Example sentences of "to the [noun] see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Des transmits that he found me , and I say that I 'm going over to the flats to see what 's happening , but both Des and the radio warn me off . |
| 2 | ‘ There is no need to be ashamed , ’ he said to himself , getting up off the bed and making his way to the door to see what his native Forest looked like in daylight and to see what sort of world it was where a man could be free and alone and full of shame . |
| 3 | By 27 May , though , things had quietened down sufficiently for a daring ( or foolhardy ) party to charter a steamboat from Batavia ( now Djakarta ) and sail out to the islands to see what was going on . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course I 'll come back to the Dordogne to see you , ’ Jenna promised , knowing as she said it that she could never face Alain again . |
| 5 | She had brought the baby to the Lab to see him only a fortnight ago . |
| 6 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |
| 7 | A small amount of salt should be added to the water to see it really flourish . |
| 8 | The universities ' support for vouchers is less whole-hearted , but those committed to the system see it as a means of increasing university independence from government . |
| 9 | As a boy in Taibach he had gone to the Cach to see his screen heroes . |
| 10 | The General rose from behind his enormous mahogany desk , without visibly gaining in stature , and came out on to the veranda to see us off . |
| 11 | They came to the station to see him off . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , she did , but it was when we were going to the station to see him off . |
| 13 | We decided to walk to the waterfall to see what Gullfoss , well known to us in the summer , had to offer in winter . |
| 14 | He was going to let you come to the sanatorium to see me . |
| 15 | Spencer told us of the people who had been to the Chapel to see what he was doing — and told us that several generals had been there . |
| 16 | He wrapped this and the fat-soaked bread in sheets of clean newspaper taken from the bathroom , then climbed back on to the stool to see what else he could find . |
| 17 | ‘ Taking me little one down to the country to see her Nan , ’ she heard Gloria say , then the click-clack of the ticket-clipper before the man closed the door and they were alone again . |
| 18 | Get a book published — that is hard enough — or a TV play produced and it 's straight to the newspapers to see what the critics say . |
| 19 | First he should go to the hotel to see what was happening . |
| 20 | Oh he 's gone to the library to see I 'll have to get |
| 21 | The Pumas path to the final saw them account for the second Hallamshire squad represented at the weekend , thus ending any aspirations of Yorkshire success . |
| 22 | So I turned from what we pros call ‘ the back of the book ’ to the front to see what else I could learn . |
| 23 | And it had come down to the Valve to see what the Famlio ship was doing there . |
| 24 | Julian took her companion by the hand , and wormed her way round elbows and between shoulders as far down the street as she could , drawing Brother John after her ; but before she was close enough to the gatehouse to see what was happening there she was brought to a halt , and could move no farther . |
| 25 | This is good news for all because with a few modifications hopefully on the same car I may be in with a chance for first prize next year where the prize money increases plus a trip to the States to see their ‘ Sound Off Championships ’ . |
| 26 | He 'll no doubt come to the forest to see you today . ’ |
| 27 | After Sullivan left , he talk to Iranians who had come to the palace to see him , He said to the in wonderment , " Do you know what Sullivan has just said to me ? |
| 28 | Occasionally the public relations executive of an organisation is also that organisation 's spokesman but , except for promotional and marketing campaigns where the PRO is indeed the expert in the area , the provision of an obvious intermediary can lead to the viewer seeing him as a buffer for those who might more usefully have appeared . |
| 29 | ‘ What went through your mind as you drove to the office to see me ? ’ |
| 30 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |