Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] see [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve and I may see each other six times a week if we 're racing . |
| 2 | He felt himself to be a kind of recording angel ; it seemed necessary that someone should see all this who was aware of its sinfulness , of its stench in the nostrils of God . |
| 3 | ‘ I must see this baby — ’ It was half past nine at night , the nurseries sacrosanct . |
| 4 | Our wartime experiences were nearly at an end and I sat there thinking of all the many people I had known briefly , wondering if I should see any of them again , and remembering the many whom I knew I should never see again . |
| 5 | Do you know who I might see , I might see that girl , Michelle who lived 'cos I saw her last Thursday , she was in the classroom next to us . |
| 6 | I know somebody who wants some black boots , I might see some black |
| 7 | Now and that 's for my benefit alone okay , what that means is that I 'll see each and every one of you in a , a role play so the first person in each role play will be Robert , Barry and Gareth , followed by Gill , , followed by Bill , Roger and Vincent and Robert again you do not deviate from that order . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll see all that next time , ’ I promised , wishing him a hasty farewell and lolloping rapidly into the station . |
| 9 | ‘ In my lifetime , it 's unlikely that I 'll see that sort of system — the one which currently is being dismantled — back in place and in good health . |
| 10 | ‘ One day , ’ Cranston grated , ‘ I 'll see that bastard hang ! ’ |
| 11 | I 'll see this little bit then I 'll go and finish that ironing and would you record er Watchdog for me ? |
| 12 | I 'll see these people out . ’ |
| 13 | He does n't talk about birds that much he just sort of , now and again he 'll say shit and I 'll look round and I 'll see these like really cool legs going |
| 14 | I 'll see some of the sights , search out that Michaelangelo you spoke of . |
| 15 | This room was smaller than the hall , but I could see many unusual and interesting things in it . |
| 16 | My eyes shut , I could see that napkin fluttering down through the mushroom cloud . |
| 17 | Helen was driving her to suicide , I could see that . |
| 18 | ‘ I could see that . |
| 19 | ‘ I could see that for myself , ’ said Charles . |
| 20 | GUIL : I could see that . |
| 21 | I could see that would be more green , but I just did n't know how it was more fair . |
| 22 | Well , if I could see that |
| 23 | I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true . |
| 24 | ‘ I could see that . ’ |
| 25 | I could see that , had he embarked upon the paper , it would have left me conscience-stricken in my turn . |
| 26 | They needed something to stimulate them , even I could see that , to dispel the overwhelming atmosphere of gloom . |
| 27 | She 'd planned it , I could see that . |
| 28 | I could see that predatory gleam in those dark eyes of his when he looked at you . ’ |
| 29 | Thanked God I could see all my friends , relatives , all the old ladies , Joan and the kids in my daydreams . |
| 30 | I could see all this coming . |