Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [modal v] see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that I would see the consequences of the lower figures as being twofold . |
| 2 | ‘ You are to move me so that I may see the moon . ’ |
| 3 | First , it is not clear what it would mean to say that I can see the map in my head . |
| 4 | So I said that instead of our leaving tomorrow or Sunday it might be best to wait until Monday so that I can see the bank manager at Gullshaven ; I want to make sure that Fru Gertlinger and Fru Børre are paid regularly . |
| 5 | I fancied that I could see the lights of Porkkala to the south ; west — for the coast bends south along here — but Signe said that it would be too far away . |
| 6 | ‘ We made the front page ! ’ he exulted , holding the rag up so that I could see the headline : ‘ WOMAN DIES AT THEATRE ROYAL . |
| 7 | As she pulled the dress over my head she said that she thought it would still fit her , that she could see the hole at the neckline where my grandmother had pinned a pearl brooch as something old , that the classic line never dated . |
| 8 | His head had flopped to one side and the thin neck , stretched so still that she could see the pulse beat , looked too fragile to bear the weight of his head . |
| 9 | Daisy Pettigrew changed her reading for her long distance glasses , so that she could see the vicarage garden more clearly . |
| 10 | She managed to make a half turn so that she could see the silver door , because perhaps she could reach out and reach over and grasp the elaborate handle and somehow pull herself out . |
| 11 | Some of her nails were still silver , Lee noticed , and some were so clear that she could see the blood through them . |
| 12 | The open neck of his shirt was so close that she could see the sheen of sweat on his skin . |
| 13 | ‘ But there is a possibility — a faint possibility — that you might see the king . ’ |
| 14 | It was n't until you actually turned the machine and and actually stared in to the slots that you could see the gauze . |
| 15 | You may not hear the ‘ door porter ’ through which a visitor announces his name , but you can have a peephole installed in the front door so that you can see the caller before opening the door . |
| 16 | He cranes hopefully up at windows , to demonstrate that you can see the sky if you lean far enough back , and shows Dr Serafin how there is lavatory accommodation available in the basement , only three floors down . |
| 17 | What is even more astonishing is that you can see the Wellestream more easily with every passing year . |
| 18 | You ca n't be accused of whingeing and complaining when you make the other person aware that you can see the positive in the situation too . |
| 19 | I 'm sure that you can see the reasons for the brain-strain caused by trying to get to grips with this sort of puzzle . |
| 20 | As a speechreading passenger , it is an easy matter to arrange a mirror on the visor so that you can see the passenger in front and chat in the ordinary way . |
| 21 | It is best to remove existing old paint first , so that you can see the extent of the damage |
| 22 | I think that you can see the world reflected in any relationship , any time , any action , no matter how small . |
| 23 | Remember , no one will know unless you tell them ( and remind them often ) that you must see the face of the speaker . |
| 24 | I am confident that we shall see the end of the recession in the next few months . |
| 25 | As we examine the structure of the police in the 1990s , I hope that we shall see the need for a national police agency to deal with national and international crime , while preserving the important links through the local constabularies , because it is through the local police links with the public that crime is prevented . |
| 26 | Some writers have speculated that we could see the development of new patterns of support such as an increase of private loans within families , or substantial bequests to grandchildren rather than children , since the younger generation are the ones who will find the most difficulty in getting onto the first rung of the housing ladder ( Murie and Forrest , 1980 ; Means , 1987 ) . |
| 27 | Short of the holocaust , when everything will be blown away on the wind of oblivion , there is no reason to believe that we will see the lights going down on capitalism in our lifetime . |
| 28 | And it is at this point that we can see the way in which secularisation feeds and nurtures the philosophies of secularism . |
| 29 | It is in the delirious inventiveness and ungrammticality of poetry that we can see the Remainder most fruitfully at work . |
| 30 | It is in this context that we can see the importance of the so-called Derrida-Foucault debate which is often misrepresented , not least by Foucault himself , as a confrontation between ‘ textuality ’ and ‘ history ’ . |