Example sentences of "i see [that] [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody had been her , fetching me to see that I was playing truant , landed in school . |
| 2 | Higher and higher the shaking hand pushed the skirts until I saw that she was wearing a pair of white calico drawers , and remembering the black lace French knickers with their little rosebud trimmings , I understood . |
| 3 | First , I saw that she was chosen , and that for all time ‘ all generations will call [ her ] blessed ’ ( Luke 1.48 ) . |
| 4 | I thought he was only joining in to please me , but before long I saw that he was enjoying it too , chiefly I think because to him it was a novelty . |
| 5 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 6 | This happened on the Sunday in question , and as I watched him climb the stairs , dragging himself up by the banister , I saw that he was sweating heavily . |
| 7 | I saw that he was examining my face during the same silence . |
| 8 | The prisoner ran like a wild goat , and soon I saw that he was coming near the bottom of my hill . |
| 9 | As I passed the palatial ship of Gharr the Gherpotean , I saw that it was shut up tight , with no sign of activity . |
| 10 | I saw that I was intended to be subject to people like these two , was doomed to marry Syl as surely as I had been born of my mother . |
| 11 | I saw that I was going to have to find a job before I did something rash which landed me in prison . |
| 12 | ‘ I see that you 're going in . |
| 13 | I see that you 're mentioned in Orders , |
| 14 | I see that you are smiling , but he was not a high-liver . |