Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either of them may have seen the killer . |
| 2 | I may go to see Alida Thorne . |
| 3 | ‘ All right , we 'll leave it at that for the moment , but I may have to see you again . ’ |
| 4 | I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available . |
| 5 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I think I may have seen it . ’ |
| 6 | Ah , ’ she murmured , ‘ I must go to see cook about dinner . ’ |
| 7 | Films like dreams come and go and are soon forgotten , yet King Kong , which I must have seen in 1933 , or early 1934 , with its scenes of adventure in a fabled land , was the one to overwhelm my mind and stay with me to the present day . |
| 8 | I must have seen De Mille 's Cleopatra a dozen times . |
| 9 | It was dark , by then , but they have them new electric lights there , so I must have seen him . |
| 10 | I suppose I must have seen Christine Baldwin at Larksoken , probably in the canteen . |
| 11 | By definition I must have seen it with someone else , but the fact that , at the time , our own coupledom was predicted only by Nostradamus was irrelevant . |
| 12 | I should prefer to see the Bill amended so that the two Light Railways Acts were repealed only in England and Wales . |
| 13 | ‘ As chairman of the community services committee I believe I should go to see all the community centres in Belfast as Seamus Lynch did when he was chairman . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I should love to see them sometime , ’ said Charles , ‘ but I wonder if I might sit down for a little ? |
| 15 | That I should live to see the day when a British government would do this to us . |
| 16 | I wanted to say that it was not a question of ‘ letting ’ Aunt Louise do anything ; I wanted to say I should like to see anyone trying to stop her from doing anything she had set her heart on . |
| 17 | Shanti said , ‘ I should like to see Patsy again before I get married . |
| 18 | ‘ I should like to see you settled before Mr Carson and I return to England . |
| 19 | I should like to see the children , if I may . ’ |
| 20 | I should like to see you at least twice a week . ’ |
| 21 | Please , yes , I should like to see the room . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If there is any fighting in Europe , I should like to see the Bolshies and the Nazis doing it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I should like to see them , please . ’ |
| 24 | I should like to see what I would have to do to expose other aspects of your personality . ’ |
| 25 | And we 'd seen photographs of these and they were marvellous , and he said to me , I should like to see these fl these flats , he said er , I 'm gon na convince the Board that it 's necessary in the interests of the firm for me to go to Austria , you see . |
| 26 | ‘ I should like to see you , ’ she said . |
| 27 | I should like to see your statistics . |
| 28 | ‘ If I have to look at you , ’ Aunt Emily said without rancour , ‘ I should like to see you in a new dress . |
| 29 | Alexandra said shyly , ‘ I should like to see your hens . ’ |
| 30 | I should like to see more control over the Commission , and its executive being checked . |