Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] see [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 2 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 3 | I do see it as a delay even though w I 'm gon na learn and my technique 'll improve a hundred percent . |
| 4 | We have an excellent reputation in Oxfordshire as an Education Authority erm and a reputation which extends around the country , so I do see it as a vote of confidence , and I am very pleased about it , but I do think that the whole exercise was somewhat premature in the light of the erm research and investigation that was going on into the tertiary college , and indeed the consulting process actually ran through at the same time as the campaign was running on whether the Banbury School should opt out , and erm regrettably I think has lost something as a result of having the two run together . |
| 5 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 6 | Cos I 've seen him about a lot . |
| 7 | But the fact that he 's a born racer , I mean I know him quite well , I 've seen him around a lot , I would talk to him a lot , so would other colleagues here , every race since that decision , I think without trying , he persuaded himself , we were able to persuade him without trying too hard that maybe he should reconsider ; I think time did the rest . |
| 8 | I 've seen him in a proper leather jacket . |
| 9 | And she 'd go on the demonstrations in it too , I 've seen her at a rally in a park dragging that beaded hem through the mud . |
| 10 | I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've seen you in a toga . ’ |
| 12 | Well I 've seen 'em for a hundred now actually , a hundred quid . |
| 13 | But I need to see you for a moment . |
| 14 | There 's always lots of action tho' football is a plus , We 've never been to Wembley but we 've seen it from a bus . |