Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to see " in BNC.
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| 1 | We played the harmonium and sang together and Dad sometimes gave us money to go to see a picture at the Queen 's Hall . |
| 2 | ‘ If an English clerk wants to see the Lord Bruce , then that can be arranged . ’ |
| 3 | My heart sank to see their faces . |
| 4 | It is hard to trade information : the buyer needs to see the information before being willing to offer a price , and having seen the information then has no incentive to pay for it ! |
| 5 | In illus.1 a sophisticated Paris readership expected to see reality heightened , not burlesqued . |
| 6 | Naturally those anthropologists who grant culture such imperative force tend to see social relations as the product of cultural patterning and conditioning , and thus tend to concentrate on child-rearing practices , enculturation , and socialization . |
| 7 | Above all , Labour in the long term wants to see ‘ a united Ireland achieved by consensus and without violence ’ . |
| 8 | That 's something the Jockey Club wants to see changed . |
| 9 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 10 | In writing this book , it has been my intention to try to see how war , over a period of 150 years or so , affected developments and changes in two of Europe 's leading societies , those of France and England . |
| 11 | ‘ A stranger wants to see Mrs Troy , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ His agent came to see us at the St Louis Lollapalooza show , and we talked about the possibility of doing something together . |
| 13 | ‘ The Professor came to see me yesterday evening , and told me all of it . |
| 14 | ‘ Ranulf the rat-catcher came to see me earlier today . |
| 15 | Tagore described one of these lovers of all things : ‘ One day in a small village in Bengal , an ascetic woman from the neighbourhood came to see me . |
| 16 | Dot turned to see Mrs Parvis , arms folded akimbo across her floral apron , rigid on her front steps . |
| 17 | But is Bigwig going to see it like that ? " |
| 18 | ‘ I hear a lot of talk about customers going diesel , but everyone is on the fence waiting to see what happens with the Conservatives ’ promised benefit-in-kind tax review . |
| 19 | But around 1955 various smart operators in the American and Canadian blasting industry began to see the light . |
| 20 | Id like to see the present formation kept as is . |
| 21 | Nah , what Id like to see is Batts join in one of these PONCEY opposition dances … do a few wiggles … stroke a few hands … then PUNCH the bastards in the head , and maybe pick up any teeth and casually toss these aside one by one whilst running for his early shower … |
| 22 | Id like to see him continue in the side ( in any position ) . |
| 23 | These days the emphasis seems to be on ground speed rather than aerial abilities for modern strikers — Id like to see a fast/quick centre back . |
| 24 | Mmm … only a few players Id like to see in the side to be honest . |
| 25 | In that formation/side Id like to see maybe Peter Ndlove … in a 4/3/3 |
| 26 | The study aims to see how far problems of these areas are caused by inadequate transport facilities . |
| 27 | ‘ Den likes to see Dandy get the benefit of the cool night air , ’ answered Nessie . |
| 28 | That is the last thing that the Opposition wish to see . |
| 29 | Now , erm , the situation there was that my vicar came to see me and , erm , what happened was that we 've got three churches well luckily , one of them only has about twelve in it another has eighty and another sixty and he said well what did he do about Rushdie ? |
| 30 | Went to the early morning prayer meeting to see if the Lord would reveal what talents I have , but He did n't . |