Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] see [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | You see er what I 'm worried about is that erm basically I wanted to see you first before I even answered it before I phoned them up and say yeah okay or wha what have you . |
2 | So I went to see him and the neighbour said to me , Well , I said , God it 's cold , I said , Why ai n't he got a fire ? |
3 | I was suddenly terrified , as if from a long distance away I had seen my family poised on the edge of a crumbling cliff , unaware and smiling . |
4 | So I went down and Mr at that time was Mayor of Willenhall , a very influential man , and he was er over and er his son had to became in charge , but anyway I went to see him it was Mr and er about it and he says er well we got er a order for four locks here , he says er I wonder if er you could quote me for them ? |
5 | It was just I wanted to see what that was |
6 | I knew at once I had seen its like recently . |
7 | ‘ It might be better if I did , but I could n't do it , not once I 'd seen you sitting here . |
8 | I could n't stop looking at you once I 'd seen you . ’ |
9 | Erm the one issue on E W S Ian is erm , there 's two issues really I happened to see your draft note to me out there |
10 | Well I did see him , he seemed alright but you see you ca n't tell what people are like , yo you may think they have ni |
11 | Well I did see it Tuesday so I would have said ! |
12 | I 've known Kate since she was a child , and about a month ago I went to see her . |
13 | I have a grand-niece , my brother 's granddaughter , and two Saturdays ago I went to see her dance in Denver — and she danced just as I 've always wanted to dance . ’ |
14 | And then my erm my mother saw him and then I went to see him and Then I started the last week in July with him after the school closed . |
15 | Then I went to see him at his home in Wimbledon and , as we were talking , he gradually got into the Frank Spencer character . |
16 | Then I went to see her alone . |
17 | and then I come back and then I went to see them again and they were all on a great big table as though they were celebrating a party and Joyce said er |
18 | Then I stopped seeing her . |
19 | She thought for a moment and then said , ‘ Well , actually I did see someone rather unexpected . |