Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should just see the town , Anne . |
| 2 | That I should ever see the day … ’ |
| 3 | One will be the doctor who has attended the person in their last illness who must see the body before completing the form , and another doctor who must also see the body . |
| 4 | Given the increasing pressure we and others are putting on offshore dredging , which has major implications for future terrestrial supplies , I thought you should also see the Commentary . |
| 5 | ‘ What happens is that maybe I 'll just see the shape of some chords , or where my fingers should be on the frets . |
| 6 | Within a day or two it appeared that a complete South African team would be fielded and Treviso might just see the start of rugby 's World War III . |
| 7 | If you make a codicil leaving somebody out , they 'll still see the original will somebody will know that you 've changed your mind . |
| 8 | Hike a lift on a golf buggy on the Duchess course at Woburn and you 'll quickly see the challenge . |
| 9 | And so we have and it 's now that the war 's over , we 'll now see the press pressing and probing and trying to erm undermine John Major in the way they 've erm |
| 10 | Add in some fancy graduated tint backgrounds or some a scanned logo and you 'll really see the time tick by . |
| 11 | I might even see the remainder of my old Hyundai back on my desk as a loaner while ADM irons out the inevitable bugs in this Frankenstein 's monster I 'm creating . |
| 12 | ‘ So , ’ I said-regretfully , ‘ Filmer might indeed see the train as a target . ’ |
| 13 | With that decision people came face to face with the expectation known to the early Christians soon after the Crucifixion and to the deeply religious who shivered at the approach of the year A.D. 1000 — the expectation that they might indeed see the end of the world in their lifetime . |
| 14 | But you 'll never see the Profitboss sipping late-night liqueurs with his secretary . |
| 15 | The one in particular I 'm referring to you will see we 'd all see the Son of Man , they they 'd recognised that reference to himself Son of Man , they 'd recognised that because that comes out of the Old Testament Book of Daniel does n't it , the Son of Man seated on the right hand of the Almighty coming with the clouds of heaven . |
| 16 | Indeed , there wo n't be much alteration from the side which triumphed so convincingly in Lithuania and Latvia although we could perhaps see the return of Nottingham Forest winger Kingsley Black at some stage . |
| 17 | She could only see the ceiling , but she could imagine the sight her bottom made : just overlapping the table , with her thighs spread wide to present a perfect picture of her intimate sexual opening to an enthralled audience . |
| 18 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 19 | In the darkness Gabriel could only see the shape of a woman sitting on a horse . |
| 20 | The picture itself was so dark he could only see the image of Emily in the glass , naked and moving wildly , her buttocks pumping urgently against him . |
| 21 | She could only see the glint of the whites of his eyes , and the gleam of his teeth as he smiled at her . |
| 22 | Granny was seated in her rocking chair facing the fireplace , but her back was to me and I could only see the paper curlers she had in her hair . |
| 23 | ‘ And I should have realised that you 'd be the one who could only see the thing from one angle , ’ he retorted harshly . |
| 24 | Presently she could see him again ; his head was erect , but his eyes were cast down so that she could only see the dark . |
| 25 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 26 | The phrases ‘ deluge trickled down his neck , ’ and ‘ met by such a blast of wind and water that he could scarcely see the track ’ make Turnours ' journey seem physically unpleasant . |
| 27 | The receptionist would say : ‘ What 's wrong with you ? ’ and I 'd say : ‘ Well , actually it 's a bit personal and I 'd sooner see the doctor about it , ’ and they 'd say : ‘ Oh , we ca n't let you see the doctor until you tell us what 's wrong with you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If I could just see the Master I could explain to him . |
| 29 | The tide was already on the turn , you could just see the stone margin of the path they had walked . |
| 30 | From the window of the dining-room Conradin could just see the door of the shed . |