Example sentences of "[that] i [vb mod] see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had rather been hoping that I might see somebody I knew while I was in the town , but the only people I saw were old Mackenzie in the gun and tackle shop and Mrs Stuart in the cafe , yawning and fat behind her Formica counters and reading a Mills & boon . |
| 2 | ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago . |
| 3 | ‘ Tell her that I do exist and that I 'll see her one day . ’ |
| 4 | But , we 'll take it that I 'll see you , not next week , but the week after . |
| 5 | ‘ Unlikely that my mental cogs can turn or unlikely that I will see anything ? ’ |
| 6 | I know it is unlikely that I will see it , but just the thought that I might is enough . |
| 7 | I also know how to get the red-tailed buzzard out of a tree at night , so if it flies off I stay by the tree in which it settles until dark , then I go and fetch sticks and a torch so that I can see what I 'm doing . |
| 8 | I want to be out on a limb with my back to the water so that I can see what the rest of the world is doing . |
| 9 | if you can bear with us on that I can see we 've got some out outdoor fiends who are quite happy to be sitting here without any jackets on but other people doing , doing the opposite . |
| 10 | The hills are mine , and the living streams and the wind that breathes in the valley and the tiny white flowers that only I know because only I lie so close to the earth that I can see them move . |
| 11 | It 's just that I can see myself listening to the Brahms Quartets rather more often . |
| 12 | Then Goiko 's wife begged the master-mason , " At Least leave a small gap , so that I can see my son Jovo when he passes by . " |
| 13 | I have the clock , so that I know the time , Schedule+ so that I can see my appointments , and Word for Windows for word processing . |
| 14 | You spoke when your face was turned away from me ’ or ‘ I 'll move this vase of flowers so that I can see your face clearly . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , now that I can see you better , I can say that you are a decidedly pretty girl , even if the cat has eaten your tongue . ’ |
| 16 | It is a wide double ; the companion is of magnitude 4.8 , and the separation 41 seconds of arc , so that I can see it with × 20 . |
| 17 | ABBERLEY : Would you mind turning your cardiograph around a little so that I can see it ? |
| 18 | She gives me time to read the label on the front cover Government Commission Press Department , 1974 — then opens it and slowly turns the pages , so that I can see it is a cuttings book , in which the Commission 's Press Officer has pasted the results of his labours , the stories inspired by all his briefings , handouts and leaks . |
| 19 | The handrail was visible for a yard or two more , so I figured the catwalk might still be passable ; beyond that I could see nothing . |
| 20 | Certainly I was asked about this er well before the er E I P er and we agreed that there w Well certainly I agreed that I could see nothing wrong with that since it is a cl closed research project , and nothing will be divulged at all er publicly . |
| 21 | It was almost dark when I found it and it was not until I arrived home that I could see its lovely design . |
| 22 | I spent a good while asking for something written down so that I could see what I was and was n't supposed to do , but that was a forlorn hope . |
| 23 | It made me feel good to know that I could see him and he could n't see me , and that I was aware and fully conscious and he was n't . |
| 24 | Not that I could see anything when I arrived — it was covered in cloud . |
| 25 | I even brought her here so that I could see your reaction to her , see if that spark of jealousy you 'd once felt towards her was still there . ’ |
| 26 | Moved by an ancient sentiment as she cradled the dress , so that it lolled in her arms like someone drowned , she said that she was glad she had a daughter to wear it ; and I said , politely , that I could see it must be a pleasing economy . |
| 27 | You did n't know that I could see you , did you ? |
| 28 | I had some dim idea that I should see what sort of creatures these whores were , so that I might find out what I was . |