Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | . We 'll do ev , we 'll be counting tomorrow so you can see Father |
| 32 | But it 's only natural that one should see things after eating mousetrap cheese ! ’ |
| 33 | Although we can see elements of a critical function ( especially in Leavis ) , the dominant approach of these writers is founded on a base of a certain set of social ideas which it is the duty of higher education to guard and transmit . |
| 34 | And now , you see , the thing was that we could see Boy walking into our bar , pausing in the doorway , and we could just say the line and laugh . |
| 35 | She insists that we should see God primarily as all loving , and claims that ‘ ’ Love is his meaning'' and that we are all enfolded in that love . |
| 36 | Nevertheless , I would predict that we will see Ray 's name in the records books before long , though , perhaps not until he turns the grand old age of 60 in another three or four years and can make a new charge up the age-group ladder . |
| 37 | They show that we can see patterns of similar markings . |
| 38 | She says ; We waited to get married so we could see Fairport concert on our honeymoon . |
| 39 | In a moment , they were far enough out that they could see miles down the rocky shoreline … and they could see the other boaters scrambling up on to a piece of rock . |
| 40 | I commend it to Ministers , but , bearing in mind our debates in Committee , I confess that I do not do so with any great hope that they will see sense for once and will accept this sensible recommendation . |
| 41 | But although he could see areas of hewn stonework that seemed to close him in , and although he could certainly see barred windows through which light streamed , there were no gaolers , and there were no other prisoners . |
| 42 | Lieutenant Gerry Mackenzie reported by telephone — the civilian network remained open long after the Japanese invasion — that he could see lights in the estuary of the Comoro river and a patrol went out for a quick recce . |
| 43 | He turned slightly so that he could see Ivy out of the comer of his eye . |
| 44 | Now that the death looked painful , now that he could see traces of a struggle , he began , in a kind of panic , to say things in his head , he began to talk to the dead man . |
| 45 | Cos what he does , he puts a tea bag in a cup pours about that much water on takes the tea bag out and tops it right up with water so he can see bottom of cup . |
| 46 | Not really whimpers , Guy thought , holding the candle higher as he entered the solar so he could see Isabel more clearly . |
| 47 | I just do n't know what was wrong with it , I 've work , Jason said Ja we a subject turned to what he wore in bed Ja and Jason said nothing , right but he said when it 's winter I wear my t-shirt and the pants and I cuddle up to my glow worm and we was all taking the mickey out of his glow worm , right so I 've come home and I read the paper and I 'll see glow worm in it , so I cut it out and give it to him and he stuck it up in the factory ! |
| 48 | Patrick Chauvel and I could see things were about to happen in Panama , Noriega had declared war on America , but it was Xmas and only a few of us went there . |
| 49 | I stroked him , he gave me a big lick , and I could see relief sweep over him knowing I was n't going to hit him . ’ |
| 50 | I , I mean I went like this into dinner okay , and I suppose everyone was like what 's she doing in a skirt or whatever cos they were all like looking and then like half way when I was eating I could feel them all staring at me and laughing and Jim and that lot were laughing and I could see Charlie |
| 51 | You walked in and you goes Melissa and Rupert goes ooh ! and I could see Rupert and then you go , I go Rupert I go |
| 52 | I had straightened up and moved aside so that the sun no longer dazzled me and I could see Sweetman properly , and what I saw I did not like . |
| 53 | His cloak hung down like a curtain , and I could see streetlamps through the bullet holes in it . |
| 54 | There was always a long silence and I could see people thinking , ‘ Oh my God , this guy has lost it , big time . ' ’ |
| 55 | It was a moving song , and I could see people with tears in their eyes , but I kept wondering why I could n't feel anything . |
| 56 | But , yes — I read plays and I can see actors in the parts — I hope I can see what is suitable to their personalities . |
| 57 | The children 's room is below mine and I can see clothes strung from the ceiling , shoes flung beneath the bed , blankets cast aside . |
| 58 | Maybe if I walk long enough I 'll get to Scotland and I can see Marie . |
| 59 | Do you , do you happen to know , will this service give benefit advice as well , because the , the budget which introduced a , an allowance of a kind for , for child care , is actually quite complicated , and , and it 's kind of er , an amount of income which can be disallowed before Family Credits are calculated and it , it , it involves a new kind of benefits trap as well , and I can see people needing quite a lot of advice about how to get it , and , and when not to get it and so on . |
| 60 | ‘ Arsenal can still win the title , and I can see Leeds stringing a set of results together which will suddenly put them back in contention . ’ |