Example sentences of "[conj] i can see " in BNC.

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1 My medlar will be planted where I can see its pure white blossom in spring and watch its autumn leaves turn crimson .
2 I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click .
3 ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch .
4 I merely want to keep you where I can see you while I dress more in accordance with entertaining an unexpected caller .
5 ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded .
6 I think I think I go back to this point about I think in concept anyway I 'm not happy about er a proposition that er that function is performed or I can see the disadvantages significant disadvantages in having the traffic er for both the A sixty one er and the A fifty nine c and its links into Harrogate and Knaresborough , concentrated on that er on on inner northern line .
7 I must admit to preferring bitches myself , although I can see the appeal of a dog .
8 Although I can see the whole thing unrolling in my mind 's eye like a silent film , I ca n't really be precise about where everyone was and that sort of thing . ’
9 I keep the snapshot you sent me by my bed , but although I can see it is you , you look different — so much older .
10 I am glad to be able to contribute briefly to the debate on the Bill , although I can see that there will not be a meeting of the minds .
11 Although I can see your frustration re : franky boy
12 Although I can see the sense of it , I feel very rejected .
13 I know that I can see objectives and drive after them .
14 A third says : ‘ I love to read a few words of the Gospel , so that I can see Christ and listen to what He is saying to me . ’
15 He has no love of beauty that I can see .
16 My life is set to go on as it always has and no war can change it that I can see . ’
17 First , it is not clear what it would mean to say that I can see the map in my head .
18 When I say that I can see , I mean that I can identify the three-dimensional shapes of objects , and their relative positions : thus , I can see that there is a chair standing in front of a table with a pile of books on it .
19 So I said that instead of our leaving tomorrow or Sunday it might be best to wait until Monday so that I can see the bank manager at Gullshaven ; I want to make sure that Fru Gertlinger and Fru Børre are paid regularly .
20 ‘ 'T IS only this … that I can see .
21 It 's just that I can see myself listening to the Brahms Quartets rather more often .
22 I am not sure whether , as a hostage , you should be allowed near to these people who — although you claim them as relatives — have no cause that I can see to regard you as a friend .
23 He has n't altered , that I can see , since he came away a rich man . ’
24 The quality of the pickups and the controls is obviously one of the differences between budget gear and more expensive stuff , but there are no real problems that I can see .
25 You spoke when your face was turned away from me ’ or ‘ I 'll move this vase of flowers so that I can see your face clearly . ’
26 No problems , that I can see . ’
27 I also know how to get the red-tailed buzzard out of a tree at night , so if it flies off I stay by the tree in which it settles until dark , then I go and fetch sticks and a torch so that I can see what I 'm doing .
28 It is a wide double ; the companion is of magnitude 4.8 , and the separation 41 seconds of arc , so that I can see it with × 20 .
29 Even if the Government do not propose legislation themselves , I imagine that some Private Member will introduce a Bill and I must confess that I can see no way of postponing this issue to a ‘ gentler age ’ .
30 ‘ Finally , I wish to observe that I can see no inconsistency between English law on this subject and article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights .
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