Example sentences of "[verb] to see me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Herr Schikenader , the former proprietor , chanced to see me perform one evening . |
| 4 | People have me in a little pocket of their minds in that role [ Ben Braddock ] and they do n't want to see me get out of it . |
| 5 | The buggers want to see me go under . |
| 6 | Grace Hinkle loves to see me making like an executive and remembering to charge up all expenses . |
| 7 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 8 | In other words Cath wants to see me crying . |
| 9 | Like the midwife who came to see me said , " Ooh , you 're only seventeen " , and I looked at her — how old do you have to be to have a baby — forty or something ? |
| 10 | ‘ No one saw me come in here , but half Fleet Street 's going to see me leave , ’ said Quinn . |
| 11 | You 'd like to see me suffer , would n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | Because you 'd like to see me suffer for what you believe I did to Ryan ! |
| 13 | ‘ I know you 'd like to see me become a big tycoon like you , ’ Peter was saying , ‘ but you 'll just have to face it — I 'm not and never will be . |
| 14 | Mum 's eyes popped to see me bringing home the fireman . |
| 15 | I understand that you wish to call to see me to discuss CPRW 's interest in the work of the Forestry Authority in Wales . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's very sad because people love to see me wearing the chains , particularly children and old folk , ’ said Coun Wood . |
| 17 | I wish the old man had lived to see me get the farm back . |
| 18 | I only wish Tata had lived to see me take up my place at Bedford College . |
| 19 | Some pensioner constituents who come to see me ask why they are penalised and punished . |
| 20 | It is understandable when pensioners who come to see me ask , ’ Who won the war ? |
| 21 | I often thought her blindness was not entirely physical : she wanted finally to shut her eyes to the sorrows and miseries of the son she still adored , for she could not bear to see me suffering . |
| 22 | I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else . |
| 23 | She wanted to see me grow up , it was as simple as that , but it 's those simple things that are sometimes the hardest to accept . ’ |
| 24 | When I was out of the room , he told Margaret that he wanted to see me write weightier books than that . |