Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I 'd better see them on their way . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd better see them first . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better see him on my own . ’ |
| 4 | I thought you were gon na go and tell him that he 'd better see me today . |
| 5 | I think I 'd better see you face to face . |
| 6 | He missed her physical presence too , and dreamed of her oftener now he did not see her . |
| 7 | So I left her alone , locking the door behind me , and did not see her again ( she developed bronchitis , was taken into the cottage hospital and died soon afterwards ) . |
| 8 | Wendy was still living in Old Wolverton , and because of her shift work I did not see her very often ; and most of those with whom I had been friendliest were billeted in outlying areas . |
| 9 | The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could . |
| 10 | I did not see her again until during the afternoon lessons , when I noticed that she had been sent to stand alone in the middle of the schoolroom . |
| 11 | He did not see her precisely as she saw herself but it could have been very much worse . |
| 12 | The driver and the fireman did not see her . |
| 13 | The men milked with their hats low over their eyes and did not see her . |
| 14 | For the first time ever he realised how he missed the woman when he did not see her . |
| 15 | He did not see her at all as he got out of the car and Jenna had the chance to observe him without the dark eyes pinning her quizzically . |
| 16 | He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while . |
| 17 | Did not see her ? . |
| 18 | She was facing the window , but did not see me beyond its screen because she was staring at Matthew McIllvanney who seemed to fill the whole room with his malevolence . |
| 19 | My move woke him , and he did not see me . |
| 20 | He did not see me behind the curtain . |
| 21 | Thiercelin and Epitot saluted smartly as he passed , but he did not see them , nor even his entourage . |
| 22 | He thought he had them with him in the coach when going to the College , but did not see them again . |
| 23 | ‘ The terms for refunds were on the back of our tickets which meant we did not see them until after we had made the purchase . ’ |
| 24 | I did not see them . |
| 25 | For example , even those who did live near their kin did not see them especially often . |
| 26 | ‘ But because they were so busy with their business , he did not see them as much as he wished . |
| 27 | Still — ‘ I did not see him again and I did not want to ’ . |
| 28 | It had been splendidly undemanding ; because of his family , she did not see him more than a few times a month , always meetings snatched at short notice and with absolutely no expectation from him that she would be available . |
| 29 | She did not see him at once , as he stood back from the coiling smoke . |
| 30 | I did not see him . |