Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] see [noun] " 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 | Down on ground level again , I could n't see gaunt-face anywhere . |
| 4 | ‘ I could n't see Gillian . |
| 5 | Well anyway it gets half way through this wood I could n't see couple of yards in front of me |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was touched , I could n't see Mrs Thatcher touching , shaking my hand . |
| 8 | That was important , for I could n't see Joanna . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | I could n't see Emily 's expression as I did so . |
| 11 | I could n't see Russell 's face or his reaction to all this . |
| 12 | ‘ For I wanted the opportunity to talk to you privately , ’ she told Theda quietly , ‘ although I could not see Araminta allowing it . ’ |
| 13 | I could even see Conchis , who was sitting where we had sat on the terrace the night before , apparently reading . |
| 14 | There was a figure on either side of him but I could only see Charlie Vaughan . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I could now see Malc on the front row quite clearly . |
| 17 | You see — I could never see Bridget home when we went out . ’ |
| 18 | My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living . |
| 19 | When I went to Roundhay first I could still see fairies . |
| 20 | I think I 'd sooner see Angela Rippon , Those Were The Days , do n't you ? , on Sky |
| 21 | I 'd often see birds with gut or wire wrapped around their necks or wings , or looking ill because , as I discovered later , they 'd swallowed lead shot which the anglers used to weight their lines . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | I would rather see people that are going to start work , even if it is only for a year , at the same time where they are working that year that somebody take an interest in what 's going to happen to them at the end of that year . |
| 24 | In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity . |
| 25 | Erm , yes Chairman , the , the suggestion of the recommendation if you like , that er , Reginald 's erm , proposal it is , er to participate is , is er , rejected by er , I do n't particularly feel that way about it , that erm , if , apart from the fact that the contribution is sizable , and I do n't think that we 'll get all that many applications from the Regional District Council anyway , but erm , I would n't see harm at all of both Oswestry and Bridgenorth being allowed to send a representative if there were any applications , it 'd be good for their area , er , and er , even if they were n't allowed to vote on it , and I suppose they should n't be allowed to vote on it , erm , I , I would see it as erm , another attempt , another avenue to , towards partnership between District Council and the County Council development . |
| 26 | But I would not see Leslie again . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I watched her go with sadness in my heart because I felt for some inexplicable reason that I would never see Granny again . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 30 | Bearings , transformations , probability , I ca n't see functions . |