Example sentences of "would [adv] see [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always start ‘ Tall , good-looking Mary Smith , as she stepped out of her cottage that morning , did not realize she would not see her children until the following , three months later . |
| 2 | The obvious corollary of this is that less qualified ambulance workers , who are largely engaged in driving non-urgent cases , would not see their earnings rise by so much . |
| 3 | Parents would not see their children for most of the day , and when they finished their daily work they would be too tired for much except rest . |
| 4 | But Birch is a modest man , despite his immodest ideas , and would not see his book as any more than a starter . |
| 5 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 6 | Even if he now commanded her , as he was undressing , to open her eyes she would not see his powerful , barrel-chested body as it came at her . |
| 7 | She gave her letter to the postman with a heavy heart , wondering if she would ever see her sister again . |
| 8 | It was the first time she had left little Bradley , the first time she had been out to celebrate his birth — and it was the last time he would ever see his mother again . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was her soft , drawling voice or the fact that , no matter how interesting the topic of your conversation , you would inevitably see her smothering amiable yawns as you talked ; you would see the muscles of her jaw tighten and the tears start from her eyes as she tried to repress them . |
| 10 | She looked away so that Trent would n't see her misery : ‘ He told me not to tell anyone . ’ |
| 11 | Not a black day when she would n't see her father at all , but not a yellow day like Sunday , when , unless on call , he might be there most of the time . |
| 12 | Several victims were so afraid they would n't see their loved ones again they set fire to their pubic hair . |
| 13 | She kept her eyes downcast so that he would n't see its telltale signs , and sullenly dressed while he continued to pace up and down , probably trying to release some energy . |
| 14 | He would just walk on , holding her hand and letting her lead him , turning his head a bit so she would n't see his closed eyes and keeping the sun on his left cheek as an additional guide . |
| 15 | She 'd thought he was going to turn his back on Timothy Gedge and on herself and run into the house so that they would n't see his tears . |
| 16 | Joan would indeed see her prince again and be very close — and she herself had , as she said , felt it in her bones , God help them all ! |
| 17 | Many cooperated with an uneasy feeling that the clients would never see their money again . |
| 18 | Even if the rules were obeyed , the system was clearly oppressive both to the families whose best sons were torn from them and to the young boys who would never see their parents again . |
| 19 | They would never see their parents in quite the same way again , and ironically it was apt that they should not , because Timothy Gedge had not told lies entirely . |
| 20 | More than three hundred children and women have been evacuated from Sarajevo amid fears they would never see their families again . |
| 21 | Like most migrants , she still thought of Scotland as home and Britain as the homeland , although she knew she would never see her native country again . |
| 22 | Although she quickly did all the right things : alerting the police , the coastguard and Dr Forman , Harriet Tremayne knew that she would never see her daughter again . |
| 23 | About the time he started work he became obsessed that he would never see his parents again ; he feared that they were already dead . |
| 24 | The wise hermit of the dale , the Seer of Carbaby , warned the giant that if he carried out his threat he would never see his castle again alive or dead . |
| 25 | The other soldier explained that his friend had intimations that he would never see his wife and child again . |
| 26 | He did say before he went that I would never see my son again . |