Example sentences of "[noun sg] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 2 | Young women had travelled from all over the country during his trial to see him and meet him . |
| 3 | Being anxious is normal , the next stage though is to admit the anxiety and to ask for the faith to see it through . |
| 4 | Kerry and Joanne took time out to pop across from their busy stand to see us . |
| 5 | He was going to let you come to the sanatorium to see me . |
| 6 | But I had to have an excuse to see you , so I 'm not complaining . |
| 7 | It may take several releases and many months before the company starts to see a return on its investments , so it is essential for an indie to have a relatively solid financial base to see it through the difficult early stages and to sustain the levels of promotion until an act on the label breaks . |
| 8 | Sitting behind Eva and Dad in the car , watching their hands constantly fluttering towards each other , you did n't have to be a genius to see they were a couple . |
| 9 | an hour to see me . |
| 10 | She had guessed by that time that , since he had n't yet stated why he 'd waited an hour to see her , he was saving what he 'd come to tell her until they were inside her flat . |
| 11 | I 'm inclined to ring in half an hour to see you 've got there safely , but I suppose I 'd have your brother hopping out of bed . ’ |
| 12 | I went down there one Sunday afternoon to see him working . |
| 13 | Erm so I 'm gon na go in this afternoon to see her . |
| 14 | You never knew when your luck would turn — another mean Taibach slogan to see him through these dazzling fields of honey and clover . |
| 15 | But dear Caroline 's got an almighty hangover , sick as a dog , so I brought him over on the back of the bike to see it again . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've not even the money to see you properly married , Emily , ’ he said softly . |
| 17 | Wil paid good beer money to see it and of course himself . |
| 18 | I picked up my briefcase , started out the door and asked the FBI agent on the case to see me downstairs to a cab because I did n't feel very safe in Chicago . |
| 19 | I know he 's doing God 's work , but it will break my heart to see him leave ! ’ and she broke down in tears . |
| 20 | It tore her heart to see him go . |
| 21 | He 's been breeding Herefords for 45 years and it breaks his heart to see us importing rubbish from overseas . |
| 22 | outside people 's houses , and the amount of stuff in there , that just breaks my heart to see it all go into landfill . |
| 23 | Well , I have a fancy to see it , and I think we might take a look on our way home . ’ |
| 24 | The critical inability to see them comes partly from mere ideological reluctance ; partly , though , from unfamiliarity with the basic structural mode of The Lord of the Rings , the ancient and pre-novelistic device of entrelacement . |
| 25 | But the reserves were playing next day at Guildford : an opportunity to see them play was too good to miss . |
| 26 | I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters . |
| 27 | I wish that Deane was scoring 3 a match — but I have nt had the opportunity to see him in action recently . |
| 28 | It may be nothing or it may be something that Durham Theatre Company , formed one thought to take theatre to places in the county which never have the opportunity to see it , has a new production out soon . |
| 29 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
| 30 | I was happy to have the opportunity to see you again , Principessa Sabatini . ’ |