Example sentences of "and i [modal v] see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let him take a knife , and I 'll see the colour of his inside ! ’ |
| 2 | I felt if I gripped it too hard it would break or crumple , and I would see the sinews like wires holding it together . |
| 3 | And I shall see the girls , as that 's my wish . ’ |
| 4 | Thank you very much , but this is my patient and I must see the case through . |
| 5 | And I will see the McCullochs . ’ |
| 6 | I was told to sign three cards and then they just dumped this bag on the counter , and I could see the rope inside . |
| 7 | And I could see during the week this was , in the mornings you know , say about eight or nine to ten in the morning , and I could see the figures of the ladies there , cleaning the windows in the morning . |
| 8 | But they had one in the corner you see and I could see the back leg was gone said to Margaret an said I might as well do something of that , you know , to do up it 's the only one that they had there that wanted really wanted repairing , so the feller said ooh I do n't know he said hang on , I 'll look in the book . |
| 9 | And I could see the wheels turning |
| 10 | He loosened his scarf when he got into the car and I could see the collar of his overalls under the coat . |
| 11 | lt was heading away from me and I could see the twin yellow eyes of its exhaust which dilated as the plane changed its inclination and became airborne . |
| 12 | It was a large field and I could see the barn at the far end as I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees . |
| 13 | ‘ There were loose flaps of skin hanging from his face and I could see the bone around his eye socket . ’ |
| 14 | I pulled at it , and out came a larva , three quarters of an inch long — and I could see the mouthparts moving … |
| 15 | I pulled at it , and out came a larva … and I could see the mouthparts moving . ’ |
| 16 | I could see the holes and the little piles and scatters of droppings , and I could see the gorse bushes on the far slope above the bank which held most of the holes , where the rabbit-runs snaked tiny paths like jagged tunnels through the bushes , but there was no sign of the animals themselves . |
| 17 | She looked back at me with no expression at all in her face , but her eyes were twice as big as usual , and I could see the tension in every muscle . |
| 18 | I called on you earlier but there was no reply and I could see the place was in darkness . |
| 19 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 20 | So if you can get the balance and you can get all four also what 's interesting as well is if you 've got a very low score at something , it may be they think well perhaps I need to develop that , if I do n't apparently learn a lot from getting and having a go , perhaps I 'd actually learn more if I can develop that more enjoyment from that and I can see the benefit from it . |
| 21 | And I can see the problem about going to the police . |
| 22 | Ed , I think argued a very strong case for a greater level of influence of trade unionists in the Party than is suggested in this reform and I can see the force of those remarks but the C E C adopted the position that we did not want to take a position of dominance to the Party Conference . |
| 23 | ‘ It would be nice if only ’ is her replacement of the term , and I can see the point in that . |
| 24 | Anyway the next day Brocklesby is berthing and I can see the captain pointing at me , my hem was showing my petticoat was showing my hat off and afterwards I said to him erm what was so funny oh he said I was telling the Queen about you having those weeds for the rehearsal yesterday and she thought it was terribly funny |
| 25 | And this was a wonderful old grocery shop , er plain wooden floors you know , no tiles or anything like that , just the wood floors and I can see the barrels of apples and the barrels of this and then the oranges and the all the groceries and the bags of flour and the bags of sugar and and the and the grocer weighing the sugar up and all this sort of thing . |
| 26 | I run into the arms of Andy 's parents walking with the dogs near the ornamental ponds and it seems like an age before I can tell them what 's happened because my voice wo n't work and I can see the fear in their eyes and they 're asking , ‘ Where is Andrew ? |
| 27 | My bedroom , for instance , had a ghost that used to come through it every night — it was n't a visible ghost but it was audible — and I used to see the door open at the other end of the room when I was in bed and then would hear this ‘ clunk clunk ’ … . |