Example sentences of "[adv] see [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 2 | and a little boy nipped on to see his mum the boy never got off so he was still on the bus |
| 3 | Playing with Darcy , the 33-year-old Dubliner dropped a shot early on to see his lead reduced by two shots . |
| 4 | When the old Major , so soon to die , had travelled secretly to see his son and meet her , she recognized his courtesy because he was a gentleman , but there was no welcome and no warmth in him . |
| 5 | They will often invite you in to see their stock , and if you make a purchase you may be rewarded with a glass of madeira wine . |
| 6 | ‘ He walked in to see her standing in the kitchen naked with burnt pubic hair , ’ said Mr Godsmark . |
| 7 | Also , one of my carers — who is very caring , goes all the time , does the work for the person — is very young and quite quiet , and I feel … well last week a doctor came in to see her client , and if it had been one of the older carers I 'm sure they would have had a go at the doctor and forced him to do more than he actually did . |
| 8 | Having explained this , I hope you 'll think again before storming in to see your son 's headmaster . |
| 9 | So , if you 're in to see your doctor at five at night and get a script , you 've got to wait until two the next day . |
| 10 | The gipsy was loudly demanding to be allowed in to see his sister . |
| 11 | It was Mary Donovan who suggested that Eileen 's younger brother might slip in to see his nephew before he left for America . |
| 12 | Before he left he slipped in to see his wife . |
| 13 | For the next four years he sat as an engrossing clerk on a stool in the dusty office , so thick with dust that it entered the sunbeams ; and bent over crabbed writing in the books , or showed dull clients in to see his father , or sat the examinations , which he passed . |
| 14 | He did not go in to see his mother , but went upstairs and lay face down on his bed . |
| 15 | Was there enough to see her way ? |
| 16 | Harold Watkinson had not survived as Secretary of State for Defence long enough to see his counter-reformation completed , but he did have the satisfaction of knowing that , had it not been for his efforts to swing the pendulum of British Defence policy back into the centre of the spectrum of war , Britain 's disengagement from empire would not have been so successful . |
| 17 | ‘ And you wo n't even let the boy stay long enough to see his mother ? ’ said the yeoman without animosity . |
| 18 | The evening was now getting dark , but light enough to see my way . |
| 19 | ‘ Besides , I 'm going along to see my agent this morning . |
| 20 | December 7 , 1786 : I am in a fair way of becoming as eminent as Thomas a Kempis or John Bunyan , and you may expect henceforth to see my birthday inserted among the wonderful events in the Poor Robin 's and Aberdeen Almanacks , along with the black Monday and the battle of Bothwell Bridge . |
| 21 | This time last year the studios proudly produced an expensive list of star-packed sequels only to see their audience disappear to cheap films like Paramount 's ‘ Ghost ’ and Disney 's ‘ Pretty Woman ’ . |
| 22 | In the match of the tournament , Drake took the first set 6–3 only to see his advantage melt away as Alger powered his way back into the reckoning with a blistering 6–1 win in the second . |
| 23 | IT was Ballymoney who started the game in livelier fashion and with only ten minutes played Willie McNeill almost headed them into the lead when he made perfect contact with McKendry 's cross only to see his header strike the woodwork . |
| 24 | City 's leaders caused Steve Hudsbeth whose tally of goals kept pace with their beaten run , stepped up to take the kick , only to see his effort go outside . |
| 25 | He felt like a boxer who had been pummelled mercilessly against the ropes , on the verge of defeat , only to see his opponent 's corner throw in the towel . |
| 26 | The woodwork again came to Monaghan 's rescue eight minutes from time when Coyle weaved his way into the United penalty area , only to see his shot flicked onto the upright by O'Shea . |
| 27 | Pascoe stepped over the ball to allow West a shooting chance and when his drive was blocked Legg pounced only to see his shot cleared by Preece . |
| 28 | I poured my heart , soul and a couple of vats from Nettles brewery into making it a cohesive , disciplined goal-scoring machine , only to see my dream sabotaged by soccer-illiterate shopkeepers and eleven Lego-legged , sloth-brained idiots in vaguely matching shorts . |
| 29 | Remember John and I went on a , a visit down to see their hut and to be honest , they were making a very good job of the hut , what they come in for , is er , a second bite , really , erm , they 've got to , to floor the roof which we er , thought was quite interesting . |
| 30 | We went down to see my Gran . |