Example sentences of "[subord] i see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 5pm that day I went along to Anouska Hempel 's very individual and attractive showroom at 2 Pond Place , Chelsea , where I saw her really lovely couture collection , for which she derived the inspiration from Eastern Europe . |
| 2 | Without waiting for my assent , he pulled writing materials from his cloak , where I saw he had several notebooks . |
| 3 | I mentioned to Ewen that I still had some ( I told him 10 , but it appears to be only 8 ) copies left of GGE , and yesterday I approached Bargain Books on Princes Street , where I see they 're selling it for £6 , in the hope that I might add my copies to their stock and get a cheque for you . |
| 4 | I kept my eyes open over the next few days and although I saw her sitting in the window she never appeared outside . |
| 5 | John explained in a programme note that he had tried ‘ to get the robustness of the early eighteenth century as well as the extremely mannered movements of the period ’ and , although I saw it once only , memory suggests that he succeeded to good effect . |
| 6 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |
| 7 | He came over and said , ‘ So I see you are not enjoying this concert . |
| 8 | T. B. I could n't go across the road to speak to another policeman if I saw him , never spoke to anyone . |
| 9 | So would I , if I saw him . ’ |
| 10 | I would not be responsible for my actions if I saw him . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If I saw me coming into the dressing room I 'd have myself kicked out . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 14 | ‘ I was afraid if I saw you I would n't be able to keep my hands off you . |
| 15 | ‘ If I saw you , someone else must have done . |
| 16 | I would n't cos I , I ca n't if I saw you in the street I do n't know you I could n't be , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 17 | I 'd know where I lived if I saw it , but just at the moment I ca n't remember the name of the street it 's in , and the policeman would n't know if I do n't have the address . |
| 18 | ‘ And if I saw it on , say , Julia Roberts or Demi Moore in a film I 'd think it was wonderful , but it 's not me . |
| 19 | He 's trying to find out if I saw it . |
| 20 | Well I 'm blowed if I saw it on , on that receipt . |
| 21 | I 'd probably know what you mean if I saw it . |
| 22 | kicked it if I saw it . |
| 23 | I 'll slap his legs if I see him . |
| 24 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 25 | If I see him again — good day , sir , sir , ma'am , apologies , terrible crimes , days of ruin for all of us — your servant ! ’ |
| 26 | I could point him out to you , though , if I see him , ’ he said positively . |
| 27 | Well if I see him |
| 28 | ‘ A battleship is the salt cellar and the pepper a fishtank but if I see them both together they become a kangaroo . ’ |
| 29 | If I see them collecting I 'll ask . |
| 30 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |