Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] see [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps I may now see Mrs Thorne ? ’ she asked , and Alida was forced to rise . |
| 2 | ‘ I might actually see Edward ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't see Gillian . |
| 4 | Though I knew a remarkable plumber with only a stump for a hand who worked for Uncle Ted , I could n't see Changez decorating Anwar 's shop with one arm . |
| 5 | I was touched , I could n't see Mrs Thatcher touching , shaking my hand . |
| 6 | That was important , for I could n't see Joanna . |
| 7 | dad , dad did n't say nothing about all evening just pop in for an hour , but I could n't see Stuey and me sitting there disturb him , scared |
| 8 | I could n't see Emily 's expression as I did so . |
| 9 | I could n't see Russell 's face or his reaction to all this . |
| 10 | ‘ For I wanted the opportunity to talk to you privately , ’ she told Theda quietly , ‘ although I could not see Araminta allowing it . ’ |
| 11 | I could even see Conchis , who was sitting where we had sat on the terrace the night before , apparently reading . |
| 12 | There was a figure on either side of him but I could only see Charlie Vaughan . |
| 13 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 14 | I could now see Malc on the front row quite clearly . |
| 15 | You see — I could never see Bridget home when we went out . ’ |
| 16 | I think I 'd sooner see Angela Rippon , Those Were The Days , do n't you ? , on Sky |
| 17 | ‘ I would rather see Philip play the piano than workingmen 's clubs but he has set his heart on being a magician and we are supporting him , ’ said his mother Stella . |
| 18 | But I would not see Leslie again . |
| 19 | The visitor left , forgetting to take her sewing machine , and I left with her , knowing full well that I would never see Aisha again and that news of my forcing the lock on her cupboard would reach my family and the whole village well amplified , so that I 'd end up accused of stealing all of Aisha 's possessions . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't see Mrs Brent 's car yet — I suppose she is still at the Lady Queen Bees ' tea , and Mr Brent must be still at his curling club . ’ |
| 21 | The women in this case are suspects in their own right , especially if we take notice of that boy , though from what you–say I ca n't see Anna 's mother hauling herself up on the scaffolding behind Benson 's , or making a run for it when the boy turned up . ’ |
| 22 | Although I ca n't see Beryl clambering over scaffolding with a .32 tucked in her pants , she 'd be quite capable of doing it by proxy . |
| 23 | What would I normally do , or anybody normally do , I ca n't see Hilary ? |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't see Brigadier Harcourt-Browne welcoming Charlie Trumper to morning sherry before the Cottenham Hunt . ’ |
| 25 | I ca n't see Osman accepting it otherwise . ’ |
| 26 | I ca n't see Wilko quitting Leeds to be anyone 's caretaker . |
| 27 | ‘ Somehow , ’ Nick smiled , ‘ I ca n't see Harry spending a night out at Au Père de Nico . |
| 28 | ‘ But I ca n't see Philip sitting back and doing nothing about it . |
| 29 | ‘ The hard part is not letting it go to your head , but I ca n't see Kylie making that mistake . |
| 30 | I ca n't see Ken |