Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] see [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must see my son and speak to him . |
| 2 | ‘ First I must see your body without those dreadful clothes you are wearing . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I might , ’ said Philip , ‘ I might see his ghost . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll see her later today then . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll see her later , ’ he called over his shoulder . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll see your mum has a nice cup of tea waiting for you ’ |
| 7 | I 'll see your Mum and whatever she wants to know I 'll be only too pleased to tell her . ’ |
| 8 | I 'LL SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN , IN SNOW , ON THE SUMMIT … ’ |
| 9 | Maybe I 'll see your mother … and Stefan . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll see your mother . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll see your ‘ buggered ’ and raise you a ‘ shagged out ’ . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll see my patient now , ’ Irina said . |
| 13 | Then with luck I 'll see my dear wife before midnight . ’ |
| 14 | Next I 'll see his white hand , sliding in through the serving hatch . |
| 15 | It was almost dark when I found it and it was not until I arrived home that I could see its lovely design . |
| 16 | But I , I 'm hating , but I mean yeah I could see its cleverness . |
| 17 | I could see her English neighbour shutting her front door in our faces , and yet all the same we left the two children there , rushing away after I 'd pinched their cheeks to make them cry so that she 'd have to come out to them . |
| 18 | I could see her face very clearly in the wisp of cloud that was now making its way across the sky . |
| 19 | I could see her thinking , ‘ We ca n't send this one on a book tour . ’ |
| 20 | This afternoon — I arrived in Salisbury at around three thirty — when I entered my address in her register as ‘ Darlington Hall ’ , I could see her look at me with some trepidation , assuming no doubt that I was some gentleman used to such places as the Ritz or the Dorchester and that I would storm out of her guest house on being shown my room . |
| 21 | I could see her face now , Mum 's face , eyeshadow and lipstick perfect as always , struggling there in the thick slimy mud — gasping , sinking … |
| 22 | She said that if I stood in my doorway I could see her face , for the girl was not veiled . |
| 23 | And , coming closer , I could see her features properly . |
| 24 | Even from fifty yards away I could see her pained expression . |
| 25 | I could see her chest move in and out inside the light cotton jacket . |
| 26 | By then I was on my feet and I could see her face , the cheeks marked by the slaps he had given her , the eyes showing signs of intelligence again . |
| 27 | She frowned at me ; I could see her great , black eyebrows draw together , and the smoke coming from her nostrils . |
| 28 | In fact she was walking up and down and I could see her mouth opening and closing as she meowed , though I could n't hear her . |
| 29 | I could see her paws sticking out through the wire door and she was making one hell of a racket . |
| 30 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |