Example sentences of "[vb past] i [modal v] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's difficult to explain , but a part of me never really believed I should see her again , even after what they told me at the theatre . |
| 2 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 3 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 4 | I really thought I would see her round Sale , I 've never seen anything of her |
| 5 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I 've seen similar situations on company planets run by the Usurians , but I never thought I 'd see it on Earth . ’ |
| 7 | I never thought I 'd see you again ! ’ |
| 8 | Another door , Harry had said , down by the river 's edge : and in fact , when I looked I could see it , a once-painted slab of wood set in brickwork , its bottom edge barely six inches above the water . |
| 9 | I could n't really tell what it was till she told me , but when she did I could see it . |
| 10 | got myself ready I got my coat on and I said I 'll see you later |
| 11 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 12 | ‘ So I said I 'd see them in a few days . |
| 13 | I said I 'd see her after the weekend and shouldered my bag . |
| 14 | We played the match and won , and just before saying goodbye I said I 'd see him at Birkdale . |
| 15 | ‘ Then yesterday , when I felt I was going to go mad if I did n't get something settled , I rang her and said I must see her privately . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , I wished I could see her . |