Example sentences of "[coord] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 2 | He started keeping Fred and himself to timetables , so that she knew where she was , and cut out eating with Fred after the show or seeing him in the daytime at weekends . |
| 3 | Not seeing Fen for weeks or seeing him and knowing the futility of it all . |
| 4 | Feminist psychology also finds it difficult to deal with apparent irrationalities in women 's subjectivity except by pathologizing the women , or seeing them as social victims . |
| 5 | Why are they resisting those arguments , or seeing them as concessions that might be made during negotiations ? |
| 6 | Well it 's not very clear whether he 's actually thinking or seeing it . |
| 7 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , ’ she replied smilingly , and did n't need him to wait with her by the lift or to see her safely inside . |
| 9 | But once they had left the house , and were at last too far away to hear her aunt 's and uncle 's farewells , or to see them as they stood outside in the yard , silhouetted against the lighted kitchen , excitement began to creep into Ruth and her spirits began to lift . |
| 10 | They did not want me to stop work to write or to see them . |
| 11 | They regard it as an ideal way to familiarise themselves with the latest legislative and other changes and are sometimes reluctant to delegate the task or to see it rendered unnecessary , as is the case with the microfilm system described below . |
| 12 | We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified . |
| 13 | ( Without a cover sheet , there was no knowing who might have read it or seen it . ) |
| 14 | I had heard something about it once or seen it on a map , but I could remember nothing definite . |
| 15 | I was n't put off by the fact that Jo had told me not to call or see her . |
| 16 | When the facades are swept away it is the use , misuse or disuse of courtesy that indicates whether a person respects you as a human being — or sees you and treats you as a nuisance , servant Or enemy . |
| 17 | Studies of social mobility , of schools , of work , of leisure , of youth culture , even of the family , either ignored women or saw them only through male eyes . |
| 18 | There are such men in this city , and even to see them , never mind to touch them or have them kiss you , or see them just before dawn , or to have them as one of your dear friends , is one of the great pleasures of our life , and it is commoner than most people think . |
| 19 | Guilt is culpable responsibility — we are guilty of some specific offence , or we may be seen by others or see them as so ; in this sense we carry the more or less factual responsibility for damage or potential damage to some other person(s) or society as a whole . |
| 20 | Or see them through an abortion , |
| 21 | I ca n't make him hear me , or see me . |
| 22 | Women may find her image within themselves , or see her reflected in a mythical , historical or living person who carries such a quality in her being . |
| 23 | BRIGHTON Mark Steel is a comic who should be returned to at irregular intervals : see him too often ( and he is all over London ) and you tire of his south London patter , but go back to his schoolroom lesson after a break from the circuit , or see him off his home patch and you 'll enjoy an exercise bookful of character face-pulling , energetic storytelling and witty , like-it-is observations . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you wish to speak to him or see him ? ’ |
| 25 | She had done all the house out and got all the presents and everything , but then they says I could n't have him or see him . |
| 26 | As she muttered to herself about interfering Australians who could n't mind their own business she did n't hear Leo come back , or see him loom over the fence . |
| 27 | ‘ If that 's Penry tell him I do n't want to speak to him or see him again . |
| 28 | Try a few on Main Street or see you later . |
| 29 | Read it as an entertaining mock gothic tale , or see it as a celebration of Scottish pride and of feminism , and a condemnation of the return to Victorian values . |
| 30 | No plenty of bloody but no or see he forgot to go up and help was busy on Boxing Day they wo n't pay , they give them a free ticket to get in . |