Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb mod] see that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And how it fits into your life , I have the feeling that er if I could fix it so that I could do it sort of in the house , by the way , I could , I could do certain things and I could stick to them , and I would see that I 'd do them . |
| 2 | Initially I wanted to be in Kabul should there be an offensive , then reality began setting in and I could see that they were n't going to take a village , let alone a capital . ’ |
| 3 | But when we came to the Old Town , the Marshal and Sapt moved nearer to my horse , and I could see that they were afraid for me . |
| 4 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 5 | I could sense the energy starting to flow in him now that this fiction was coming alive , and I could see that he had used make-up on himself ; not greasepaint or anything heavy , more a matter of darkening and thickening his eyebrows and darkening his mouth , emphasizing rather than disguising . |
| 6 | The door to the Little Vestry was open and I could see that he was n't there . |
| 7 | Constanza seemed all right , and I could see that he thought the world of her . |
| 8 | ‘ Where is it , Watson ? ’ he whispered , and I could see that he was shaken by the scream . |
| 9 | I 'm serious , ’ Harvey said , and I could see that he was . |
| 10 | When I arrived , she urged me inside and closed the door , and I could see that she was breathless with fear . |
| 11 | It was when I started having health and financial problems that I began to re-evaluate my life , and I could see that it was an appalling misery . |
| 12 | The rabbit might as well have been stuffed for all the movement it made , and I could see that it definitely was staring right at me , its little eyes not blinking , its tiny nose not sniffing , its ears untwitched . |
| 13 | Then I turn over and put my face under the water , and I can see that they 're all floating just under the surface of the water . |
| 14 | The others looked at him almost in disbelief , but I could see that he had been thinking very carefully . |
| 15 | ‘ Naturally , but I could see that he was merely dismissing them as the ravings of an hysterical woman . |
| 16 | Although he seemed to be oblivious of what had happened , because he was concentrating on some letter or other , Eliot looked up resignedly and with a smile of one all too accustomed to the lack of business acumen in other people ; but I could see that he was also relieved to find me not too cast down . |
| 17 | I did n't really understand what she was saying , but I could see that she despised me . |
| 18 | For a moment Merrill thought that Rob was n't going to answer , then he sighed , loosened the knot of his tie , and said , ‘ I do n't know what all this is about , but I can see that it does matter to you . |
| 19 | But I can see that you are bewildered , and I know why . |
| 20 | ‘ I have to go , Lissa , I 've just remembered something I have to collect urgently — but I can see that you and Rourke have one or two things to say to each other , anyway . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And now , ’ she said in curt dismissal , ‘ as I can see that you have an awful lot to do around here … ’ she gave the dirty coffee-mug a disapproving look ‘ … |