Example sentences of "[pers pn] would see [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved it when we went to Granton , for I was always hoping I 'd see Uncle Bill . |
| 2 | Often I would see Clary , with his guitar strumming familiar tunes , accompanied by his hoarse , amiable voice , enticing an audience as they laughed along with him . |
| 3 | ‘ I said that if I was turfed out by the trade union vote I would see Neil Kinnock and we would then both issue a statement afterwards , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Daylight was just around the corner however , but by the time daylight did arrive , although she and her pride were very much certain that she 'd see Vendelin Gajdusek in hell before she ever spoke to him again , certain other practicalities had entered her head . |
| 5 | Charlotte did get the position of nanny and often travelled on the same train home on her days off , always in the first compartment behind the tender and always hoping that she would see Albert , which she often did and she leaned out of the window to talk to him when the train stopped in the stations . |
| 6 | She would see Alexei again . |
| 7 | A part of her — the silly , hopeless part — did want the job , of course , because it meant that she would see Dr Russell , since it was his own sister she would be nursing . |
| 8 | It was the chance that she would see Alain , that he would suddenly come with his dark , sardonic smiles , his caustic comments and his unexpected kisses . |
| 9 | She had never thought she would see Alain . |
| 10 | So I did say to your mum here you , you would see Jackie 's photo . |
| 11 | He saved my life once , ’ Wellington somehow managed to sound disapproving of both achievements , ‘ but if I had ten thousand like him tomorrow then I warrant we 'd see Napoleon beat by midday . ’ |
| 12 | If the inevitably deformed critics who admired his work — and the critics who sat with their faces pointing up at us did seem to have the countenances of gargoyles , while the aisles were crammed with their wheelchairs — knew of certain weaknesses — certain indulgences , let us say — they would see Pyke 's work in a different light . |
| 13 | Why had n't the stupid boy said he would see Hank in school in the morning ? |
| 14 | Later he would see Hugo 's Quasimodo as having a direct bearing on his as yet unformed philosophy of ugliness , and he remembered a saying : ‘ In my soul I am beautiful . ’ |
| 15 | All that mattered was the next time he would see Kate ; beyond that he looked forward with an urgency that hurt to the first time they would make love . |
| 16 | Somehow , in a way he must think of , he would see Dinah again . |
| 17 | He would see Bella sometimes , he supposed . |