Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to see the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But , equally , his determination to see the job through to the end is typical of Ulster true grit in the face of naked terror .
2 A YOUNG council worker , who quit his job to see the world with his fiancee , died in a boating accident yesterday .
3 When one has told a friend about a stage performance or some media utterance that one feels he should go to see , one has performed that work to the friend and partly negated his need to see the work for himself .
4 Gabriel popped up out of his barrel to see the brawl which was just beginning when suddenly everyone froze , as if a wizard had cast a spell over them .
5 507 , which involved the identification of the driver of a car , counsel submitted that the trial judge should have granted his application to see the statement of the Crown witness who had given the police a description of the driver .
6 ‘ He may have a slight tear in his cartilage , and he will be going home so that a probe can be inserted into his knee to see the extent of the damage and what needs to be done .
7 ‘ Marler was on his way to see the chief on Dartmoor .
8 ‘ Thank you , ’ she said , and looked over his shoulder to see the Leytons approach .
9 They were also indebted to Southwood forward Steve Lynch who , having found himself through of goal , looked over his shoulder to see the linesman 's flag raised and tapped the ball back to Gardner .
10 If someone had gone home after 55 minutes when we were well on top and switched on his TV to see the score , he would have thought someone was playing a joke . ’
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