Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [modal v] see [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , her protests went unheeded , and each day that passed she could see Matthew becoming more and more influenced by old Luther . |
| 2 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 3 | Thought we might see Pam today . |
| 4 | I said I could see Victor was right , I had over-complicated the plot ; I should not have introduced the letters , which were paraphrases of a correspondence I 'd been reading on my journey to London . |
| 5 | She wished she could see Chambers ' face when Wolff-Dietrich , the werewolf king , carried the tale back . |
| 6 | She wished she could see Bella 's face properly , but the shadows were thick and all she could make out was the outline of a head . |
| 7 | Topaz wished she could see Andrew and comfort him , but for the time being that would be too dangerous . |
| 8 | Why had n't the stupid boy said he would see Hank in school in the morning ? |
| 9 | Afterwards Brewer said he could see Auckland holding the shield for as long as they could keep together their very strong scrum of Olo Brown , Sean Fitzpatrick , Steve McDowell , Michael Jones , Gary Whetton , Robin Brooke , Mark Carter and Zinzan Brooke — All Blacks all . |