Example sentences of "but i [modal v] see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're all pretty short of that , I 'm afraid sir , but I 'll see what I can do . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'll see you tonight . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But I 'll see you do n't suffer for this , Ellen . |
| 5 | ‘ My forest duty calls — but I shall see thee again — thou hast my word ’ . |
| 6 | But I could see what you were thinking . |
| 7 | But I could see nothing anomalous , no movement . |
| 8 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 9 | I pressed my head close against one comer of the barred window trying to see who was speaking , but I could see no-one . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I looked round for my friends , but I could see nobody . |
| 12 | But I could see who it was . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | But I could see his eyes . |
| 16 | But I could see he looked sad as he added , ‘ I think it 'll be fer the best fer all of us . ’ |
| 17 | But I could see he was perfectly serious . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The hammer lock kept my head down , but I could see he was carrying a bottle of whisky by the neck . |
| 20 | But I could see there was something monk-like about the space there . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But I could see I had lost his attention . |
| 23 | Mum was acting normally , but I could see it was a strain . |
| 24 | Er I have n't Alan this morning to discuss it with him but I will see him . |
| 25 | Now is your time of grief , but I will see you again and you will rejoice , and no one will take away your joy . |
| 26 | But I can see me running faster than I have before . ’ |
| 27 | It had never really occurred to me to put things in those terms but I can see what he meant and to an extent he was partly right . |
| 28 | I was just gon na say you got a purple tint in your hair but I can see what it is now ! |
| 29 | I ca n't really see it but I can see what it |
| 30 | But I can see we 're not going to agree . |