Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] see [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was buried in the garden with all due ceremony , and all I knew or felt at the time was grief that I should never see my beloved pet again . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll just see my father to a taxi and come back for you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll probably see her later . ’ |
| 4 | " I 'll gladly see your Superintendent if you think it necessary , " I said . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll never see my brother again , ’ she moaned , hating herself for sounding so foolish when her grief was so vast . |
| 6 | The , for example , where I worked I had to bale out you know in the morning about thirty pails of water , you know before I could even see my footboard . |
| 7 | I could just see my hand when I held it out . |
| 8 | I could just see my face in it . |
| 9 | And here 's me with one eye and here 's I could fucking see our William , here 's me round the back then me I 'm away in here to waken up , fuck ten past seven |
| 10 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 11 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 12 | I could never see her thick black tuft of pubic hair without longing to go with my father into that dark Moravian pine forest , stretching all the way from the Carpathians , which surrounded our home . |
| 13 | When I reached my gate I could still see her grey shape at the door . |
| 14 | I could still see her eyes twinkling , hear her voice and her laughter like a gold thread sparkling through a tapestry of words . |
| 15 | I 'd rather see our dog kill our Brian ! |
| 16 | He did say before he went that I would never see my son again . |
| 17 | ‘ I shall never see my own world again , ’ he thought . |
| 18 | I can just see his eyes . |
| 19 | File it alongside ‘ I 'll put you in motion pictures ’ , ‘ I could immortalise you in paint ’ , ‘ I can just see your neck in marble ’ , etc , etc . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh I can quite see your point of view ’ is not a reaction that is on the agenda , quite frankly . |
| 21 | AB : I can certainly see his point , but I just wonder whether this is too much of a generalisation . |
| 22 | In my day-dreams and nightmares you were always clothed in those washed-out jeans : I can still see their frayed , ravelled seams with their bleached , raggy threads softened by countless abrasions and grindings , the frazzled button-holes , the worn buttons showing the cheap metal underneath . |
| 23 | Nice old lady , no matter how often you tug at your woolly skirt hem to persuade it to cover your knees , I can still see your new shining cream bloomers ! |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , I can still see my mother at the urn . ’ |
| 25 | I can still see my hand |
| 26 | I mean I can still see my hand moving |
| 27 | I can still see his grinning face as he tried to chase me . |
| 28 | This may well understate the extent of contact by the working class who may well see their relatives living nearby several times in one week . |
| 29 | His work in Peking has now been published in book form , and will hopefully be given the critical accolades it so undoubtedly deserves , but that will be small consolation for a man who may never seen his homeland again . |
| 30 | They 're offering obscure American stocks ; you may never see your money again . " |