Example sentences of "[vb base] i [modal v] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ I expect I 'll see you in the office , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I hope I can see you again . ’ |
| 3 | Look I 'll see you . |
| 4 | But erm unless he alters his way you know I can see it coming off . |
| 5 | I know I could see you writing them anyway . |
| 6 | Indeed , this very struggle that I find so fascinating in the writing of Paradise Lost , you know , a rather intimate way I feel I can see it in eleven words that come just a little earlier in the fourth book , in which he tells us ‘ Seeing the apples growing on the trees , that they are hisperian fables true , if true here only and of delicious taste ’ . |
| 7 | Sometimes I think I can see him . ’ |
| 8 | After that we can go to a hotel and so on , but I think I should see him . ’ |
| 9 | and sharpened up with typical 20th-century cynicism by the American lyricist Stephen Sondheim : I 've got those " God why do n't you love me , oh you do I 'll see you later " blues , That " long as you ignore me , you 're the only thing that matters " feeling , That " if I 'm good enough for you , you 're not good enough " And " thank you for the present but what 's wrong with it ? " stuff . |
| 10 | I wish I may see it ! ’ |
| 11 | I mean … well , I mean , I 'm not sorry to leave the school , leave here , but I 'm sorry to leave you , and I wish I could see you again . |
| 12 | I really wish I could see you . |
| 13 | I wish I could see you for myself all the same . ’ |