Example sentences of "[pron] i [vb mod] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you intend me to infer that she was pregnant , then for the life of me I can see no reason why you do n't actually say so . |
| 2 | In front of me I can see one link in the town centre where the improvement would only be twenty one percent . |
| 3 | And er the bedroom they 've given me I can see |
| 4 | Mr Gillis continued writing and when Alec turned to me I could see the strain on his face . |
| 5 | In front of me I could see the dark shape of a summer-house and I moved towards it . |
| 6 | Such intimacy as life with my mother entailed should cease with parturition , and since Syl so resembled her in his attitude to me I could see no end to my continued childhood . |
| 7 | From where I was standing , far below me I could see a separate miniature fort linked to the mother fortress by an umbilical causeway . |
| 8 | He was speaking to someone and beyond them I could see a brightly lit room with vast chandeliers and women in white dresses . |
| 9 | I I 'll see her when she 's sober cos she 's ever so drunk ! |
| 10 | So he said I I do n't want to keep you , and I I could see what struggle it was for him to come a er so often in the bad weather , that er I I started the same idea . |
| 11 | I suppose it 's erm in in that sense erm er I I I I can see what you 're , this , I do n't think that 's a factor in in in the , in the erm in in the fact that these wars are short . |
| 12 | I I I can see |
| 13 | On Sunday cos they were going soon and erm James was clearing up the garden you see I 've go , I ca n't I I can see gable |
| 14 | Erm , but I I will see if I can find some information , it maybe that I , yes , you want to comment . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's someone I must see , ’ said Sarah . |
| 16 | I grew a little apprehensive when she informed me that I would see witches and some ugly things , after which I would see my grandfather and other long-dead relatives . |
| 17 | The order of events was the same each year : first , the bus or train ride to whatever town The Walk was to be held in ; then being stationed somewhere from which I could see the parade . |
| 18 | Then offers started to come in from other amp and electronics companies , asking me if I wanted to branch off and do some design work for them , which I could see the advantages of — plus I wanted to have a life ! |
| 19 | Contrary to John Pain 's comment , I have always been a reasonable swimmer , and was convinced I would be able to reach the coast which I could see . |
| 20 | Repressing it , on the other hand , would mean existing in a drab , twilight world of pretended affections out of which I could see no escape . |
| 21 | He saluted the coach and we drove through the gates and up a hill past the enormous parade ground at the far end of which I could see the Monument aux-Morts , the memorial to every dead legionnaire . |
| 22 | I had to see Helen , After all , she was just over that hill which I could see from the top windows of the Grand . |
| 23 | But this talk about ‘ a frontier which is perceived from both sides ’ makes it sound as if in addition to the physical eye which I can use to get at the pin there is a sort of phantom eye in my skull with which I can see what goes on under my skin . |
| 24 | Using × 7 , Rho is in the same field as Sigma ( 4.5 ) which is of type F , but in which I can see no colour at all . |
| 25 | The home in which we both live is a nonsense , and a nonsense from which I can see no way of ever extracting us . |
| 26 | We then created the first product which heart attacks , strokes , cancers and certain coronary artery disease , which I can see . |
| 27 | Dogs which I can see and the icicles of of Ercalyps we are not looking . |
| 28 | ‘ Which I will see is paid . ’ |
| 29 | Perhaps one of the most important groups for the stimulation of change is that which falls between these two poles : those teachers who I would see as belonging to the 25 to 35 year-old age group , or perhaps those who have not been teaching for more than six , or less than three , years . |
| 30 | I tell you who I would see and asked after Alistair yesterday and that was Bill |