of its driver . |
| 18 | This latter was built by The Club of Czech Tourists who had seen the Eiffel Tower at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1889 . |
| 19 | Bill Thompson and I , as the reporters who had seen the case through from start to finish , were invited officially to be present at the hanging in Regina Jail . |
| 20 | She was an aristocrat and woman of royal blood , who had seen the throne pass in 518 not to her son ( who had married the Emperor Anastasius 's daughter ) , but to an uneducated provincial , Justin , the illiterate soldier-son of an Illyrian peasant . |
| 21 | Added to her humiliation was the knowledge that some of her friends , who had seen the incident , could have helped her but did not do so . |
| 22 | They stopped and another friend bound for the same place , who had seen the problem , pulled up and walked over to them . |
| 23 | In a country where gestures are important , the official playing of the anthem at Ellis Park was insensitive to many people who had seen the very acceptance of the tours as a major compromise . |
| 24 | The police were making enquiries and would be pleased to hear from any person who had seen the victim on the night he was murdered . |
| 25 | A Mr. Chapman wrote to Whitbread asking him to return the copy of a report written by Dr. Yeats who had seen the girl on admission . |
| 26 | Their occupants , who had seen the pyramids of the Old Kingdom looted and defiled , were paranoid about tomb robbers and took elaborate precautions against them . |
| 27 | He went to the youth 's ‘ assistance , ’ only to find later that he had assaulted a policeman who had seen the youth committing an offence . |
| 28 | It was a return to the Bible by a scribe who had seen the consequences of Hellenization . |
| 29 | He also said he had received hundreds of enquiries from people in the North West , who had seen the posters and wanted to know why the show was not going ahead . |
| 30 | How much worse must the recollection be for Barney , who had seen the hideous reality ? |