Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [subord] i see [pron] " in BNC.

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1 During the next few days I lived in terror , doors locked , ready to fly — to leave through the front door if Aunt Louise came to the back , or out of the back door if I saw her coming down the path .
2 Let me leave you there for the moment with my views of high morale as I saw it , and I saw a great deal of it during my constant circuit within the Command .
3 I should have realised that you were n't a real wizard when I saw you did n't have a staff . ’
4 I had n't even dared go near Furnival Gardens since I saw my old man for the second rime .
5 Verse 1 Where has tha' bin since I saw thee ?
6 I can tell a real man when I see one , believe me .
7 These are the five leisurely seconds while I see what he will do .
8 ‘ You were in good health when I saw you only a week ago today . ’
9 ‘ That does n't mean I ca n't recognise a good design when I see it . ’
10 It 's a long time since I saw you looking so well .
11 ‘ It will be a long time before I see you again , Willie , ’ she said .
12 I knew an immovable object when I saw it , and I retreated through the first sleeping car , where grooms in T-shirts lolled in open day compartments ( shut off by heavy felt curtains for sleeping ) , on my way to consult with the Chinese chef in the forward dome car 's kitchen .
13 I was acting out the role of the good , courageous patient as I saw it at the time , while Mr Lennox was no doubt pleased to find me co-operative , free from despair and above all , unemotional .
14 I heard something about this he said , er I was on holidays all last week he said but erm it 's bloody lies cos I saw him last week .
15 She 's a big woman who 's always in a green housecoat when I see her in the evenings after the pub when , as often happens , her son and I end up at her house .
16 So somehow it was reassuring to find he had a sore throat when I saw him last Thursday .
17 Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one .
18 My main job as I see it is that I 'm the exactly the same as a vicar in a civilian parish .
19 It was about a week later and my leathers were still a little ruffled after the grating incident when I saw him sitting all alone in the waiting room .
20 ‘ I promised myself I 'd smash his handsome face when I saw him on the prison-ship .
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