Example sentences of "would see [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Pass any bakery and you 'd see cakes slathered in blue icing , cakes sprinkled with sea-salt . |
| 3 | You 'd see men walking round on their shoes about an inch thick , you see . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Sheep grazed there and sometimes he would see lambs playing far below . |
| 6 | If a movie were to be made of her American tour , one would see pages fly from calendars , clock hands spin and headlines slapped one on top of the next . |
| 7 | There , Caxton would see men assembling pieces of type — of the kind invented by his contemporary Johannes Gutenberg — by hand . |