Example sentences of "[modal v] see [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was agreed that I should see Owen on his home ground in order to assess his true behaviour . |
| 2 | In the days when she had first known him she had wondered idly whether she might see Rupert round here , ‘ going in ’ or ‘ coming out ’ , though she was not clear when this might be expected or even what he might have been doing . |
| 3 | Yeah no problem I 'll see Peter at work , I 'll , I 'll , I 'll pr er I will mention to him about it cos I was very impressed with , yes certainly I 'll mention it to him and er Alan , if he 's , if there 's a game on Saturday yes I 'll , I 'll I could mention it to him . |
| 4 | Well I 'll see Chris with the B M. |
| 5 | And then on Thursday Bill 's coming to play with you and you 're going to nursery and then on Friday you 'll see Lucy in the day time |
| 6 | Er I doubt if I , I doubt if I 'll see Granville before Friday . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll see Isobel from here . |
| 8 | Let's see Pythagoras on this first one no . |
| 9 | I could see Martina down the end of the passage , aproned , with plates in her hand . |
| 10 | He could see Ruth at the door of his office , frowning , shaking her head , looking back over her shoulder . |
| 11 | He could see Chris in the little circle surrounding Finnegan 's ball . |
| 12 | His eyes opened wide , and suddenly he could see Kirov in a new light . |
| 13 | He held it there , lowered his head , peeped into the room , smiling , wondering if he could see Fi from this angle . |
| 14 | I could see the Wood to my right and way across the Paddock I could see Waters in the Shogun patrolling the edge of the Orchard . |
| 15 | Soon we could see Rona in detail and skirting Gealldruig Mhor , the outlying skerry to the south , we could see by the white-based cliffs that a heavy swell was running . |
| 16 | And Julius Caesar stood in France in because he was in , the place he captured in France , and he could see Britain across the water and he wondered what the land was like over there . |
| 17 | When her eyes grew accustomed to the night Marian could see Allen on his knees disentangling a coil of rope . |
| 18 | He could see Vasco on the street , fourteen years old , face like a guitar . |
| 19 | Everyone remarked on how she 'd taken after my side of the family but I could see George in her , I was certain of it . |
| 20 | I reckoned , however , that if I went back to Edinburgh , I could see Leslie for the occasional ‘ forty-eight hours ’ . |
| 21 | Out of the corner of her eye , she could see Jamie in conversation with two people she did n't recognize . |
| 22 | Harry did not look up , but continued paying out the flex until he rounded the corner of the deck-house and could see Richard without bothering to turn his head . |
| 23 | She could see Dorcas in the back of the cab , explaining what various levers did . |
| 24 | He could see Kathleen in front of the treatment table , clutching a stitch-cutter like a lifeline , and as the man lunged at her he threw himself forward and grappled with him , falling with him to the floor . |
| 25 | Way in the background , Lucy could see Josie with her back to the door as she cleaned up around the makeup chair . |
| 26 | I could see Charlotte behind him . |
| 27 | than first so he could see Claire with her not being very well mid-morning and er he said er |
| 28 | We shall see Rome with a guide , we will be polite to each other , and , eventually , the day will end . |
| 29 | I shall see Anna at school . |
| 30 | Why had n't the stupid boy said he would see Hank in school in the morning ? |