Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it . |
| 2 | Driving to Glasgow I wondered how easy it was to get lost and end up in Wales or Norfolk or somewhere , but once it began , it was so exciting and I saw one could n't get lost , not even if one tried . |
| 3 | ‘ I was afraid if I saw you I would n't be able to keep my hands off you . |
| 4 | The overall effect from the picture was that if you got any closer you would be engulfed in fire ; I was staggered when I saw it . |
| 5 | The bat flitted so low that I saw its silhouette for a brief moment against the Milky Way . |
| 6 | But nevertheless , they 're very much as I see it , on the border . |
| 7 | ‘ It was dark when I saw him , ’ said the boy unwillingly . |
| 8 | I feared as much when I saw him this morning . " |
| 9 | So there he was , all frozen in the hot sun , I began to realise things were really serious when I see them machine guns itching to smoke in the fuzz hand . |
| 10 | If Dave is looking over Andy 's shoulder for someone more influential to talk to , then his sub-text is ‘ I 'm being cursorily polite until I see someone better . ’ |
| 11 | Strangely enough , it did n't occur to me as being odd until I saw my mother frantically spraying the room one day . |
| 12 | I 've been so lucky since I saw you last , and I 'm so grateful for it ! ’ |
| 13 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
| 14 | Sometimes I get sick when I see what I fought for , ’ Moran said . |
| 15 | I was horrified when I saw it ! |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , sir , I am sorry but I saw it lying there and the temptation was too much for me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I had an idea , but I was n't sure until I saw your reaction when her name was mentioned . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It is important that I see her . ’ |
| 19 | Some of it I find a bit er a bit too obvious but in the same way erm on , on the sociology side , I get a bit angry because I see what society does to people . |
| 20 | ‘ Theo , I was so happy when I saw her again . |
| 21 | I always feel happy when I see them . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm only happy when I see you in the theatre , ’ she said . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't suppose it ever occurred to you that I was jealous when I saw you with him last night ? ’ he said softly . |
| 24 | I became concerned when I saw my husband becoming a different person . |
| 25 | ‘ I was very angry when I saw my name mentioned in connection with an incident that had absolutely nothing to do with me . ’ |
| 26 | You 've grown fat and lazy since I saw you last . ’ |
| 27 | That 's the fundamental as far as I see it of a pension fund . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | e He was so worried when I saw him ; he was in a real________________ . |
| 30 | It was not that I was so self-blind that I saw nothing to be learnt . |