Example sentences of "i [modal v] see his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I might , ’ said Philip , ‘ I might see his ghost . ’ |
| 2 | Next I 'll see his white hand , sliding in through the serving hatch . |
| 3 | The musicians on one side and the great love of his life on the other and I could see his conflict , but it was my nightmare . |
| 4 | I could see his lips moving . |
| 5 | We were in opposite camps , and he could no more appreciate my line of reasoning than I could see his point of view , and finally we parted . |
| 6 | The man might have seen us , Vern and me — he was trying to do a rough count , I could see his lips — but there were some screaming kids trying to push in behind the Germans and he had to go and sort them out . |
| 7 | However , I could see his logic , which was that not only did it burn about three times as much wood as an enclosed stove but the draught from the chimney sucked up a considerable amount of the underfloor heating , and even though it cost us nothing , it was poor economics . |
| 8 | Through a tear in the singlet I could see his rib bones sticking out . |
| 9 | I clenched Toby 's hand and he clenched back , and I could see his face all the time in the middle of the surrounding blackness . |
| 10 | I could see his flesh was of that dense-celled compactness black people have , quite a different material from ours . |
| 11 | I could see his bright ginger head bobbing about four rows in front , and then his class all went off to the baths , and by the time he was back I was in triple needlework . |
| 12 | I could see his blackened , swollen face . |
| 13 | I could see his friends grinning among themselves ; probably there were more who had better cause to remember me . |
| 14 | I could see his diseased eyeballs glowing in the gloom . |
| 15 | But I could see his eyes . |
| 16 | I could see his features become grave . |
| 17 | I could see his helmet , ’ said the scout . |
| 18 | I could see his nostrils flex and quiver . |
| 19 | And , knowing him so well , I could see his little game . |
| 20 | I could see his jeans , shirts , jerseys , everything he needed to wear for the next two days , neatly folded in a drawer in Edinburgh . |
| 21 | I 'd see his Honour . |
| 22 | If we can not guess Jacob 's motives , the storyteller makes them plain : ‘ I may appease him with the present that goes before me , and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will accept me . ’ |
| 23 | More literally translated that verse runs like this : ‘ I may cover his face with the present that goes before my face ; and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will lift up my face . ’ |
| 24 | I can see his hand moving already ! |
| 25 | As he gestures , his robe slips and I can see his penis , which is inky black and purplish towards the ( circumcized ) tip . |
| 26 | Andy looks from him down to me ; I can see his jaw trembling . |
| 27 | ‘ I can see his difficulty , ’ Joe said carefully . |
| 28 | ‘ But I can see his point , ’ Matthew said . |
| 29 | I can see his point in a way ; he likes a full social life … and he does n't want to sit at home with a wife who is depressed and can only talk about babies . ’ |
| 30 | from the corner of my eye I can see his partner , tangled with his chair in the dirt behind the portacabin . |