Example sentences of "[verb] to see [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Jennie came in and asked to see what we were doing , we were giggling so much , she would say , ‘ What are yer giggling at , yer little monkeys ? ’ |
| 2 | It 's also interesting for the odd solo — listen to The Who 's I Ca n't Explain to see what I mean . |
| 3 | The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could . |
| 4 | That study , more than anything else probably , made me want to see what we could do in making services more adaptable and appropriate and comprehensive . ’ |
| 5 | She did n't want to see what she had done to his craggy yet handsome face , so she made him go away . |
| 6 | ‘ If you do n't want to see what it 's like I sha n't bother wasting my time . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't want to see what it looks like . |
| 8 | Because they were overthrown and the others were taken off into captivity into battle life , and what a life they had , the one of slavery , so at that time because they took no note , because they were destiny instructions to Jehovah for his word and again want to see , they had eyes , but they just did n't want to see it they knew , all the whys and wherefores and what the responsibilities were , but they did n't measure up to them and because of that many of them lost their lives , and if they did n't they were taken into captivity , Jeremiah four , in verse twenty two , again another prophecy sent to them exactly over the same message , the same reasons describes to them as being a , er people that is foolish and of me they have taken no notice Jeremiah four and verse twenty two . |
| 9 | I do n't want to see I I deeply deplore the divisions between left and right and the accentuation of often very phoney distinctions and mislabelling that goes on . |
| 10 | ‘ You look fine , and anyway , if you do n't want to see anyone you can go through the annexe . |
| 11 | Mr Fallon , a champion for redevelopment of the site , said : ‘ I do n't want to see anything which would have a detrimental effect on the bus company but the area is crying out for a new development . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Fallon , who supports redevelopment of the site , said : ‘ I do n't want to see anything which would have a detrimental effect on the bus company but , at the same time , the area is crying out for a new development . ’ |
| 13 | Casual observers tend to see what they expect to see , and naked-eye observations of the full Moon are a case in point . |
| 14 | Each decision must be examined to see what it discloses . |
| 15 | But when Brian goes to see them he goes with his first wife , who they call Granny . |
| 16 | I personally do n't get any joy from seeing people reproduce their records exactly on stage ; I want to see something which is special for the night . ’ |
| 17 | I think they 'd say that they 'd like to see an officer in a car because they do n't see anybody , what they really mean they want to see somebody they can talk |
| 18 | I want to see what they 'll do . |
| 19 | I want to see what they are . ’ |
| 20 | I had a what 's it today , from , something about the over fifties you see , so , cos they found it cost , it cost , it costs eight pounds a year to join you see , you know , you know , eh , pay on , so I 've joined it , I want to see what they 've got to say you know , you get , we get a lot of things you know |
| 21 | ‘ I want to see what you look like . ‘ |
| 22 | You 'll find the little diagram showing you where the pulmonary vein and the pulmonary artery are on page eleven , page eleven if you want to refer to it right , if you want to look at it in a closer detail tonight that 's fine and if you want to see what I 'm saying now in a diagrammatic form look on page thirteen now if you look at that you 'll see some , the blue vein blood vessels it 's coming out of the right hand side of the heart and if you look at the direction of the arrows , okay , they 're going away from the heart , do you agree with me ? |
| 23 | Carson said , ‘ I want to see what I 'm buying , first . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm sorry , Nicky Scott Wilson , but if you want to see me you 'd better make proper arrangements . ’ |
| 25 | Every time you want to see me you have to make an excuse , have n't you , tell a fib of some sort ? |
| 26 | Olympic champion Chris Boardman is going for it he 's riding in a twenty five mile time trial and will be setting off from Cumnor at six o clock … if you want to see him he 'll be wizzing up and down the A420 and the A34 … |
| 27 | So I decided : if anyone does come , I want to see who it is before I show myself . |
| 28 | So I said , well , I have my thing here in Salzburg ; if they want to see it they must make the effort to come here . |
| 29 | Then they were aware of something , out there beyond the benches , which they could sense moving silently in the mist , and though he strained to see it he could not quite catch the thing in one place , for it seemed to come ant go , larger than the bench and bin , looming nearer but not quite seen , dark and grey and pointing to the sky . |
| 30 | She did not wait to see what he would do when he reached her . |