Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] see i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ah , but I am not a pretty young skivvy , ’ said Dr Neil wickedly , ‘ and dear Mr Sands does not wish to see me walk through the door . |
| 2 | When Pope John xxiii visited prison he said to the inmates ‘ You could not come to see me so I have come to see you . ’ |
| 3 | I am not sure what the hon. Member for Worsley ( Mr. Lewis ) is trying to say , but although I made an offer to his hon. Friend the Member for Alyn and Deeside , the hon. Gentleman did not come to see me . |
| 4 | But along that bare and silvery rim of sand , any self-respecting wild thing could not fail to see me first . |
| 5 | I often thought her blindness was not entirely physical : she wanted finally to shut her eyes to the sorrows and miseries of the son she still adored , for she could not bear to see me suffering . |
| 6 | Ruth continued , ‘ because I 'm sure the Company do n't really want to see me . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've thought so much more about you since I imagined you did n't even want to see me again . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought you did n't want to see me . |
| 9 | It may be she wo n't want to see me again . ’ |
| 10 | He did n't want to see me or talk to me , he or his parents . |
| 11 | People have me in a little pocket of their minds in that role [ Ben Braddock ] and they do n't want to see me get out of it . |
| 12 | And what I 'm also sure of is she wo n't want to see me . |
| 13 | Initially my son did n't want to see me , the youngest girl thought it was her fault and tried to put it right , while the middle one seemed completely untouched by the whole thing . |
| 14 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 15 | and I 'm certainly wearing paint tonight , quite a bit of it because its very hot under here and you would n't want to see me without it , but that 's me saying that , I mean why do I ? , why do I ? , why are we all wearing make-up ? , do we actually think we look better ? , are we trying to disguise something ? , yes |
| 16 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |
| 17 | ‘ Why have you brought me here again , if you do n't want to see me ? |
| 18 | But she smiled again and said , " I 'd understand if you did n't want to see me any more , " and looked down , away from him , at her feet . |
| 19 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 20 | ‘ What if Elsbeth does n't want to see me ? |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose you wo n't want to see me now your little mystery 's been cleared up ? ’ |
| 22 | But how can I convince David , when he obviously does n't want to see me again ? she thought . |
| 23 | I do n't want to see I I deeply deplore the divisions between left and right and the accentuation of often very phoney distinctions and mislabelling that goes on . |
| 24 | I ca n't remember seeing me dad till I was five . |
| 25 | He does n't like seeing me because it makes him remember my mother . |
| 26 | Do n't try to see me , because it 's pointless . |
| 27 | I 'll call in again , Connie , if you do n't call to see me . |
| 28 | He ca n't have seen me , Masklin told himself . |
| 29 | You would n't have seen me , because that idiot was driving far too fast . |
| 30 | I asked the governor whether I could have a visit in the probation department so that Karen did n't have to see me in the gym with everyone else and I could talk to her a bit more intimately . |