Example sentences of "to see a [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One night she brought him to see a horror film about the Living Dead , and he was so frightened by the zombies that he fled into the foyer in a panic . |
| 2 | Whereas if you were a commercial organization where let's say you were selling a product , then you 'd expect to see a cost benefit in actual returns . |
| 3 | Craig 's father Robert says his son is still suffering from nightmares , and has to see a psychiatrist weekly for counselling . |
| 4 | The Guild would like to see a government committee on catering food set up to coordinate with other ministries , such as Health and Education and local authorities to bring about improvements . |
| 5 | The matter was referred to Jockey Club headquarters in London to enable the stewards to see a video recording of the Ayr race which had not been available at Carlisle . |
| 6 | Yes it would be lovely to see a Sun reader from The University of Life on the Bench . |
| 7 | Looking by chance out of his kitchen window , Auguste was amazed to see a donkey cart with Egbert Rose and yes — Stitch driving past . |
| 8 | Would you like to see a sample page of this other thing |
| 9 | ‘ I would dearly like to see a Tote monopoly off course with bookmakers allowed to operate on course only . |
| 10 | ‘ Watch him , watch him , ’ the Youngest Son would say , pulling me around to see a TV video of a lute player , or a religious song celebration with long lines of men chanting Islamic verses in a sort of mouth music with hand-clapping accompaniment . |
| 11 | When he arrived at Florey 's laboratory , Chain was delighted to see a Sohxlet apparatus in a cupboard , but caused consternation by saying ‘ I shall want six of those ’ . |
| 12 | Erm I think it 's also now pretty much common ground that the capacity of York city is around three thousand three hundred , but I think in in in taking an view on that , and in taking any view o on future windfalls , it is necessary for the panel to keep in mind that historically in the nineteen eighties windfalls were coming through at a time when it was not a adopted local plan for the city of York , so to some extent anything by definition of a substantial size was likely to be a windfall , erm , but also more to the point than that definitional point , I would expect to see , and I think what Mr Curtis has said earlier on that the local plan is likely to tighten up on criteria for release of sites , both small and large , he referred to the shortage of open space , and I would expect to see a policy change in short , a policy climate change , within the city of York that would constrain past historical rates of windfall release . |
| 13 | Sergeant Nafi gives me a knowing look and I realise we are about to see a repeat performance of the Greek tragedy play . |
| 14 | We wish to see a world market in tradable emission licences for carbon dioxide and other pollutants . |
| 15 | I like to see a career structure in the company I work for |
| 16 | ‘ I want to see a health service at ease with itself — optimistic and confident about its essential work . |
| 17 | The answer is that it is difficult to see a conspiracy theory at work . |
| 18 | Pannell Kerr Forster 's Tony Foreman cautioned that it was difficult to see an exit route from property zone trusts and wealthy clients were inclined to put £40,000 in the BES before considering such schemes . |
| 19 | In the summer of 1846 Charlotte took me to see an eye doctor in Manchester . |
| 20 | Branson had arranged to see an advertising agency about Oldfield producing music for a commercial for Dulux paint . |
| 21 | Or is it all an illusion , a phantasm derived from mere figures , a figment of journalistic imagination , an evanescent creature of dream and the wishful thinking of those for whom history is proceeding too slowly , and who would prefer to see an era change during their lifetimes rather than to live within the dulling envelope of merely one ? |
| 22 | I 'm going over to Lancaster next week , and I 've fixed to see an archaeologist chap at the university . |
| 23 | John Keegan of the IDA Automotive and Engineering Department said the lesson of the Raybestos Manhattan affair was that , while the people of Ireland supported the IDA , the same people ‘ were not prepared to see an industry right on their doorstep ’ . |
| 24 | At this point it is necessary to ask on what grounds socialists would wish to see an investment project of this nature ( i.e. unprofitable in the face of market competition ) supported within the framework of investment planning . |