Example sentences of "i [vb mod] see [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ You are to move me so that I may see the moon . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Confidentially , ’ said Corbett , ‘ I must see the Queen before she returns to France . ’ |
| 3 | I must see the doctor about it soon . |
| 4 | ‘ I must see the body at once . ’ |
| 5 | Come , I must see the corpse once more . ’ |
| 6 | But I must see the boy 's faith , do you see ? ’ |
| 7 | Thank you very much , but this is my patient and I must see the case through . |
| 8 | However , I was told I should see the doctor because I could choke . |
| 9 | I might see a bit of shuffling amongst all the cells but nothing else . |
| 10 | ‘ You mean I might see the prince ! ’ |
| 11 | Whilst as a worker I might see the process , to me very important , I think there 's a lot of concrete outcomes for young people feel we have achieved this , we did this for ourselves , it 's ours , we own it . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll see the man again tomorrow of course , in case there 's anything he can tell us , but I do n't hold out much hope . |
| 13 | Let him take a knife , and I 'll see the colour of his inside ! ’ |
| 14 | I 'll see the Shah goes on making the omelettes " |
| 15 | ‘ If it 's witchcraft , ’ Mandeville grated , ‘ I 'll see the old bitch burn within a week ! ’ |
| 16 | Maybe I 'll see the funny side of it one day . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll see the builder , then , and give you a ring on Monday evening to let you know what 's happening . |
| 18 | I 'll see the Coroner 's Clerk before we start . |
| 19 | ‘ Okay , I 'll see the thief of Baghdad for you . |
| 20 | And then you start thinking well you know now I 'll see the world . |
| 21 | Endless , he wrote , because I could see no end to them and because I could envisage no beginning . |
| 22 | Perhaps it was a tiredness resulting from the previous 14 pitches , but I could see no way of free climbing it at less than E5 , and I was n't good enough for that , not now . |
| 23 | One of them was named Galway Bay , but of the bay itself , famous in song , I could see no sign . |
| 24 | but I could see no special contact between them . |
| 25 | I could see no reason for panic . |
| 26 | Moorcroft 's letter of resignation refers to his ill health , but speaking 40 years later , Coleman said : ‘ I could see no ill health [ in Moorcroft ] at all . |
| 27 | I was , however , able to reassure her on this point , as I could see no prospects of my ever getting close enough to any American for him to even ask my name , never mind ask me to marry him — and in the 1940 's you did have to wait to be asked . |
| 28 | I could see no prospects myself of being released in much under twelve months . |
| 29 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 30 | I was concerned , but as I could see no sign of disease I decided not to interfere . |