Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 61 | I have seen enough to believe that the materials , over time , will prove to be of real help to teachers trying to solve their own problems by enabling them to see what support there is in the sharing of difficulties and by strengthening the belief that efficient discussion can lead to effective action . |
| 62 | ‘ Babies will tolerate glasses or contact lenses if they really help them to see , ’ says optometrist Margaret Woodhouse . |
| 63 | With four boys to keep in trousers she bought a pair of pants from the store , unpicked them to see how they were put together , cut a pattern from the pieces and never looked back . |
| 64 | It 's better for them to see their loved ones as they remember them . ’ |
| 65 | Help them to see what they 're made of . |
| 66 | He could n't take home business associates for dinner because he was embarrassed for them to see you . |
| 67 | He spread the jacket between his hands , holding it out for them to see . |
| 68 | You were hoping that Dame Martha , like everyone else , saw what you wanted them to see : a woman wearing Lady Eleanor 's cloak and ring must be Lady Eleanor . |
| 69 | He was watching them to see which way they would go . |
| 70 | Rincewind looked around nervously for a tall figure in black ( wizards , even failed wizards , have in addition to rods and cones in their eyeballs the tiny octagons that enable them to see into the far octarine , the basic colour of which all other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on normal four-dimensional space . |
| 71 | He declared that it provides time for the family to gather or the body to be transported home and it offers an opportunity for them to see the person in a state of peaceful repose . |
| 72 | Sally-Anne closed her eyes , opened them to see him lift his hands to cover his face , his head bent , shoulders bowed , his world in ruins about him . |
| 73 | She held her hands out for them to see . |
| 74 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 75 | Safety is always paramount to us in those matters and we are in discussion with them to see how best we can help . |
| 76 | For a moment I thought he was going to get back to the DIY metaphor and start to try to get them to see me as undercoat or Jesus Christ as primer , but , instead , he recovered himself enough to say , ‘ Great News ! ’ |
| 77 | Taking the radical students ' ideals at face-value one might have expected them to see this incident as yet another example of oppression by a fascist regime and protest against it — after all , they protested enough when it used such methods against its own people . |
| 78 | So , we did n't have time to study them to see exactly where they are , to see what relationship between congress , the C E C and the sections . |
| 79 | The sentimentality conveyed by the careful selection of only " nice " aspects of religion to present to pupils causes them to see it — and perhaps believe in it — as just a fairy story unrelated to the real world . |
| 80 | It is like expecting them to see distant stars without the help of any binoculars or telescopes but just with their own native eyesight . |
| 81 | The maintenance of such records in departments was traditionally seen as enabling them to see who did what , when , where and why , and what were the effects of these actions . |
| 82 | This might help them to see his lack of social responsiveness as a symptom of his illness and something for which they should make allowances rather than as an unfriendly act or a personal slight on their company . |
| 83 | Sex education in schools may therefore have most impact if it aims to discourage helpless attitudes , by emphasising to young people that they are in control of their own lives , encouraging them to see themselves as active rather than passive , and in discussing what they might do in the event of an unwanted pregnancy . |
| 84 | Clear of the harbour , Ron 's farver took them to see the |
| 85 | The objectives give us a way of er measuring at the end of the course whether the course has achieved for you what you wanted from we 'll come back as I said to those this afternoon and and just review them to see that you got out of the course what you . |
| 86 | She closed her eyes for a second , and then opened them to see a glimpse of concern on Guy Sterne 's dark face . |
| 87 | She wiped enough blood away for them to see that it was a clean cut , the edges easy for Miguel 's skilful fingers to pull together . |
| 88 | Francisco drove them to see Rosie next day . |
| 89 | It aims to protect women by allowing them to SEE potential partners from the safety of their own telephone . |
| 90 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |