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

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1 ‘ It will please the Colonel to see them at the breakfast-table in the morning , ’ I-said .
2 ‘ You 've got chilblains ! ’ their mother said when she came to see them at the beginning of December .
3 I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend
4 The public would still pay to see them at the cinema .
5 ‘ I 've to see them at the bank shortly — there 's that Buttering to be fixed , and no money for it wi'out they 'll give me a loan . ’
6 I could tell Gillian and Stuart were n't thrilled to see me at the airport .
7 So er I thought a alright then , so I I went off like and I just heard erm and said , I went up to see her mother like and , I told her mother about it , like and that and erm her mother says different now , that she came round to see me at the time to tell , to give me a telling off like over her friend .
8 ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’
9 But folded within it was a handwritten note ‘ So good to see you at the library , albeit briefly .
10 We hope to see you at the show .
11 They drove to see him at the Chapel of Repose .
12 Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay .
13 She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion .
14 I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters .
15 Early in the morning I went to see him at the Castle .
16 You gave me to understand that even if you had not had your accident you would almost certainly not have come to France to see him at the end . ’
17 I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment .
18 Yes , it was real , it was happening : sitting with her back straight and her head up in the carriage on the way back , she thought how proud her father would have been to see her at the centre of all this pomp and splendour , and found herself mentally comparing his craggy looks and red beard with Joãs clean-shaven face and small , manicured hands .
19 Could I make an appointment to see her at the Education Office to sort out the dinner money debts once and for all — hopefully .
20 And he had probably expected to see her at the shop this morning , while she had been waiting impatiently at his office .
21 If Rohan needed to have a private word with her , why had n't he arranged to see her at the house instead ?
22 Everything that happens to you has been chosen by your spirit so there must be a reason , even If you are unable to see it at the time .
23 In short , they should establish the kind of position in which they would wish to see themselves at the end of that period .
24 A great big THANK YOU to all of the Clothes Show Live visitors that popped along to see us at the N.E.C.
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