Example sentences of "be [adj] to see [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have this day bid farewell to the Misses Wynne , two English ladies who have been as friends to me and I am sorry to see them go , and have taken in Miss Hawarth , an old friend of Mr Browning 's together with two other ladies who will stay until Easter . |
| 2 | Some companies assume that their staff accept that colleagues X and Y will move up and over their heads , and are content to see it happen . |
| 3 | In a way , I am sad to see him go . |
| 4 | I am sad to see anything leave Darlington . ’ |
| 5 | The first practice game for Brian Horton as manchester city manager was in the back garden of his woodstock home with twins matthew and lucy … some United fans are glad to see him go … sadly his passion for good football … his achievement of keeping a small club alfoat with little or no money has n't been given enough credit … he did the club proud … |
| 6 | The first practice game for Brian Horton as manchester city manager was in the back garden of his woodstock home with twins matthew and lucy … some United fans are glad to see him go … sadly his passion for good football … his achievement of keeping a small club alfoat with little or no money has n't been given enough credit … he did the club proud … |
| 7 | At no time have I been able to see anything cither Nazi or necessarily homosexual in the listed pleasures , which are precisely of the kind which might occur in a George MacDonald fantasy . |
| 8 | He says ’ I think that for everyone who is objecting to the festival locally there are a lot more who are happy to see it go on and see the space used properly and there are twenty five thousand people here from all over the country that are loving the three days . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry to see you go , both of you . |
| 10 | ‘ But it 'll be strange to see him go left out of the tunnel . |
| 11 | Commenting on Mr Hutchison 's decision Professor Raymond Miquel the Council Chairman said they would be sorry to see him go and paid tribute to the contribution he had made to Scottish sport over the past 26 years . |
| 12 | Landlady Rita Smith said : ‘ We are going to be sorry to see him go . |
| 13 | Telethon '92 raised one and a quarter million pounds for charities across the Central region — recipients like Play for Children in Nottingham will be sorry to see it go . |
| 14 | You 'll be sorry to see it go |
| 15 | Matt said in a tone of genuine regret , ‘ I 'll be sorry to see you leave , but I suppose — eventually — you 'd become bored with this place . ’ |
| 16 | Well I would be interested to see them put |
| 17 | Anyway I 'm delighted to see we 've at last got round to this . |
| 18 | I 'm delighted to see you 've emerged from hiding . |
| 19 | So , I 'll be glad to see it go ! |
| 20 | That was quite a nice dinner you ordered , though you need n't have been quite so Spartan — I 'm glad to see you 've allowed us some sugar with these raspberries — I appreciated your nuance of not having the fish just grilled . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm glad to see you 've regained your colour . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm glad to see you 've got over your matrimonial difficulties without rancour , ’ I said , draining my glass , knowing he was n't listening . |
| 23 | and they have that right to say well it 's in the national court we 're going to leave it there , erm , well so , so I think we would be reluctant to see it go to the commission erm Delimitis does say in the paragraph after what , after fifty three it says well your alternatives is to send it off to Luxembourg |
| 24 | Noel Whelan had a very impressive first half ; I 'd be happy to see him start the next few matches . |
| 25 | Many Chinese would be happy to see him go . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm pleased to see you 've an appetite , ’ Michele observed . |
| 27 | ‘ Our team has the best attack in Europe and I would n't be astonished to see us finish among the best , or why not first , in the next World Cup ? ’ |
| 28 | They were sorry to see him go . |
| 29 | Many were sad to see them leave … |
| 30 | I am sure that if he had been with one of the stronger or more glamorous clubs at the time , his name would now be held in respect by a far wider clientele than those relatively few of us who were privileged to see him play his heart out for Crystal Palace . |