Example sentences of "but i [modal v] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 'll see you tonight . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not sure if I 'll still be here tomorrow , as air traffic is functioning normally and I have some urgent matters to attend to back in Hong Kong , but I 'll see you on Friday anyway . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But I 'll see you do n't suffer for this , Ellen . |
| 4 | ‘ My forest duty calls — but I shall see thee again — thou hast my word ’ . |
| 5 | I know that Eric was interested in seeing a panzer division on the move and being so close to the enemy but I could see him getting paler and paler , probably at the thought of what would happen if we were stopped . |
| 6 | She made a lot of conventional noises , of course ; she had to because you ca n't have Rose and Grace getting any sillier than they are already and they might have taken it into their heads to copy you , but I could see she thought you had real spirit . |
| 7 | She said yeah I 'll be alright , but I could see she 'd been crying earlier on in the evening , she said you always feel as if you 're |
| 8 | But I could see he looked sad as he added , ‘ I think it 'll be fer the best fer all of us . ’ |
| 9 | But I could see he was perfectly serious . |
| 10 | He grimaced , but I could see he was not unpleased , though he tried to hide it by marching me off to give his vegetables their evening watering . |
| 11 | The hammer lock kept my head down , but I could see he was carrying a bottle of whisky by the neck . |
| 12 | It 's right , it 's correct it is minus twelve but I could see you were really not very sure what you should be doing about that , that 's great , you 've found , you 've got that down to there , let's have a little look at the number line , zero , one , two , three and so on , minus one , minus two , minus three , minus four . |
| 13 | But I could see I had lost his attention . |
| 14 | Mum was acting normally , but I could see it was a strain . |
| 15 | Er I have n't Alan this morning to discuss it with him but I will see him . |
| 16 | Now is your time of grief , but I will see you again and you will rejoice , and no one will take away your joy . |
| 17 | But I can see me running faster than I have before . ’ |
| 18 | But I can see we 're not going to agree . |
| 19 | But I can see I must n't keep you . |
| 20 | ‘ But I can see it . |
| 21 | He could have had anything that money could buy to cure him , but I can see it 's too late now . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't suppose it 'll ever happen , but I can see it so clearly . |
| 23 | Ca n't actually see it move but I can see it if I look |
| 24 | " But I can see it 's different in here , " he said , as though this , too , was a mark of the superiority of Skipper . |
| 25 | My own health is suffering and my daughter tells me to stop but I can see it causing a family row . |
| 26 | ‘ Not as good as a fingerprint , ’ said Coffin , ‘ but I can see it would help . |
| 27 | I mean , you probably would n't see it but I can see it , she 's losing it . |
| 28 | But in the short term , in other words , the instant burst of speed , I hope anyway , can come from both of them , but I can see it coming from Andrea perhaps first . |
| 29 | But I can see you on the Brains Trust . ’ |
| 30 | But I can see you know I mean that in itself is a blockage to many people is n't it . |