Example sentences of "[conj] she [modal v] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe whoever buys the house will set her up again where she can see Narcissus — and much good did that ever do the poor girl . ’ |
| 2 | She was happy to be near a door into the street , where she could see passers-by and know that other lives went on in their placid courses . |
| 3 | A part of her — the silly , hopeless part — did want the job , of course , because it meant that she would see Dr Russell , since it was his own sister she would be nursing . |
| 4 | Charlotte did get the position of nanny and often travelled on the same train home on her days off , always in the first compartment behind the tender and always hoping that she would see Albert , which she often did and she leaned out of the window to talk to him when the train stopped in the stations . |
| 5 | It was the chance that she would see Alain , that he would suddenly come with his dark , sardonic smiles , his caustic comments and his unexpected kisses . |
| 6 | Daylight was just around the corner however , but by the time daylight did arrive , although she and her pride were very much certain that she 'd see Vendelin Gajdusek in hell before she ever spoke to him again , certain other practicalities had entered her head . |
| 7 | It was strange that she could see Simon so clearly , thought Isabel , because everything else seemed lost in a hazy mist . |
| 8 | She wished there was a window in front , so she could see Midnight sitting up on the driver 's seat beside Hawkins . |
| 9 | He was lying on his back with the sheet round his waist , one arm flung up over his head , and she could see bruises all down the underside of his arm and down his ribs . |
| 10 | He paused , and she could see laughter dancing in his eyes . |
| 11 | The vines spread away on both sides of her , and she could see people working among them , moving slowly along the ranks of greenery . |
| 12 | Ajayi looked up at the door to the winding-stair expecting to see an attendant , but the voice had come from behind her , and she could see Quiss 's face starting to turn red , his eyes widening , the lines around them spreading out further . |
| 13 | In a voice that shook in spite of her efforts to control it , she asked if she could see Mrs Blessington-Dalrymple . |
| 14 | Carrie could n't see his face because she was behind him but she could see Nick 's . |
| 15 | He nodded , his mouth a bitter line , but she could see acceptance in the way he bowed his dark head , and she felt deep compassion for him , for his wasted life and wasted efforts and wasted pain . |
| 16 | She could n't see Oliver anywhere , but she could see Dickie , standing some way back in the crowd . |
| 17 | In the days when she had first known him she had wondered idly whether she might see Rupert round here , ‘ going in ’ or ‘ coming out ’ , though she was not clear when this might be expected or even what he might have been doing . |