Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an ideal world , there would be no need for either , but for now I would rather see the frustration expressed in these light-hearted terms than in the sort of man-hating bitterness that has given feminism such a bad name . |
| 2 | Both do a good job , he says , but ‘ I would rather see more judgments out there in the market . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ There 's nobody I would rather see have it son , ’ Bert said sadly . |
| 4 | ‘ I would rather see and be seen than be seen and not see . |
| 5 | I would rather see a few children unnecessarily separated from their parents than thousands of them just remain without any parents at all ! [ … ] . |
| 6 | I think it 's great shame that were not able to come more often now but I do n't think that the replacement scheme is really a replacement cos it relies on you getting the most expensive seats I would rather see lots of things cheaply rather than just one or two things more expensively it also does n't include studio theatre many of the productions I think are excellent and there 's no advantage there . |
| 7 | I would rather see people that are going to start work , even if it is only for a year , at the same time where they are working that year that somebody take an interest in what 's going to happen to them at the end of that year . |
| 8 | As a person who has supported devolution for 20 years , I would rather see the House have the courage of its convictions and reject the Bill . |
| 9 | I would rather see him and Chris Lewis ( a constant injury worry ) facing the Pakistanis this summer without carrying niggling injuries sustained in the winter . |
| 10 | ‘ I would rather see Philip play the piano than workingmen 's clubs but he has set his heart on being a magician and we are supporting him , ’ said his mother Stella . |
| 11 | Tell you if I was I would n't see you . |
| 12 | My mum used to pick my hair off the pillow while I was asleep so that I would n't see how much I was losing , and at that time I was too ill to get up and go and look in the mirror . |
| 13 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 14 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 15 | In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity . |
| 16 | " Foolishly , I dined with him to make clear that I would n't see him again and that if he persisted with his unwanted attention I would have no choice but to go to you . |
| 17 | Perhaps it 's the pipistrelle bats and that 's why , if I looked , I would n't see anything outside but a disturbance of shadow . |
| 18 | We 're not , er we 're not the best thing about money and I would n't see that happening in the future . |
| 19 | In oil services , in the future there could be further major acquisitions but er , over the past three years we 've er , undertaken a whole series of acquisitions and er , and for the moment I would n't see anything er , in the , in the major line there , although you never know if some , even sometimes opportunities you are n't capable of creating erm , er , because the er , situation is not right er , do occur and I would n't rule it out but erm , er , we have n't erm any major acquisition er , on , on , on the carpet there at the moment . |
| 20 | Erm , yes Chairman , the , the suggestion of the recommendation if you like , that er , Reginald 's erm , proposal it is , er to participate is , is er , rejected by er , I do n't particularly feel that way about it , that erm , if , apart from the fact that the contribution is sizable , and I do n't think that we 'll get all that many applications from the Regional District Council anyway , but erm , I would n't see harm at all of both Oswestry and Bridgenorth being allowed to send a representative if there were any applications , it 'd be good for their area , er , and er , even if they were n't allowed to vote on it , and I suppose they should n't be allowed to vote on it , erm , I , I would see it as erm , another attempt , another avenue to , towards partnership between District Council and the County Council development . |
| 21 | I do n't think that I , I would n't see it as a panic measure . |
| 22 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 23 | so erm I do n't er I would n't see the point in being too confrontational over an issue like that . |
| 24 | Yeah , but even so , the well it , you 're I would n't see a film . |
| 25 | I left the old Frenchman still puffing away at his pipe and returned through the village to the orchard next to Brigade H.Q I had a feeling that I would not see the French family again . |
| 26 | Yet as our relationship deepened , you seemed to abstract yourself , and sometimes I would not see you for days on end . |
| 27 | But I would not see Leslie again . |
| 28 | ‘ When she started staying with friends I would not see her for about a week or so , but I was not concerned . |
| 29 | He almost pranced along the passage with his pet and I hoped fervently that I would not see them in there again . |
| 30 | But I would not see it as when you 're looking along the because that 's the first way you 're taught it . |