Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] see [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well often I might see somebody waving out by the gate frantically trying to get in where he 's put one of his different size padlocks round the gate , the back gate and the front gate , and often if we need to feed the cat he 's padlocked all the different padlocks round the kitchen cupboards erm we 've been unable to get the cat food out , so we 've had to go off in the car and bring him back from a friend because he 's the only one who knows which key goes with which padlock to undo all the cupboards . |
| 2 | I might see someone walking in the street , in an outfit I like , and think , she looks good . |
| 3 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 4 | I can not face a quarrel and I can see nothing to quarrel about . |
| 5 | I do n't know about you , but if I had to sort of pass something on to somebody else to check , if I can see somebody scribbling on it , I , I , I , I feel quite edgy , I hate it , I like to feel that I can do it and I can do it well and that other people do n't need to have to amend it . |
| 6 | I says , Oh , alright then , I said I can see everyone checking the er basins in the big oven , my duck . |
| 7 | I stare into the TV picture to see if I can see anyone moving in my flat . |
| 8 | Now we 've got very much a personal perspective and we see things through our own eyes so somebody may see somebody behaving and regard that as an assertive behaviour , somebody else may actually see that as aggressive it 's very much a personal view of actually where we see the people lying and also indeed the people who prefer to deal with them . |
| 9 | You might see somebody scurrying about later at night or in the morning . |
| 10 | You 'll see everything happening slowly down there . |
| 11 | As far as she could see nothing had been taken but then she was not exactly sure of all their contents . |
| 12 | Not that she could see anyone getting this man to answer any questions if he decided against it . |
| 13 | He has already brought a little magic into the lives of Bristol Rovers ' fans , who could see nothing to look forward to but relegation from Division One . |
| 14 | Massless electron neutrinos spin only one way : if you could see one coming towards you , it would always appear to be spinning clockwise . |
| 15 | Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water |
| 16 | As you can see everything falls into place , ( Sukenick 1973 : 124 ) . |
| 17 | We use visuals give you something to focus on you can see everything 's come out no wonder you . |
| 18 | Oh , Oh , I took the dog for a walk last tonight , and there 's some skid marks down the end of Crouch Road the there 's the and then they 'd taken half the road out and you can see someone 's done a wheely , and they 've gone in and done like this business and shot off ! |
| 19 | At first he could see nothing moving ; then he saw them . |