Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] see that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll have your name , and I 'll see that lady who was telling me the other day that Brownie girls do n't raid orchards . ’ |
| 2 | I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities . |
| 3 | I could see that Holmes found this both interesting and strange . |
| 4 | I could see that Alec was hesitating . |
| 5 | I suppose no I , I did n't enjoy that one but , I could see that Chrissy enjoyed it . |
| 6 | I could view the progress of the race from where I was standing , just before the home straight , and I could see that Elliott and Daley had kept us in the hunt . |
| 7 | When we reached our yard again I could see that Mrs Taylor and her friends had worked hard . |
| 8 | I could see that Estella was still proud , and I knew that it was she who made me feel ashamed of home , and Joe , but I also knew that I could never stop loving her . |
| 9 | I completed another tour of the mill and cottage , this time with Nigel in tow , trying to sound as objective as I could , as if I , too , saw mere possibilities , but as our tour progressed I could see that Nigel had warmed to it almost as much as I. He pointed out some ‘ interesting features ’ that I had missed , such as some of the wooden working parts of the mill machinery set high in the plastered walls , and told me what they had originally been used for . |
| 10 | At this point I could see that Maxine was beginning to breathe more quickly and that she was becoming restless . |
| 11 | Just then Albert put his head round the door and I could see that Dad was relieved that he did not have to go into explanations . |
| 12 | I could see that Aunt Louise did not altogether rule out nuns . |
| 13 | It was something that had to be said but I could see that Aunt Louise did not like it , or even accept the idea . |
| 14 | While there are problems in the class , … when I looked at the programme I could see that problems that are caused because you are not explaining yourself , you are not getting them down to work , they do n't understand what they 're doing . |
| 15 | For all his dilettante airs , I could see that Byron too was absorbed in the theme . |
| 16 | In the light of my head torch I could see that Nat was grey-faced with fatigue , his eyelids drooping , his mouth surrounded by frost that he had not had the strength to wipe away . |
| 17 | Erm so on that one that 's , that 's you did n't use any slang , the belief in the way you asked I think that came out , I was trying to be a prospective client rather than be the trainer cos I could see that Mike was uncomfortable and I was trying to , well okay , how , how would I well I think yeah there was a belief that you had there , I think he was er reasonably attentive , Mike , to your response ? |
| 18 | I could see that Strelsau was really two towns — the Old Town and the New Town . |
| 19 | I could see that writing Lover at the Gate had implications more profound than I had supposed . |
| 20 | Before we got to the first tee I could see that Jack was already on edge — or more on edge , rather , because a hangover had already eaten into his small reserves of patience and equanimity . |
| 21 | I could see that Wallis was not feeling very well . |
| 22 | I can see that England would be anathema to Fairfax . |
| 23 | Like all the other uses of see + to infinitive denoting inference , the sentence above can be paraphrased by means of a that- clause : ( 53 ) It might be soon , for I can see that Mrs Bonner is breaking visibly . |
| 24 | Ahead I can see that Odd-Knut has stopped and is off his sledge . |
| 25 | ‘ Now I can see that things are growing difficult for you , Hilary , with people dying in foreign countries . |
| 26 | I can see that happiness is waiting for you , if you really want it . |
| 27 | Batty , who watched Blackburn 's disappointing goalless home League Cup draw with third division Shrewsbury Tuesday night , added : ‘ I have enjoyed eight good years at Leeds but I can see that Blackburn intend to go places . |
| 28 | ‘ Although it was partly an ego thing , I can see that Simon probably did love me — in his way . ’ |
| 29 | I can see that people must have thought we were being very mysterious then , that we were a bit of a mystery , that The Bar was a very strange place ; but it never seemed that way to us . |
| 30 | Even I can see that Mr Kinnock knows nothing about economics ; as little as did Sir Alec Douglas-Home , who at least never had the temerity to pretend that he did . |