Example sentences of "[verb] to see i [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I had just received a telephone call from the barracks which informed me that officials from Horseferry Road magistrates court had phoned demanding to see me about nonpayment of fines .
2 and I 'm certainly wearing paint tonight , quite a bit of it because its very hot under here and you would n't want to see me without it , but that 's me saying that , I mean why do I ? , why do I ? , why are we all wearing make-up ? , do we actually think we look better ? , are we trying to disguise something ? , yes
3 ‘ Did you want to see me about something ? ’ said Wilcox impatiently .
4 D' you want to see me in prison ? ’
5 ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all .
6 ‘ You want to see me about something ? ’
7 I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ?
8 Oh you want to see me in four weeks ?
9 But er you want to see me in four weeks to see about that ?
10 You want to see me in gaol .
11 I asked her to come to see me on the day after her arrival and at the hour of sunset , the best time for the wonderful view that I then had to offer her .
12 He used to come to see me in the prison .
13 Adventure Training put him in contact with me and after five days Bombardier Michael Goldsmith and a subaltern had come to see me from the Outer Hebrides with a view to offering an army vehicle .
14 I can not want a man who wants to see me in gaol .
15 Elizabeth : Elizabeth , a young woman who lives with her sister in a remote and primitive cottage in the Welsh mountains , came to see me about an infestation of scabies .
16 I dare n't have done if I had n't er oh oh I know once my my doctor came to see me about something and there was erm a lot of people used to use er some pills oh what were they called , little round pills , when at the monthly periods they used to use them , oh Doctor Johnson 's , Doctor somebody 's pills , now they would have the effect of er your period you would see more than you usually did .
17 I think that the hon. Gentleman 's colleague , the hon. Member for Antrim , North ( Rev. Ian Paisley ) came to see me about one of the cases to which he refers .
18 He came to see me with Sir Patrick Nairne .
19 She came to see me with her husband . ’
20 Ronnie Ross : ‘ At the time he came to see me for lessons , groups like The Rolling Stones were just beginning to come into vogue although he was more interested in jazz , and we 'd sit and talk about jazz and jazz musicians quite often .
21 Nobody came to see me for three days .
22 A twenty four year old woman came to see me for treatment on the ward , a smoker .
23 See , she came to see me on the bridge . ’
24 You came to see me on Sunday , ’ she added , in case Loretta had forgotten .
25 He came to see me after the performance — several times , in fact . ’
26 ‘ He was in a somewhat distressed state when he came to see me after taking Iris and her students to the Parc de Prafance . ’
27 It was against this background that Peter Thompson , the chief executive of NFC , together with his chairman , Bobby Lawrence , came to see me in my small office on the Cabinet floor of the House of Commons on 18 May 1981 .
28 The director of that theatre , Eric Langworth , came to see me in Talking Heads .
29 When our daughter Rebecca was three she came to see me in my office one day and said , ‘ Daddy , you 're the leader of the church , and you know everything . ’
30 ‘ Father Laverty came to see me in hospital two days after the birth and had the nerve to look at my beautiful baby and ask me to put her up for adoption . ’
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