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 .
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