Example sentences of "[noun sg] i see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I did get to the bike I saw it was virtually in pieces and realised that Darren had been attempting the job himself . |
| 2 | This is the distortion of perception referred to by Bruch , but I must add that in my case I see it less as a longstanding perceptual difficulty than as a consequence of my general state of confusion as to my self-image . |
| 3 | For one instant I saw you , erect on tiptoe , ruling your orchestra and transfigured by the expression of a conqueror . |
| 4 | I 'd popped into the library to get a book renewed and when I left the college building I saw her walking along the road on her own . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm intrigued by the acoustic/electric guitar I saw you using in Fleetwood Mac . |
| 6 | They fell silent , each reflecting on what had happened , then , suddenly changing the subject , Nina said , ‘ Was that your sister I saw you talking to earlier , Rachel ? ’ |
| 7 | As soon as I rounded the line of fitted units screening off the kitchen I saw her slumped on the floor in the corner , huddled up as though against the cold . |
| 8 | In a red cloak I saw him go , His back was bent , his step was slow , And as he laboured through the cold He seemed a hundred winters old . |
| 9 | Once , when he was the centre of attention at the youth club I saw him do it again . |
| 10 | And in my mind I saw them reaching between their legs to clutch their precious bags . |
| 11 | Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants . |
| 12 | Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the contents of the burning shacks , going from one to another , putting out the fires ; or so I thought till with a shock it came to me that these were no rescuers but incendiaries , that the battle I saw them waging was not with the flames but with the rain . |
| 13 | Re-reading the Editorial Edict I see I am allowed , if necessary , to stretch my budget to ( say ) £275 , which would enable me to acquire two or three nice pieces . |
| 14 | The second I saw it I remembered what happened . |
| 15 | That ‘ I knew the moment I saw him ’ ? ( people do say that about their men , more often than you 'd think ) . |
| 16 | From the moment I saw her , I knew that I still loved her , and that her absence had only deepened my passion . ’ |
| 17 | Could n't you see that I loved her when I s the moment I saw her , I just , I just I threw myself to her , I wanted to give her anything , even my life . |
| 18 | ‘ I would have recognized you the moment I saw you , ’ Graham said . |
| 19 | The moment I saw you I wished to serve so much excellence . |
| 20 | I have wanted you from the moment I saw you , wet and half-naked , on the deck of my motor-launch that night . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've wanted you , ’ he said , his voice rasping against her skin , ‘ since the first moment I saw you . |
| 22 | ‘ You were always my woman from the moment I saw you . ’ |
| 23 | I 've loved you from the very first moment I saw you . |
| 24 | Discovering how much I wanted you , right from the moment I saw you in the flesh for the first time , was harder still . |
| 25 | ‘ I think I 've loved you from the first moment I saw you , ’ she said , and drew in her breath sharply as he crushed her against him . |
| 26 | ‘ You allowed me to deflect your questions far too easily , ’ he answered , ‘ Is it any wonder that from almost the first moment I saw you … ’ he paused ‘ … |
| 27 | ‘ I knew it the moment I saw it last Sunday . |
| 28 | At one moment I see it as a drawing of a duck , at the next as that of a rabbit . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a good job I saw you first , then ! ’ |
| 30 | In my mind 's eye I see him as he was , complete with bowler-hat and aquiline nose . |