Example sentences of "would see " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was wearing some kind of rock ‘ n ’ roll suit , the sort of thing that Jerry Lee Lewis might have worn — or more likely the duds you 'd see on a young country buck in one of those dreadful fifties US musicals like Carousel or County Fair . |
| 2 | A sign told visiting gentlemen to remove their hats ; it was the kind of sign you 'd see in the Duomo in Florence ; in some parts of America , war still demands what passes for reverence . |
| 3 | If he caught him up here again he 'd see him off , scare him to death . |
| 4 | He 'd see it raise slightly , but he could n't quite get it up . |
| 5 | You 'd see . |
| 6 | I 'd see his Honour . |
| 7 | Rumour had it that if you went to a Norman Mailer party , you 'd see people smoking marijuana , covertly passing around a joint behind the bushes at the bottom of the garden . |
| 8 | When we 'd see these old people , we had to help them in every way , we were taught to do that . ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes when I was drunk and I 'd see him standing there looking all quiet and black and white and gorgeous , waiting for someone to take him home , I 'd get all teary and want to go up and slap him and shout in his face : How can you possibly understand what it means ! |
| 10 | I knew I 'd see the facades of Nabataean temples chiselled into the rock and that the cliff-walls would be riddled with empty tombs . |
| 11 | The odd thing is that the earliest models — unstreamlined and primitive ( thermostats were n't available until the 20s ) — seem just the thing you 'd see in today 's trendy kitchen . |
| 12 | We played the match and won , and just before saying goodbye I said I 'd see him at Birkdale . |
| 13 | But if we were gods , and immortal , and could sit ourselves comfortably to watch the years slide by , with a magnetic compass conveniently to hand next to the ambrosia and nectar , we 'd see something extraordinarily interesting . |
| 14 | Well , you had to flash it in the doorway , and they 'd see it in any case . |
| 15 | A. T. The worst part of the job was after passing the Sergeant 's exam and waiting for twelve to thirteen years to get promoted — you 'd have the Chief Constable 's Orders come out and you 'd see people who had passed years after you being promoted and you 'd think that I 'll do my thirty years like this . |
| 16 | Such judicial records , of course , do not enumerate the sundry street harassments such as that noted by one Liverpudlian in the 1920s : ‘ Everyday , you 'd see twenty or thirty men standing on street corners and sitting on doorsteps . |
| 17 | You 'd see fellows in the middle of the night , especially if they were carrying something . |
| 18 | You 'd see two fellows fighting in the street — you 'd pull them up and send them on their way . |
| 19 | You 'd see a drunk , and if he was n't incapable , send him on his way . |
| 20 | You 'd be walking the beat and you 'd see some kid with his backside hanging out of his trousers . |
| 21 | Then you 'd see old Pat McEwen 's wife looking out for you . |
| 22 | When you got to the station you 'd see groups of theatricals . |
| 23 | So she 'd see a sheep in wolf 's clothing |
| 24 | Thought my erratic Course Work 'd see me through , or my papers 'd get mixed up with someone else 's who 's a genius . |
| 25 | They should all get up at five in the morning , then they 'd see what the world looked like without them . |
| 26 | They 'd see it as My Great Romance . ’ |
| 27 | Dammit , he deserved to be reported to whatever professional body insurance investigators belonged to and if he upset her father she 'd see to it that he was . |
| 28 | I loved it when we went to Granton , for I was always hoping I 'd see Uncle Bill . |
| 29 | He 'd see to that somehow . |
| 30 | If there was any justice they 'd see him swinging . ’ |