Example sentences of "see [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want anyone to see so he cupped his hand to the window and looked out . |
| 2 | which I asked if they would stay , but they altogether refused , and seeing that they refused I did not hinder them to go , for I will press no man . |
| 3 | But anyway seeing that we got it and all this business and and er eventually they got it , but they did n't get it in nowhere near a a as good as ours and you know . |
| 4 | He could not have been kinder nor taken more trouble to see that we enjoyed ourselves . |
| 5 | To go out and glean then , would be an acknowledgement for everybody to see that they had nothing . |
| 6 | Grumble as they might about the Masai 's unbudging attachment to their traditional ways , many administrators , particularly in the later years , came to see that it had its advantages . |
| 7 | Expecting to find a look of mockery on his face , she was disconcerted to see that it held nothing of the sort . |
| 8 | She got up at night to look at her asleep , to see that she lacked nothing . |
| 9 | So she watched him closely , and she tried to read the signs , and when he seemed to be wanting something special she did her best to see that he got it . |
| 10 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 11 | Roper said : ‘ Good luck , old boy , ’ and I was surprised to see that he meant it . |
| 12 | I was therefore surprised to see that he excluded his own name from the list . |
| 13 | You loved her very much , but I am interested to see that you saw yourself as having sex , not making love . |
| 14 | His eyes were small , but as shrewd as any Topaz had seen and she knew she would n't be able to gull him . |
| 15 | It remained to be seen if he recognised her . |
| 16 | Constance thought Ludovico the most romantic man she had ever seen but what intrigued her most were his luxuriantly long eye-lashes . |
| 17 | ESTATE agent Suzy Lamplugh has not been seen since she left her office on July 28 , 1986 , to keep an appointment with the mysterious Mr Kipper at a house . |
| 18 | He would dream up all kinds of possibilities — like beetles crawling over different shaped surfaces , and someone being shut up in a box in outer space trying to find out whether he was accelerating or being acted upon by gravity — and would then test out these ideas to see if they had anything to say about the real world . |
| 19 | Back home in Stockton his mum was videoing it ‘ just to see if they spelled my name correctly . ’ |
| 20 | When I came back , I went to the children 's room , to see if they needed me , and I listened for a moment at their door . |
| 21 | He did n't even knock but just walked right in and went through the house looking to see if we had anything of value to part with before we could receive any relief . |
| 22 | She went out into the hall , not looking to see if he followed her . |
| 23 | If he really had left his boat in the cove round the point , he would have to come this way again , and I would certainly be able to see if he brought anything with him . |
| 24 | I just wanted to see if he practised what he preached . |
| 25 | If you twitched a horses lip or ear that happens , I would really like to see if I twitched your ear . |
| 26 | I went there to try and find you to see if you knew anything about Oliver , but you 'd already left . |
| 27 | ‘ I just came to see if you had something for dinner , ’ she said . |
| 28 | ROBBIE To see if you had anything , if you could have lent me something . |
| 29 | Then he read an article somewhere which said that the point of tasting a wine before it was poured was not to see if you liked it , but to make sure that it was n't corked . |
| 30 | I came to see if you needed me . |