Example sentences of "[noun] but i [vb mod] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that Eric was interested in seeing a panzer division on the move and being so close to the enemy but I could see him getting paler and paler , probably at the thought of what would happen if we were stopped . |
| 2 | I 'm against violence but I can see the logicality that people felt they had to fight to win their independence . " |
| 3 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 4 | I was just gon na say you got a purple tint in your hair but I can see what it is now ! |
| 5 | It 's a long way down to the water but I can see a fag packet bobbing along . |
| 6 | It had never really occurred to me to put things in those terms but I can see what he meant and to an extent he was partly right . |
| 7 | ‘ I did not intend to give offence but I can see an end to this matter . |
| 8 | It was too cold to push my face far out of my sleeping bag but I could see the yellow damp stain , like a map , on the wall opposite , and the little nest of cobwebs in a comer of the ceiling . |
| 9 | ’ It is an infringement but I can see the need for it . ’ |
| 10 | Batty , who watched Blackburn 's disappointing goalless home League Cup draw with third division Shrewsbury Tuesday night , added : ‘ I have enjoyed eight good years at Leeds but I can see that Blackburn intend to go places . |
| 11 | Everyone remarked on how she 'd taken after my side of the family but I could see George in her , I was certain of it . |