Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [modal v] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew we 'd see you here . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I knew you 'd see it , me boy , ’ his father smiled , putting an arm round his eldest 's shoulder . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew you 'd see it my way . ’ |
| 5 | Another door , Harry had said , down by the river 's edge : and in fact , when I looked I could see it , a once-painted slab of wood set in brickwork , its bottom edge barely six inches above the water . |
| 6 | But I thought you ought to see it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Good , I thought you 'd see it my way . |
| 8 | I said to him about holding back not giving us our quota I said they can see we 're not doing now . . |
| 9 | got myself ready I got my coat on and I said I 'll see you later |
| 10 | ‘ So I said I 'd see them in a few days . |
| 11 | We played the match and won , and just before saying goodbye I said I 'd see him at Birkdale . |
| 12 | I said I 'd see her after the weekend and shouldered my bag . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , I wished I could see her . |
| 14 | ‘ I hoped you 'd see it that way , signore . |
| 15 | Well she thoroughly enjoyed the life , in fact right up , oh till nearly the end she spoke about Pharay and as long as she was able she used to go and she imagined she could see it better with the spy glasses . |
| 16 | Reluctantly she decided she must see it through , for Peter , and in some way for herself — she had to prove to herself that she could come face to face with Marc again and survive the ordeal . |
| 17 | For a moment , she thought she could see it : fragile silver filaments of enchantment , gentle brittle frost-webs of something that was not quite light , but not quite solid , but somehow composed of both . |
| 18 | She would have told Jacob about her new purpose , but she knew he would see it as another sign of her raving , a sign of some new imbalance , and would try to search for causes , try to talk her out of it . |
| 19 | And there if you went you could see them : |
| 20 | I could n't really tell what it was till she told me , but when she did I could see it . |
| 21 | She said she 'll see you tonight at . |
| 22 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 23 | You said you could see it . |
| 24 | She took the memory of it upstairs to bed with her , but all the time that she wrote she could see him sitting there as he had been when he had first lit the lamp , his face full of an old pain . |
| 25 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 26 | We thought we might see you yesterday . ’ |
| 27 | " They said they 'd see me in three years to do my D.Phil. at Oxford . |
| 28 | If he moved they would see him ; if he stayed still they would find him . |
| 29 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 30 | ‘ He said he 'd see you today , ’ Dana said , perching on the edge of Claudia 's desk , scattering the designs she had been working on , much to her annoyance . |