Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] see [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 2 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 3 | I hope to see you on the 29th at Bronllys . |
| 4 | It would have been a foolish , bull-necked man who would have looked a gift horse in the mouth … so I like to see myself in a small way as following in his footsteps . ’ |
| 5 | I know he has done some bar work , ( hardly surprising for a pisshead like Harvey ) I remember seeing him in the Three Cups at Stamford Bridge a few years back . |
| 6 | I do see it as a delay even though w I 'm gon na learn and my technique 'll improve a hundred percent . |
| 7 | We have an excellent reputation in Oxfordshire as an Education Authority erm and a reputation which extends around the country , so I do see it as a vote of confidence , and I am very pleased about it , but I do think that the whole exercise was somewhat premature in the light of the erm research and investigation that was going on into the tertiary college , and indeed the consulting process actually ran through at the same time as the campaign was running on whether the Banbury School should opt out , and erm regrettably I think has lost something as a result of having the two run together . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've to see them at the bank shortly — there 's that Buttering to be fixed , and no money for it wi'out they 'll give me a loan . ’ |
| 9 | I 've seen one at a display of falconry trying to ‘ creep up ’ on a pigeon . |
| 10 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 11 | I 've seen him at the club many times . |
| 12 | She says I 've seen him at the shop but he did n't speak . |
| 13 | She says I 've seen him at the shop but he did n't speak . |
| 14 | She says I 've seen him at the shop but he did n't speak . |
| 15 | She says I 've seen him at the shop but he did n't speak . |
| 16 | Cos I 've seen him about a lot . |
| 17 | Yeah I 've seen him on the telly |
| 18 | But the fact that he 's a born racer , I mean I know him quite well , I 've seen him around a lot , I would talk to him a lot , so would other colleagues here , every race since that decision , I think without trying , he persuaded himself , we were able to persuade him without trying too hard that maybe he should reconsider ; I think time did the rest . |
| 19 | I 've seen him in a proper leather jacket . |
| 20 | He 's got a week 's growth of beard which seems to be permanent , judging from the times I 've seen him in the past . |
| 21 | But I 've seen them on the pictures . |
| 22 | Well I 've seen them on the l lawn so that |
| 23 | mm , I 've seen them on the front that 's all yeah , mm |
| 24 | I 've seen them at the shop , paying their bills . |
| 25 | I 've seen them with the tiles . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've seen them in the fashion magazines and I must say , they sure are special . |
| 27 | That shop , I do n't know what the name of that shop is , but I 've seen them in the window lately |
| 28 | And she 'd go on the demonstrations in it too , I 've seen her at a rally in a park dragging that beaded hem through the mud . |
| 29 | I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed . |
| 30 | I du n no , I du n no who she 's going out with , but I 've seen her , I 've seen her in the car in the morning when I , like this morning I was walking in , she was in the car just getting the old , but I do n't know if he works here or not , she 's got to be going out with somebody . |