Example sentences of "i [vb mod] see [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I do n't want anything I , I just go in there and I think well I 'll just go and see I may see something which catches my eye . |
| 2 | I had rather been hoping that I might see somebody I knew while I was in the town , but the only people I saw were old Mackenzie in the gun and tackle shop and Mrs Stuart in the cafe , yawning and fat behind her Formica counters and reading a Mills & boon . |
| 3 | I might see somebody tonight , I might not |
| 4 | Well often I might see somebody waving out by the gate frantically trying to get in where he 's put one of his different size padlocks round the gate , the back gate and the front gate , and often if we need to feed the cat he 's padlocked all the different padlocks round the kitchen cupboards erm we 've been unable to get the cat food out , so we 've had to go off in the car and bring him back from a friend because he 's the only one who knows which key goes with which padlock to undo all the cupboards . |
| 5 | I might see something that has been missed . ’ |
| 6 | I might see something for Jackie . |
| 7 | I might see someone walking in the street , in an outfit I like , and think , she looks good . |
| 8 | Surely I 'll see something familiar soon . |
| 9 | He said he has n't seen anything new yet , he said I 'll spend it , I said what you spend it , he said I 'll see something when |
| 10 | After all , last week I was so sure I loved Helen , and now … after Carol on Saturday night … maybe that 's not love either and I 'll see someone else I 'll like better . |
| 11 | I could see nobody . |
| 12 | I looked round for my friends , but I could see nobody . |
| 13 | For a moment , until I took off my sun-lenses , I could see nothing . |
| 14 | I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss . |
| 15 | I got to the door and looked in , but all was dark and I could see nothing . |
| 16 | The handrail was visible for a yard or two more , so I figured the catwalk might still be passable ; beyond that I could see nothing . |
| 17 | When the door swung open , I could see nothing but bars of light , curving together like a luminous zebra skin high above . |
| 18 | But I could see nothing anomalous , no movement . |
| 19 | Again I could see nothing . |
| 20 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 21 | Still I could see nothing but then I glimpsed the light of a torch . |
| 22 | ‘ I could see nothing seriously wrong in their arrangements nor the need for immediate action in the interests of safety . |
| 23 | Looking about , I could see nothing . |
| 24 | Certainly I was asked about this er well before the er E I P er and we agreed that there w Well certainly I agreed that I could see nothing wrong with that since it is a cl closed research project , and nothing will be divulged at all er publicly . |
| 25 | No , I looked for rabbits and squirrels , I could see nothing . |
| 26 | I pressed my head close against one comer of the barred window trying to see who was speaking , but I could see no-one . |
| 27 | She was wearing a dressing-gown , but it was hanging open , and underneath she only had a négligé on , one of those flimsy things , I could see everything . |
| 28 | I could see everything from where I was . |
| 29 | When we came back to Haworth , I could see everything clearly at last — our home , the church , the graveyard , the moors , the faces of my Emily and Anne ! |
| 30 | I could see everything about him very clearly . |