Example sentences of "[verb] see " in BNC.
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| 31 | Herbert Cranko asked to see Dulcie Howes and discussed John 's training with her . |
| 32 | Each year Mrs Curdle asked to see how the previous year 's bouquet had worn , so that the doctor and his wife were in honour bound not to destroy these offerings . |
| 33 | Anyway , the marshal asked to see you as soon as you recovered . |
| 34 | He then asked to see my legs . |
| 35 | When Jennie came in and asked to see what we were doing , we were giggling so much , she would say , ‘ What are yer giggling at , yer little monkeys ? ’ |
| 36 | When he asked to see her in his study , a few days after her return from Blaworth , she feared the worst . |
| 37 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 38 | She asked to see the daughter of the house . |
| 39 | The more the searcher asked to see the daughter , the more the daughter was hidden until that planned moment of ‘ chance ’ arrived when all was revealed , and all was , as my young Sheikh would have said , ‘ perfectly well ’ . |
| 40 | He asked to see the images in the church , of which there was so much talk . |
| 41 | A suspicious customs man asked to see Melms swing his 6-iron when he arrived in Britain for a ‘ golfing holiday . ’ |
| 42 | When we asked to see the tape on Thursday , the Beeb said it had mysteriously disappeared without authorisation . |
| 43 | My contact with the family had lapsed for a while when the head asked to see me to request help in explaining the Statementing procedures to Mrs Singh . |
| 44 | On trying to contact Mr by phone I have on many occasions I was put off to say he was n't available I have also come to the foyer at the bottom asked to see Mr after twenty minutes wait and nobody turned up I decided to retire . |
| 45 | " I hear that Miss Potts asked to see you about next year 's work , " said Miss Haines . |
| 46 | He asked to see the officer involved in the investigation of the earlier charge . |
| 47 | When her evidence was over the jury sent a note to the judge in which they asked to see ‘ the second statement of Princess Tucker . ’ |
| 48 | She settled the squirrel evening cape that had belonged to her mother on top of her light summer coat , then walked in and asked to see Mrs O'Dare . |
| 49 | ‘ Oh , I was n't going to tell you this , but I went to the bank and asked to see the Manager . |
| 50 | He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive . |
| 51 | I did think about it and asked to see him again , and once again he visited me with Patrick Nairne . |
| 52 | I was told I was getting a direct order , but I refused to pack and asked to see the governor . |
| 53 | Before I left Ruritania , Princess Flavia asked to see me again , and Fritz took me to her . |
| 54 | After he had been out of work for months his telephone rang and a manager asked to see him . |
| 55 | ‘ The warders you asked to see are here , Mr Nicholson , ’ his secretary told him . |
| 56 | He asked to see the horse and they took him to the stable . |
| 57 | Nobody asked to see their passports and they were airborne half an hour later , on their way to Keflavik on the western side of Iceland , where they landed seven hours later . |
| 58 | I also asked to see Nicola 's father to make sure he was supporting his partner rather than acting against her . |
| 59 | After work that day , 13 September , I went to the hospital and asked to see Suor Eusebia , the Mother Superior , a truly saintly woman . |
| 60 | ‘ And the reason why I asked to see you rather than your superintendent was that you looked capable of rising above it . ’ |