Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | bluecollar gipsy I can see it in your eyes . |
| 2 | ‘ In that case I 'll see him now , then he 'll be able to go ashore . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Right , in that case I 'll see them now . ’ |
| 4 | In that case I 'll see you later . ’ |
| 5 | Through a tear in the singlet I could see his rib bones sticking out . |
| 6 | As an islander I can see something of both points of view , and I have been aware of a sense of embarrassment in some of my Faroese friends that the outside world should think of them as ‘ barbarians ’ . |
| 7 | Mum flopped down in her chair and did n't say a word but by her look I could see I would suffer for it later . |
| 8 | ‘ This one sounds quite promising , but of course I must see him first — one ca n't always tell from the application , he added primly . |
| 9 | With a bit of luck I 'll see you tomorrow . ’ |
| 10 | Then with luck I 'll see my dear wife before midnight . ’ |
| 11 | I thought she 'd be on that one five minutes I 'll see what |
| 12 | We shall have to consider the sub judice rule in relation to what is said , but at present I can see nothing sub judice in this matter . |
| 13 | Even if I had no longer been able to see the real images in my mind I could see their representations as clearly as if they hung before me , and the two were beginning to run together . |
| 14 | From my seat I could see your profile . |
| 15 | I nodded to them , but when they looked at me I turned away quickly , for fear I should see them exchange puzzled glances . |
| 16 | Mr Chairman erm I would like personally take up a suggestion that was in The Star about the possibility of a regional company being based at the playhouse in other words for a few months I would see it as people getting to know this company and rather like a repertory theatre of old then people would want to come and see these people in different roles and I think that would add to the you know repetitive . |
| 17 | She said that if I stood in my doorway I could see her face , for the girl was not veiled . |
| 18 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 19 | Kukuli was Quechua for ‘ beautiful bird ’ and even in the dim light of the carriage I could see she had eyes like stars . |
| 20 | However , if you attempt to arrest any man or woman here on a charge of vagrancy I will see they are defended in your court — and in any higher court to which they may be sent for trial . |
| 21 | I do n't know wen I 'll see you agen , but I 'm sorry for the things I did , and I 'm ashamd . |
| 22 | And over the next six months you 'll see everything from computers to paint-by-number books appearing on a beauty counter near you . |
| 23 | " If you close your eyes you can see it in this room , the two of them standing there , rough kind of people . |
| 24 | If you worked in the industry you would see what was happening and you would be aghast . |
| 25 | That 's Pat you can see it just there , look |
| 26 | If you go by the side of the college you 'll see it from the |
| 27 | In another language where mother 's brothers and father 's brothers are referred to by different words we would see them as different kinds of relatives . |
| 28 | ‘ In the next few months we will see what the public think we should spend our money on , as we look at the results of a survey . ’ |
| 29 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 30 | But as they crossed the sand she could see it was true . |