Example sentences of "i [verb] see you [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 2 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 3 | 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 " . |
| 4 | ‘ I told her I 'd seen you over the weekend , ’ she relayed . |
| 5 | I hope to see you on the 29th at Bronllys . |
| 6 | ‘ So , when I happened to see you in a clinch in your office , you 're telling me she 'd lost her balance ? ’ |
| 7 | Might I have seen you on the Great White Way ? ’ |
| 8 | I 've seen you on t' bus and I 've er , seen you sculting , and I thought |
| 9 | ‘ I 've seen you in a toga . ’ |
| 10 | But I need to see you for a moment . |
| 11 | I have seen you in the House , and though we have n't met , I have taken rather a fancy to you , and would like if I can to help your career . |