Example sentences of "see that it was [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he was going to see that it was finished by Friday . |
| 2 | Even if it is n't , I ca n't see that it was pushed any distance … |
| 3 | If you look at it in the light , you can see that it was made in Bohemia . |
| 4 | As I entered the building I could see that it was damaged , probably by mortars , or shellfire . |
| 5 | When one takes a longer-run view of the monopoly situation , one sees that it was won by competition , and that it represents , as such ( and as far as it goes ) a step forward in the entrepreneurial process of the market . |
| 6 | As I passed the palatial ship of Gharr the Gherpotean , I saw that it was shut up tight , with no sign of activity . |
| 7 | When its flapping had started to irritate me , I snatched it from him and saw that it was ruled like a timetable . |
| 8 | She saw that it was covered with badly printed words , amongst which ‘ Wellwisher ’ stood out . |
| 9 | When the angel came to the rock he saw that it was covered by a lovely green creeping plant . |
| 10 | Mrs Crump expressed her gratitude with the eloquence of total silence but with a little look which , as Hope noted and saw that it was noted , signalled that she was pierced to the heart . |
| 11 | She jumped off her bike , pulled at the gate , and then saw that it was padlocked . |
| 12 | Turning it over , he saw that it was sealed up , and broke it open . |
| 13 | Any way that was it and you st and you f forked them all round and you after it was er up you was put up to do the tramping round and round and you Every forkful you took it and saw that it was laid down and tramped it round like this , round and round and round and then the next one , till it was up . |
| 14 | But when they had a closer look they saw that it was frozen solid . |
| 15 | He said he was going to and see that it was done |
| 16 | He would ask young Alex for the ring , and see that it was put well on Mary 's finger , he would wish them to be happy and fruitful and true to one another and that nothing would ever part them . |
| 17 | Confronted with a problem he would reduce it to its essentials , get on with producing a solution , and see that it was put into effect . |