Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb mod] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suffered agonies of suspense in silence , for I never knew when or where I would see you again , or whether she would be with you . |
| 2 | Leon always opened his door after that and , standing in the same spot where I could see him , he would play . |
| 3 | As I walked across the gravel to the colonnade , where I could see Conchis was already sitting , his back to me , I decided on a course of action — or rather , of reaction . |
| 4 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
| 5 | My medlar will be planted where I can see its pure white blossom in spring and watch its autumn leaves turn crimson . |
| 6 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 7 | ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch . |
| 8 | I merely want to keep you where I can see you while I dress more in accordance with entertaining an unexpected caller . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded . |
| 10 | I 'll die , or I 'll see him dead first ! ’ |
| 11 | Or I will see to it that everyone in Cairo knows who is the sheikh who takes money from Copts . ’ |
| 12 | I think I think I go back to this point about I think in concept anyway I 'm not happy about er a proposition that er that function is performed or I can see the disadvantages significant disadvantages in having the traffic er for both the A sixty one er and the A fifty nine c and its links into Harrogate and Knaresborough , concentrated on that er on on inner northern line . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a damn good job you do n't , laddie , or I could see you being hauled up before the old man . ’ |
| 14 | Although I could see marriage appearing in the distance , it was still a long way off . |
| 15 | Her clothes were different — foreign , and smart — but her hair was red , and although I could see she was n't beautiful I thought she was . |
| 16 | Not quite true , Sarah thought , although I could see their good points . |
| 17 | I must admit to preferring bitches myself , although I can see the appeal of a dog . |
| 18 | Although I can see the whole thing unrolling in my mind 's eye like a silent film , I ca n't really be precise about where everyone was and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 19 | I keep the snapshot you sent me by my bed , but although I can see it is you , you look different — so much older . |
| 20 | I am glad to be able to contribute briefly to the debate on the Bill , although I can see that there will not be a meeting of the minds . |
| 21 | Although I can see your frustration re : franky boy |
| 22 | Although I can see the sense of it , I feel very rejected . |
| 23 | ‘ I said in court that I might see 200 such challenges if I attended four games in a week — and I stand by that . |
| 24 | I had rather been hoping that I might see somebody I knew while I was in the town , but the only people I saw were old Mackenzie in the gun and tackle shop and Mrs Stuart in the cafe , yawning and fat behind her Formica counters and reading a Mills & boon . |
| 25 | ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago . |
| 26 | I grew a little apprehensive when she informed me that I would see witches and some ugly things , after which I would see my grandfather and other long-dead relatives . |
| 27 | I think that I would see the consequences of the lower figures as being twofold . |
| 28 | I really just wanted to see er just wanted to see the sort of range of things they did now this is more like it you see Effective Writing , Report Writing , Technical Report Writing , Business Sales Corres , Editing House Journals Writing for Publication , Desk Top Publishing , things like working with the media these are more the sort of things that I would see people |
| 29 | ‘ You are to move me so that I may see the moon . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Tell her that I do exist and that I 'll see her one day . ’ |