Example sentences of "[verb] what they [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two policemen took statements from the servants about the last known moments of the occupants of the manor , and from Seb , Tom and Carrie , who described what they had seen as they approached the manor house the previous night . |
| 2 | A solution has now been offered and , if we accept it , we were right : the ladies had truthfully reported what they had seen , but in fact it was a sort of fancy-dress fête champêtre organized by Robert de Montesquiou : as no official permission had been granted for this , the authorities denied all knowledge of it . |
| 3 | There 's projects with the kids you know get the kids to work on what they want what they want to see get them to work on their parents and find out you could find out then whether there is or not in Harlow . |
| 4 | Wagstaff argues that the hypnotist , like a counsellor , helps motivate people to try to remember by reassuring them that they will not be made to feel upset , guilty , or embarrassed if they describe what they have seen . |
| 5 | We 'll see what they say see what they say afterwards . |
| 6 | A month later , during investigations made by 5 Corps after the repatriations were over ( see Chapter Eleven ) , statements were taken from a number of officers in the Durham Light Infantry and 46 Recce Regiment , describing what they had seen at the time . |
| 7 | Then set a task which requires trainees to apply what they have seen to their own situation . |
| 8 | Already ‘ wish lists ’ have been made where staff indicate what they want to see from agency status and these suggestions have been acted on . |
| 9 | Guess what they 'd seen me in ? |
| 10 | The advisers did not always accept these arguments and pointed to the fact that they were comparing what they had seen with other schools . |
| 11 | This way , he says , when native Taligent , finally arrives in mid-1995 it will find an industry well stocked with Taligent-compliant tools and objects — and developers , claims Guglielmi , just love what they have seen so far . |
| 12 | This way , he says , when native Taligent , finally arrives in mid-1995 it will find an industry well stocked with Taligent-compliant tools and objects — and developers , claims Guglielmi , just love what they have seen so far . |
| 13 | This way , he says , when native Taligent , finally arrives in mid-1995 it will find an industry well stocked with Taligent-compliant tools and objects — and developers , claims Guglielmi , just love what they have seen so far . |
| 14 | Casual observers tend to see what they expect to see , and naked-eye observations of the full Moon are a case in point . |
| 15 | Interestingly , Dr James Young Simpson of Edinburgh University , who was one of the first to use chloroform , flatly denied any of these side effects , and said the doctors were seeing what they wanted to see . |
| 16 | Witnesses were found and coerced or bullied into telling what they had seen , by the simple expedient of sealing off the entire area for blocks around and threatening all-night interrogation sessions , unless information was forthcoming . |
| 17 | Observing that people 's perceptions of reality are often determined by their expectations ( they see what they want to see ) and that this can contribute to a serious disjunction between ‘ espoused theory ’ and ‘ theory in use ’ , they proposed strategies for increasing professional effectiveness based on encouraging receptivity to critical feedback . |