Example sentences of "i [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 31 | I intend to see that it gets it . ’ |
| 32 | No lasting good could come of it and I fear to see you hurt . ’ |
| 33 | see when I kneel see when I kneel a lot , |
| 34 | My inclination was to decline , but as that would have been discourteous in the extreme to Wilson , for whom I then had enormous respect , I agreed to see him . |
| 35 | I failed to see how tolerant he was of me , with my callow questioning of everything : I flinched under the coldness of his eye , yet did not perceive his isolation . |
| 36 | I failed to see the connection . |
| 37 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
| 38 | Now , I 'd let someone else do it , whilst I checked to see what window I could jump out of ! ) |
| 39 | I checked to see if Armstrong was still there and then I risked a crouching run as far as the Sierra 's tail lights . |
| 40 | Oh my god , well they 've estimated mine , it 's fifty five pounds eighty , I checked to see the numbers on it and it 's a hundred eight |
| 41 | ‘ I got to see the vicar . ‘ |
| 42 | But , says Frank , ‘ a few weeks before I got to see a specialist I passed what looked like a bucket-full of blood into the toilet . |
| 43 | ‘ Now look , Connie me pet , it 's bleedin' cold in the parlour , ’ complained Archie , ‘ and , anyway , I got to see a bloke about a job . ’ |
| 44 | I got to see the famous ‘ railway station ’ — which was a prop , a facade . |
| 45 | I got to see if you 're any good . |
| 46 | No I ge , I got to see it |
| 47 | I got to see this , got to see this . |
| 48 | We 're off er well York this funny thing I got to see that it all goes through for my dad . |
| 49 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 50 | From what I had heard in advance , I expected to see nothing much more than four or five students on the course drinking regulated amounts of alcohol and then being subjected to a variety of tests that would show how their motor skills deteriorated . |
| 51 | ‘ I expected to see the prince my husband at Mass this morning , my lady , she said . |
| 52 | I looked out to sea , almost as though I expected to see a puff of smoke and a beast with a forked tail appear from the darkness . |
| 53 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 54 | My binoculars I wore round my neck at the ready for all those puffins , razor bills and guillemots I expected to see on the way over . |
| 55 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 56 | I must say I expected to see my sister accuse Orlick of attacking her , but instead she seemed very pleased to see him . |
| 57 | I expected to see Dr Mortimer , as I knew nobody else in the village . |
| 58 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 59 | I do n't know what I expected to see , but as always when you have a tooth out or get kicked half to death the change in appearance is nowhere like commensurate with the pain . |
| 60 | ‘ I expected to see a beach ! ’ she exclaimed . |