Example sentences of "[adv] see [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would continue to define her ex-husband as diminishingly efficient , and he would go on seeing himself as an ill-equipped buffoon who had stumbled into six years of brazen luck . |
| 2 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 3 | He could n't go on seeing her in the circumstances . |
| 4 | Only thirty people were allowed in to see me at one time . |
| 5 | and she comes in to see me on her way home from work |
| 6 | He awaited a reply eagerly and was going to drop in to see her on his next leave . |
| 7 | But when Alice was taken in to see her on the second day , she was sitting up in a swansdown wrap , surrounded by flowers . |
| 8 | Phone now on or pop in to see them at |
| 9 | Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them . |
| 10 | Sien came in to see him on visiting days , and she was keeping an eye on the studio . |
| 11 | I rang Peter from a callbox in Paddington station and asked if I could drop in to see him before going back . |
| 12 | Some day soon I may call in to see you with out for half-an-hour ! |
| 13 | I was worried about the , the work I , I could n't get in to see you until today |
| 14 | and that obviously affects the kinds of problems they have with regard to income , benefits , debt problems erm and with regards the kind of things they come in to see us about , things like single payments f for things . |
| 15 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 16 | I am delighted you are able to call in to see us in Welshpool on Thursday morning next week ( the 25th June ) . |
| 17 | At one of our constituency surgeries , a retired widow came in to see us concerning the seventeen pounds extra which she would have to pay extra er to cover the other non-payments . |
| 18 | If you 're lucky enough to see one at all it will slither off to find a more peaceful rock to sleep under , and since as yet they have n't organised themselves into packs , roaming around looking for people to bite , we can safely say that there 's nothing you will encounter that threatens humans in any way . |
| 19 | You might be lucky enough to see one in your garden , if you have one . |
| 20 | Ibn Battuta was lucky enough to see it in its prime : |
| 21 | Anyway , I got through to the finals , that was really nerve-racking , and my mum and my boyfriend came along to see me in it . |
| 22 | A great big THANK YOU to all of the Clothes Show Live visitors that popped along to see us at the N.E.C. |
| 23 | Not , he admits , that the pilot would be able literally to see anything but ‘ the longing in our hearts — that he would not come to harm — would reach up to him and his eyes would be opened . ’ |
| 24 | She was suddenly seeing herself as a desirable young woman — a woman the famous Maître of the Maison de Verveine might have wanted to marry had he been free . |
| 25 | Molly had the same feeling of doom she remembered when her father wrote to say he 'd be coming down to see her at school and would take her out to tea , so she could meet a ‘ new friend ’ . |
| 26 | Yes , Aunt Sarah , and since then I 've remembered my mother 's name , and the spell she put on me when I was a baby ; and I 've gone down to see her in her Castle under the sea … |
| 27 | Sunday and they were , say they were going down to see her in hospital , I mean that 's terrible one arm and living on your own , I do n't know how she 'll manage |
| 28 | I thought Father was down to see you at Christmas . ’ |
| 29 | Although all sets and costumes were designed in colour , a lot of ingenuity needed to be applied to make the sets visually more interesting to the viewers ; compensating them for only seeing everything in monochrome and through a slightly muzzy 405 line picture . |
| 30 | So I says I 'll pop down and go inside to see what like it is . |