Example sentences of "see [subord] i [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were testing me , seeing if I 'd fit your image of that tarty little number who 'd led your innocent younger brother astray ? ’ |
| 2 | As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup . |
| 3 | My private idea , which I hardly dare mention in case I 've got it all wrong , is that you were copying the style of some book or other to see if I would recognize it . |
| 4 | A lady come up yesterday to see if I would do it . |
| 5 | Some time towards the end of 1943 I was approached by the US Office of War Information to see if I would join their staff as adviser on Burmese subjects and language . |
| 6 | To see if I 'd nick it or not . ’ |
| 7 | I feel each letter to see if I can guess which one 's mine . |
| 8 | He then continues to say ‘ This is a game to see if I can make you say ‘ sixteen ’ within sixty seconds ' . |
| 9 | I 'm gon na put that one on to see if I can get me score down . |
| 10 | I do it ( a little ) to see if I can get him drunk and careless , but so far he wo n't touch it . |
| 11 | I stare into the TV picture to see if I can see anyone moving in my flat . |
| 12 | I wanted to see if I could experience it . |
| 13 | I had to go over there just to see how dockers worked over there , to see if I could improve it here , well I could n't because dockers would n't do what they , they were doing in Holland . |
| 14 | Corman admitted , ‘ I did one film really more as a joke to see if I could do it ; filmed it in two days and a night . |
| 15 | Our own son had practised Ramadan on one of his trips to the Middle East ‘ just to see if I could do it ’ . |
| 16 | enquired just to see if I could do it but er |
| 17 | I popped in on yer to see if I could do anything for yer , like did yer want a medical bandage that I could get cheap . |
| 18 | Accordingly , one winter 's day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place in America , I decided to see if I could find him . |
| 19 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
| 20 | When a pump action toothpaste tube became empty in my bathroom , I decided to take it apart to see if I could put it to further use . |
| 21 | I thought I 'd write to a few comedians to see if I could get them to sit for a portrait , to get a few shots together for my portfolio , and then , suddenly , this snowball seemed to start rolling … |
| 22 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 23 | ‘ If you ask me what you want to know I 'll see if I can tell you . ’ |
| 24 | Let me see if I can guess which one you made , Virginia ? |
| 25 | ‘ Let me see if I can guess your favourite hobbies , ’ he mused , deadpan . |
| 26 | Let's see if I can do it for you . |
| 27 | Now that I know what I 'm looking for I 'll see if I can dig it out by other means . ’ |
| 28 | There was an article on Frank in one of the papers in the last few days , I 'll see if I can dig it out . |
| 29 | ‘ Let me see if I can read it , ’ said Betty . |
| 30 | ‘ Poor Bernard , I must see if I can sew it for him . |