Example sentences of "[verb] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles put on a brave face to the world , but secretly he was in turmoil for many , many months ; and one other person who helped see him through this period was Diana . |
| 2 | Oh you should see see it ! |
| 3 | fun fair , you conclude in the kennels , you can meet your boy friend almost any where , but he thinks , you , lets see him dancing could , foot |
| 4 | Even if you did see her , Mr Evans would n't let you go out with her , to a dance , or the pictures , or anything . |
| 5 | But Father I did see her . |
| 6 | On the other hand , he thought , if they did see them , most of the girls were too tactful to say anything . |
| 7 | The only disappointment was that I never did see them feeding , for I could have learned such a lot in those short but interesting hours . |
| 8 | Er you 'd occasionally see two of them walking erm around , but unless there was specific for the from for them coming , erm I did see them er going into a flat . |
| 9 | But the people of Jericho did see them coming and shut the gate , crying , ‘ Hippy convoy ! ’ |
| 10 | When at last they did see him coming they had to follow his slow path from the road , watch him lean his bicycle carefully against the wall under the yew and plod slowly up between the two rows of boxwood . |
| 11 | I think I did see him die , with the look of utter peace I had only read of previously . |
| 12 | ‘ When was the last time you did see him ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ When I did see him , he said ‘ I thought you 'd got a cold ? ’ |
| 14 | When she did see him it was without his knowing it . |
| 15 | ‘ I did see him twice in May , but they were with group functions . |
| 16 | I did see him , Mike . |
| 17 | I did see him , though , standing , looking after me as if he 'd been struck , very quiet , very separate . |
| 18 | I did see him , five minutes after that . |
| 19 | We generally assume that stress falls on DO when used for emphasis , as in I did see him . |
| 20 | But then he did see him , on the road to the village one day . |
| 21 | I did see him you know — oh , I know he 's supposed to have been somewhere else , but his alibi might not be … anyway , I 'm sure he 's quite capable of it , ’ insisted Dora in a transparent attempt at self-justification . |
| 22 | She leaned forward dramatically and her fine theatrical eye bore into Theodora — ‘ Mrs Thrigg did see him or at least heard him . |
| 23 | ‘ I did see him briefly three days ago . ’ |
| 24 | Well I did see him , he seemed alright but you see you ca n't tell what people are like , yo you may think they have ni |
| 25 | I did see him as a six year old child . |
| 26 | erm I did see I did see you on television . |
| 27 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 28 | erm I did see I did see you on television . |
| 29 | Yeah but I did still did see I do I wan na do a blue |
| 30 | If he did see it he must have begun worrying , and maybe it was then that he started feeling sick . |