Example sentences of "[pers pn] would see [noun] " 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 | I grew a little apprehensive when she informed me that I would see witches and some ugly things , after which I would see my grandfather and other long-dead relatives . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I really just wanted to see er just wanted to see the sort of range of things they did now this is more like it you see Effective Writing , Report Writing , Technical Report Writing , Business Sales Corres , Editing House Journals Writing for Publication , Desk Top Publishing , things like working with the media these are more the sort of things that I would see people |
| 5 | If we were bound by the decision in Handscomb , I would see force in the argument that this principle should apply equally to mandatory life sentences . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Pass any bakery and you 'd see cakes slathered in blue icing , cakes sprinkled with sea-salt . |
| 9 | When you got to the station you 'd see groups of theatricals . |
| 10 | You see I think if I I 'm trying to en envisage it , if you are erm you , you live in an area and er there have been some er outbreaks of violence of , you know , a nasty nature , some people have been killed , there 's been sort of erm disruption and er and so on , I do n't know how you 'd feel , I think you may feel erm a bit concerned about this , you 'd see things breaking down and you would n't see quite where it 's going to , to lead . |
| 11 | And I mean I remember myself when I was a young girl that you used to walk along a road and you 'd see houses that were going to rack and ruin . |
| 12 | You 'd see men walking round on their shoes about an inch thick , you see . |
| 13 | Rumour had it that if you went to a Norman Mailer party , you 'd see people smoking marijuana , covertly passing around a joint behind the bushes at the bottom of the garden . |
| 14 | A. T. The worst part of the job was after passing the Sergeant 's exam and waiting for twelve to thirteen years to get promoted — you 'd have the Chief Constable 's Orders come out and you 'd see people who had passed years after you being promoted and you 'd think that I 'll do my thirty years like this . |
| 15 | You 'd see fellows in the middle of the night , especially if they were carrying something . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She would see Alexei again . |
| 18 | Tonight she would see fitzAlan again . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She would see Mama and Papa again soon , they were coming over well before the wedding , and what bliss to greet them as the future Marchioness of Blaine , beautiful blond Havvie by her side , eager to meet them — or so he publicly said — his private comments were somewhat different — more to the effect that he could swallow Sally-Anne and her dollars , but her parvenu papa was quite another thing ! |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She had never thought she would see Alain . |
| 23 | So I did say to your mum here you , you would see Jackie 's photo . |
| 24 | Sometimes you would see people who lived in it walking past the camp . |
| 25 | Looking up at the north-facing slope ahead you would see snow and ice and you would tremble , but you would know that coming down on the other side , you would walk in sunshine , through green grass and sweet-smelling flowers . |
| 26 | If you 've got some dust floating round in the nothing you would see specks of dust . |
| 27 | ‘ I knew you would see reason in the end . |
| 28 | So you would link all your employment officers in there , do that , and you would see form that whether all your team can er had induction for instance , and who has n't , whether all your team have erm can do interviewing . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | So we still promised we 'd see nanny and we have n't , and we still promised to go to aunty 's and we have n't . |