Example sentences of "[modal v] see i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That should see me for a while . |
| 2 | He 'll see me by the fire , leaning against the mantelpiece , and know how things really are ; how they ought to be . |
| 3 | I do n't think anybody could see me behind the bouquet and I had trouble finding the keyhole . |
| 4 | In theory , you could see me in the Sunshine Home for Impoverished Journalists in 40 years ' time , tripping the nurses over with my Zimmer frame in the hope that they 'll let me father their child . |
| 5 | Second point : although you obviously have such a low opinion of me that it does n't strain your credulity to believe that I was making love to two women at once , one of them married , I ca n't believe that even you could see me in the role of toy-boy . |
| 6 | If only they could see me in the office now I 'd turn more than a few heads . |
| 7 | I listened to myself make a horrible noise like Eric going crazy over the phone , and hoped that nobody was passing and could see me in such an undignified and weak position . |
| 8 | " They said they 'd see me in three years to do my D.Phil. at Oxford . |
| 9 | They asked me to go there for an interview , and from that they recommended a therapist who would see me at her home . |
| 10 | What I would find off-putting is the idea that people would see me as a divorced man 's bit of light relief . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought you never would see me as a perfectly ordinary girl . |
| 12 | And then , as the job came up with Social Services , and I joined it , I did have some reservations , because I felt that maybe people would see me as sort of having deserted them and joined them , you know , er brilliant movie ? |
| 13 | I had intended to emerge while Mr Cardinal was still a reasonable distance away , so that he would see me in good time and suppose I was on my way to the summerhouse , or perhaps to the gardener 's lodge . |
| 14 | ‘ I looked up to Valerie and Lesley when I was a kid and I hope today 's youngsters will see me as a role model . ’ |
| 15 | Because getting young Rossiter up to eleven lengths will see me to the grave . |
| 16 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
| 17 | 21 She turns so she can see me with her right eye . |