Example sentences of "[pron] see [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I flash upon my own family ; the way I have to think a moment before deciding who to include in my family , whether to include the step-parents or the siblings on my father 's side whom I would not know should I see them on the street , the hastiness of Mom and Larry on Sunday swirls between galleries and sushi , untapered by excess or sentimentality , busy with books and foreign films and the Sunday supplement of the New York Times , the wisdom of Ivy Leagues and schedules too dense to live by , to wake by , to sleep and breathe by .
2 But , if so , why do n't I see him in bed with me ?
3 ‘ Never , ’ writes Boswell , ‘ did I see him in a better frame ; calm , gentle , wise , holy ’ — with Johnson opining that the essence of the Crucifixion lay in showing to the world that even the Son of God suffered on account of sin , and in doing so , displayed how heinous a thing sin must be .
4 Did n't I see 'er with me own eyes , down in the Rockingham ? ’
5 Can I see you at break ?
6 ‘ Shall I see you at Jeffrey 's party ? ’
7 ‘ Can I see you for a minute ? ’
8 ‘ No , of course not , but ca n't — wo n't I see you before that ? ’
9 What time shall I see you in the morning ? ’
10 ‘ Did n't I see you in court this morning ? ’
11 Why did I see it in a story ?
12 It 's getting rather hard to think about what it is that lets me see them as distinct individuals if all that they 're doing are
13 He put his hand over the flame of the lamp and said to Stricker : ‘ Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame . ’
14 ‘ Do you think they 'll let me see her in hospital ? ’
15 Let me see it on you .
16 Eva could be snobby , that was obvious , but if I saw something , or heard a piece of music , or visited a place , I would n't be content until Eva had made me see it in a certain way .
17 and the furry monster was there and the church bells rang unceasingly , my muse was red with righteous anger , o my love , and her hound barked at the furry monster and her frankfurter but i did not let them see me for worshipping in silence is the artist 's choice , that is the way for growth .
18 They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name .
19 We 've got to persuade them to invest in us — to make them see us as the means by which they can topple the Seven . ’
20 Did you see me on the rocks ?
21 Did you see me on your balcony and decide you 'd have to defer your reunion — if that 's what it was going to be ?
22 ‘ Can you see me as the Prime Minister 's wife living in Downing Street ? ’
23 Can you see me as an Army Wife ? ’
24 " Can you see me in cream organza with primroses in my hair ?
25 ‘ And did you see them about the tomb ? ’
26 Did you see them on the counter .
27 Er , , did you see him about that ?
28 ‘ Did you see him outside the hall ? ’
29 ‘ Or do you see him as an inconvenient remnant of outmoded superstition — a bit like a gallstone — of which we must all be purged before religion can take on its true form , that is , without him . ’
30 Did you see him on Sports Saturday on sky ? ?
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