Example sentences of "and [vb base] to see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 2 | She would have to work out the rest of her shift , but she would take the next day off and go to see the doctor . |
| 3 | ‘ And Mother Francis will be the Reverend Mother General of the whole Order and can do what she likes , and go to see the Pope , and everything . ’ |
| 4 | Readily available , you can go along to the N R A offices in Nottingham and ask to see the register . |
| 5 | He can call his bluff and ask to see the quotations ; he can take the initiative by stating that he assumes the buyer is wishing for him to justify his price ; or , if flushed with the confidence of past success , he can say ‘ Then I advise you to accept one of them . ’ |
| 6 | Individual psychological adjustment studies , then , fail to provide a useful analysis because they do not locate the disabled person in a society which contains a whole set of beliefs , practices , and so on , surrounding disability , and fail to see the consequences of these practices as expressed in the psychology of the individual disabled person . |
| 7 | Gradually I get out of the unscientific habit of trying to read other people 's faces , and come to see the bodies from which personality has faded as the automata which for scientific explanation they already are . |
| 8 | Even when intervention is compatible with official pay restraint policy , it may still be covert since politicians may not wish to take public responsibility for influencing the outcome of a specific case and prefer to see the opprobrium attached to management . |
| 9 | The Consortium can call on strong legal representation in Mr Burrell and Mrs Kent , both of whom are personally committed and wish to see the matter pursued . |
| 10 | They are convinced that they are the only ones who suffer , and refuse to see the impact they have on others . |