Example sentences of "but he [modal v] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be a dangerous feeling , but he would see it was dangerous only to him and not to the girl . |
| 2 | I mean , Terry is n't mean or greedy or anything like that but he would see it as a sort of bonanza , a jackpot … |
| 3 | He said it was a matter of accepting it as a capital project but he would see that Coun Jackson received the information he had requested . |
| 4 | He 'd seen it himself but he 'd see it again just to keep latched on to them . |
| 5 | They can not reward , But he will see and reward your worship . |
| 6 | The hon. Member for Dunfermline , West ( Mr. Douglas ) sought to undermine that , but he will see how far we have gone . |
| 7 | ‘ We do n't put him next to other horses , but he can see them clearly , only a field away , and he does n't fret or bother at all . |
| 8 | But he can see from their eyes that they look upon him now as someone who will transcend the collective and desert it . |
| 9 | But he can see , from the vantage-point of his experience of life , how shallow and patronizing this conception of happiness is . |
| 10 | She was looking at him questioningly but he could see she had caught his drift . |
| 11 | He tried to see through the net curtain but he could see nothing . |
| 12 | I wanted very much to give it but he could see I could n't . |
| 13 | He thrust the lamp in among the mops and brooms , but he could see nothing . |
| 14 | He had left the gas low so that the room was poorly lit , but he could see well enough . |
| 15 | He drew in his breath with elation , but he could see by the way she bit her lip that she had n't intended to let the confession slip . |
| 16 | Jack hissed furiously , but he could see she was not to be harried . |
| 17 | What she said was of interest to Edouard , but he could see that it was by way of a preamble . |
| 18 | On his final circuit he was aware of at least one other school aircraft in the circuit but he could see no aircraft ahead of him . |
| 19 | But he could see none . |
| 20 | But he could see what was coming . |
| 21 | There were no lights near by or below him but he could see the lake stretching into the night off to the left , its surface catching the lights of the buildings and city sky over by the edge of the Park . |
| 22 | He looked to the west , but he could see no land , no lights . |
| 23 | He stared out to sea , but he could see nothing — only the white tops of the great black waves , and the black clouds above . |
| 24 | His eyes were wide open but he could see nothing . |
| 25 | The light was much dimmer here , but he could see something , a shape , at its centre . |
| 26 | Judd was doing exceedingly well as an air cadet and he , Wendell , had good cause to be proud of him , but he could see that they were growing apart . |
| 27 | Rostov peered past the screen at the porthole , but he could see nothing of the surface of the planet . |
| 28 | Burun looked , but he could see only unprepared men who had not even drawn their bows because they were so confident of success . |
| 29 | She 'd visited him regularly when he was in prison ; but he could see as the months went by that whatever that special something they 'd had , it was withering away . |
| 30 | Alexei glanced across the cistern , but he could see nothing . |