Example sentences of "see it happen " in BNC.

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1 We have seen it happen .
2 He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ .
3 I 've seen it happen to a lot of good MDs that got fired .
4 He had seen it happen , like a click of the fingers , the start of life , when the foal opened its eyes and looked at him .
5 I have seen it happen , for instance , to people at retirement .
6 I 've seen it happen to new people coming in as well .
7 He lost his mother and has seen it happen , so to be away from his father would be impossible .
8 I had seen it happen at close quarters because I am his caddie .
9 He has seen it happen .
10 Sometimes it can : I have seen it happen , and it is usually with the better commercials .
11 And I 've seen it happen on several occasions over the past couple of years , always when there are no TV cameras on him .
12 I 've seen it happen . ’
13 Dexter had seen it happen many times before : the moment when a human being slips from conversation into confession , the moment when what seemed like a universal desire to atone for wickedness overwhelmed the conflicting wish for self-preservation .
14 " Some dogs do get over it , Wes. i did n't tell him that I had seen it happen only once .
15 She had seen it happen to others many a time .
16 Truly ungrammatical sentences are regarded as not resulting from any regular grammatical process ( e.g. ‘ I 've seen it happen is two girls fight . ’ ) .
17 They 'd seen it happen before to Gesner 's dancers , but not usually so early in the Season .
18 We 've already seen it happen with the youth training .
19 Perhaps she had seen it happen while in this automatic state .
20 If you do know it , then , should you admit it , because if we 've seen it happen , we 'll report it as fact , because we saw it happen .
21 We 've also seen it happening , to an extent in properties in Bishopsfield as well erm I really think we need to get to grips with what we seem to be doing , which de-counting people prematurely early er , in response to , to housing developments which we are planning to undertake in in partnership with other people and leaving ourselves open to this and not
22 In this poem you get the feeling that Owen is not actually taking part in this but he has seen it happening before and so , unlike all the rest , it is not completely based on his own experience .
23 I 'd like another one , actually , but I ca n't see it happening now . ’
24 ‘ I 'd be quite interested in that but I ca n't see it happening here .
25 ‘ Bruno against Lennox means something in London but it means nothing in America and I just ca n't see it happening until October at the earliest .
26 And then , very very slowly , so slowly she could hardly see it happening , the glass began to lean backwards , farther and farther and farther backwards until it was balancing on just one edge of its base .
27 I ca n't see it happening .
28 Ca n't see it happening , but it would be better .
29 Since they ca n't see it happening on earth they invent a heaven in which it does .
30 And did did you see th w was it widespread , did you see it happening to other people ?
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