Example sentences of "[modal v] see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A return to five furlongs should see him back on the winning path . |
| 2 | You should see him slobber in the office ! |
| 3 | Until then she had been tortured by fears that she might not recognise her son if she should see him . |
| 4 | You should see him playing guitar ! |
| 5 | After that we can go to a hotel and so on , but I think I should see him . ’ |
| 6 | Robert stood alone and waited ; he was patiently expectant of Nicandra 's disappointment when she should see him . |
| 7 | ‘ How kind of you , ’ she said , balancing nicely on the edge of irony , in case a few minutes more of this should see him running out of line to shoot , and make it desirable to jettison him , ‘ how kind of you to tell me all about it ! ’ |
| 8 | Ye should see him . |
| 9 | Where had he been all this time , that she should see him now being led prisoner into Parfois ? |
| 10 | We should see him soon he was doing some er curtain tracks for us . |
| 11 | Should see him when he acts right . |
| 12 | So it 's in a minute I should see him |
| 13 | You should see him , well , he 's so wiry , he 's into everything , how they cope with him , he 's not naughty as such but he 's such erm |
| 14 | I mean , I mean , you know , John , you should see him he 's happy ! |
| 15 | But because it is a writer who is giving us this , and a writer at the beginning of his career , what more natural than that we should see him as writing his way out of all this , as ‘ getting it out of his system ’ as we say , clearing the ground for work that will enact triumphantly his escape , his liberation , his hope . |
| 16 | Kathleen turned away from the window , hastily , for fear her sister should see her watching and began to get out the mixing bowl and pastry board , the flour and the milk . |
| 17 | It 's difficult to explain , but a part of me never really believed I should see her again , even after what they told me at the theatre . |
| 18 | ‘ His second wife , ’ Hodai sighed in a pretence of ecstasy , ‘ Heavenly Name , you should see her . |
| 19 | ‘ Gods , you should see her now , Gregor . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not sure if you should see her , ’ I hesitated . |
| 21 | You should see her doing her impersonation of him ; one of the funniest things I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 22 | You should see her . |
| 23 | ‘ If you should see me die , you will not see me die in that manner … |
| 24 | You should see me first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 25 | no odds to me — if he should see me — assuming I 'm free |
| 26 | That should see me for a while . |
| 27 | And if anybody at Mephistco thinks I lack courage , they should see me now . |
| 28 | This list has , believe it or not , really got me in the mood for venturing back to see United — tommorrow should see me travelling up the M1 if I can get the transport arranged — and hopefully I 'll be seeing quite a few games throughout the season . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm still ring rusty but a couple of weeks ’ hard work before the European Cup should see me all right . ’ |
| 30 | We travelled the length and breadth of the island , stopping to paint as often as we could persuade him to do so … which was n't always easy , as he was so keen that we should see everything . |