Example sentences of "[verb] see [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Westminster Abbey , and there did see all the tombs very finely , having one with us alone , there being other company this day to see the tombs , it being Shrove Tuesday . |
| 2 | Yes , I did see that , I says . |
| 3 | Well I did see that . |
| 4 | ‘ On my soul , ’ sighed Thomas , injured but patient , ‘ 1 never did see any fellow could find all the devil 's arguments like you . |
| 5 | One rainy morning , she did see some cowboys , though no horses . |
| 6 | If we did see some figure approaching , or standing in the distance , we would release our tense handclasp , fingers intertwined , and walk apart , puffing idly at our cigarettes or lighting new ones from Pablo 's box of fosforos , as if we were just friends out for a casual stroll . |
| 7 | I mean we did see some strange tracks and we did find this sheep which had been completely gutted , but apparently that could have been done by a snow leopard . |
| 8 | We did n't see any orchids but we did see some beautiful foxgloves and were lucky enough to catch sight of birds high above . |
| 9 | Now , could argue that Greater York could be bigger or smaller , the local government commission , erm er there report is a very interesting read , I mean a number of the options that they 've looked at would be a gra er a city of York going out to the ring road , erm that might be one option , there 's a there there idea of of Greater York , they did harden , they did see some merit in in a Greater York unitary authority based on the Greater York planning study I think , erm whether that is going to come to pass only Mr Gummer presumably er knows , so my idea of Greater York is that it 's an area which is tied socially and economically to the city , you could argue as mobility increases , as the A ni nineteen is improved up through the County that really Northallerton now is perhaps more within the sphere of influence of York than it was ten years ago , erm e it was probably to a degree influenced by York even twenty years ago , erm I do n't think er there is much to be gained by debating where Greater York ought to be , the Secretary of State previously has n't been bothered about er amending it er it seems to us to be the reasonable area , and it 's a combination of five districts , erm erm erm who who who hopefully should be working together towards sorting out the er other problems of Greater York . |
| 10 | Erm I did n't see any past pa I did see some past papers but it was subsequent to my setting these exam questions , right ? |
| 11 | I did see some tits in there , yeah . |
| 12 | Yes , we did see another whale — or rather , Walter said he thought he did . |
| 13 | You do see that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | You do see that , do n't you ? |
| 15 | I ca n't have the baby , you do see that , do n't you ? |
| 16 | You do see that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | You do see that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You do see that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I guess I do see that , ’ Charity said grudgingly . |
| 20 | Despite its usefulness , I do see most of this sort of work as fundamentally flawed . |
| 21 | I do see most of what you say . |
| 22 | All of these fish have appeared only recently in any numbers and some of them are still extremely rare and pricey but if you do see any of them and have the money , I would recommend you buy them . |
| 23 | I have a niece ; they did n't have any problem finding Black dolls for her , and nowadays you do see some Black people on TV too , whereas when I was a kid , that was very unusual . |
| 24 | Having said that , however , most left academics and activists when it comes to the electoral crunch do vote Labour , excusing their commitment by saying that they do so " without illusions " but perhaps signalling by their actions that they do see some kind of meaningful choice at the polls . |
| 25 | erm We park appallingly carelessly , some of us do it intentionally very often , some of us do it innocently or probably ignorantly , and perhaps to be fined on the spot would be a way of saving an awful lot of paperwork , an awful lot of time , and perhaps reminding people that they should n't be doing these things although I 'm always slightly worried , this is in a sense another problem , I 'm slightly worried by , by the inequity that six pounds or whatever it is will mean a lot to one person and hardly anything at all to another , and you do see some cars mis-parking again and again , and I 'm not sure that erm the instant penalty would make much difference there . |
| 26 | I really do see this age as a time to widen horizons . |
| 27 | What see if I go , have I got something that Laura wanted cookery , I 've forgot what she wanted now , I forget what she said it were , she was making see that bit about you , about you |
| 28 | But despite the fact that he has been ‘ steadily critical ’ of successive governments ' housing policies , Prof Greve does see some hope for the future — and even for some of the tower blocks . |