Example sentences of "[vb past] to see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he asked to see her in his study , a few days after her return from Blaworth , she feared the worst . |
| 2 | I did think about it and asked to see him again , and once again he visited me with Patrick Nairne . |
| 3 | After he had been out of work for months his telephone rang and a manager asked to see him . |
| 4 | I asked to see him , but they said no . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Before I left Ruritania , Princess Flavia asked to see me again , and Fritz took me to her . |
| 8 | All of these meetings required careful preparation and I was relieved when my election team agreed with my general tactics , although they added that I must make myself available for private talks with any colleague who asked to see me . |
| 9 | Anyway , the marshal asked to see you as soon as you recovered . |
| 10 | " I hear that Miss Potts asked to see you about next year 's work , " said Miss Haines . |
| 11 | ‘ And the reason why I asked to see you rather than your superintendent was that you looked capable of rising above it . ’ |
| 12 | She hesitated a moment and then said , " Matthew asked to see you as soon as you arrived . |
| 13 | Herr Schikenader , the former proprietor , chanced to see me perform one evening . |
| 14 | Smith agreed to see me and so I flew to Salisbury , arriving on a Wednesday . |
| 15 | I 'd telephoned beforehand , and she agreed to see me , but she was obviously puzzled by my visit . |
| 16 | My inclination was to decline , but as that would have been discourteous in the extreme to Wilson , for whom I then had enormous respect , I agreed to see him . |
| 17 | The assistant headteacher agreed to see him every day , on an informal basis , to get a chance to talk to him about home , family and school and to offer support where possible . |
| 18 | I 'd never had other children of my own and somehow she seemed very precious just then , but I never expected to see her . |
| 19 | I used to talk to her and when I found out she was murdered it was a shock , because you expected to see her in here |
| 20 | She expected to see him gazing at Comfort with the admiration she deserved , but in fact he was looking down at Julia . |
| 21 | " I asked her if she expected to see him when he got back , and she said , " To be perfectly frank , I do n't know . |
| 22 | None of us expected to see it , but we did . |
| 23 | I do n't think I really expected to see it , but when I did it amused me to follow you , and when you stopped in Wexford it was idle curiosity that prompted my behaviour , nothing else . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 26 | Way I hear it , nobody got to see her while they stayed there . |
| 27 | I du n no , never got to see her . |
| 28 | Later , Broderick admits that he was drawing on his own feelings about the death of his actor seven years ago , just as his career was taking off ( ‘ He watched everything I did , he was my big influence , and when I finally started to get work , he never got to see it ’ ) . |
| 29 | No one ever got to see it complete , except me and Terry of course . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have a Matchbox racing set I had bought and put away for him for that coming Christmas , but he never got to see it . |