Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] to see " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I think — I think you ought to go to see her , sir . ’ |
2 | Well I do n't know , but she , I said , cos she 's telling me about her coming , only three days up the hospital then she 's got ta go back to her own place because Ian said she 'd never managed , she keeps falling and she said this woman never went to see her once when she was in hospital , yet she 's getting paid it look all the time , and she ought to go to see if there 's anything she wants you see |
3 | Bullies are impressed by force and power , and may want to see proof of your new-found strength of character . |
4 | However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government . |
5 | For example , he may want to see whether the chief constable has been making use of civilian resources as well as he should , and he might be saying to the inspectorate of constabulary , ’ If you can demonstrate a better use of money and resources through civilianisation , that might have a bearing on the availability of uniformed police officers . ’ |
6 | In certain running-down cases , however , a defendant should be asked to make discovery ( eg latent defect cases , where the plaintiff may want to see all his maintenance and servicing records ; accidents alleged to have been caused by sudden and unexpected illness or death , where the plaintiff wants to see the medical records ; and of course claims in nuisance against highway authorities and their contractors , where discovery can often reveal breaches of prescribed safety codes and bad accident records ) . |
7 | The only trouble with storylines like that is that life is for more complicated er we may want to see justice be done , we may want to see virtue being rewarded , we may want to see er all of those things happen , but when we make mistakes when we make mistakes , when we are not virtuous , we actually end up not being too keen , but justice should be applied straight away . |
8 | The only trouble with storylines like that is that life is for more complicated er we may want to see justice be done , we may want to see virtue being rewarded , we may want to see er all of those things happen , but when we make mistakes when we make mistakes , when we are not virtuous , we actually end up not being too keen , but justice should be applied straight away . |
9 | The only trouble with storylines like that is that life is for more complicated er we may want to see justice be done , we may want to see virtue being rewarded , we may want to see er all of those things happen , but when we make mistakes when we make mistakes , when we are not virtuous , we actually end up not being too keen , but justice should be applied straight away . |
10 | When we published the original White Paper more than a year ago , the overall reaction was , ’ Good ideas , let's wait to see how they are delivered . ’ |
11 | If you are applying for compensation for damage , please keep the damaged article , and the packaging , as we may need to see them later . |
12 | There are advantages and disadvantages of each and you may need to see them all before deciding . |
13 | If you rent a place to live in rather than work in , you may need to see a solicitor about any of these legal matters : |
14 | ‘ Oh , and Mrs Hilaire , one other thing , the message is we may need to see your own place . |
15 | For , trying to analyse why she should want to see him again so badly , she realised that the only thing she could be positive of was that her wanting to see him again had nothing whatsoever to do with that infernal interview ! |
16 | First , they must want to see a larger number of small farms ( at present they do n't ) and this means discouraging land management by large institutions . |
17 | We should prefer to see it being done in London so long as it is done by male labour , it is no matter where . |
18 | I should prefer to see the Bill amended so that the two Light Railways Acts were repealed only in England and Wales . |
19 | We support a separate funding council , although we should prefer to see that under a Scottish Parliament . |
20 | The leader is in good health and , in Maginnis 's opinion , should stay to see through the current phase — at least until the Government agrees to a select committee for Northern Ireland , whether or not there is any devolution . |
21 | The reader should resist the temptation to think of the law as a closed set of rules and principles , and should strive to see it as a setting in which the business of politics and government is carried on . |
22 | Meanwhile we , and God too , must wait to see if he passes the test or not . |
23 | The same is true of the all-important assessment arrangements , where secondary schools must wait to see how the tensions between TGAT and the GCSE boards ( and between Standard Assessment Tasks and school-based assessment ) will finally be resolved . |
24 | Now one must wait to see how well and happily he adapts to the professional cricketers ’ treadmill . |
25 | One must wait to see if satellite selling proves a commercial success but it is reassuring to find are auctioneers prepared to consider new ways of offering a comprehensive sales service to their farmer clients . |
26 | He says I should wait to see how I really feel , but I do n't want to get married and my religious beliefs exclude sex outside marriage . |
27 | The hon. Gentleman should wait to see the figures . |
28 | Can you please phone me to let me know when Corby should expect to see the title ? |
29 | Normally you should expect to see percentages shown alongside the original number . |
30 | Craft specialization is often subsidized at the redistribution centre in a chiefdom society , so we should expect to see crafts flourishing in the temple culture of bronze age Crete : we should also expect to see craftsmen gathering in the temples , where the agricultural surpluses and imports were collected and redistributed . |