Example sentences of "[vb infin] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't stay to see it happen , just went as far up the fields as I could go . |
| 2 | We might even stay to see it and learn from it ourselves … that 's if you are performing on Corpus Christi Day . |
| 3 | For those who can stay to see it . |
| 4 | I hope people will want to see them . |
| 5 | ‘ I … er … but why do you want to see them ? ’ he asked plaintively . |
| 6 | He 'd want to see them . |
| 7 | The banks are businesses too and we do not want to see them closed down . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't really want to see them being killed do we ? ’ |
| 9 | You may not dislike the person ( or alternatively , you may ) but you do n't want to see them then , at all . |
| 10 | I knew you would want to see them , Captain — Mr Andropulos seems very anxious to see you — and I know you do n't like unauthorized people on the bridge so I took the liberty of putting the four gentlemen and the two young ladies in the wardroom . |
| 11 | He did not want to see them simply crushed , not only because he respected their opinion , but because he would have to go on working with them after the Council . |
| 12 | Do you want to see them ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't want to see them . ’ |
| 14 | She did want to see them ; her rivals . |
| 15 | There 's something about them that makes me want to see them glazed with passion — ’ |
| 16 | It was n't purely coincidental that she happened to be carrying the details of previous work experience , for she 'd expected that the secretarial agency might want to see them . |
| 17 | ‘ But you did n't want to see them . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Impressionable teenagers use the Arts Centre all the time and I do n't want to see them confronted by this sort of filth . |
| 19 | Do you want to see them ? |
| 20 | I do n't want to see them tonight |
| 21 | it 's like the , cos I keep saying if you must do those F's you do it at school I said , but do not do them for me , I said if you do I do not want to see them , but again you 've got a conflict there between home and school |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't want to see him . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't want to see him , ’ Anna said , remembering her inoculation on the first day back , and how it had hurt . |
| 24 | ‘ What the hell do you want to see him for ? ’ asked Brown . |
| 25 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 26 | I do n't want to see him again . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Now I wo n't come down on him like a ton of bricks if he misses chances but I do n't want to see him becoming uptight and letting other aspects of his game suffer if things do n't go right — as against Norway . |
| 28 | You do n't want to see him as mad , a suicide , a killer . |
| 29 | You did want to see him … ’ |
| 30 | Because I had n't sorted myself out about the whole thing properly , my feelings while waiting were a complete tangle — although I did n't want to see him , I did desperately want him to want to see me . |