Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] to see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should prefer to see the Bill amended so that the two Light Railways Acts were repealed only in England and Wales . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman should wait to see the figures . |
| 3 | Can you please phone me to let me know when Corby should expect to see the title ? |
| 4 | I should like to see the Home Office introduce what is called the side-handled baton . |
| 5 | ‘ If there is any fighting in Europe , I should like to see the Bolshies and the Nazis doing it . ’ |
| 6 | I should like to see the rivers that flow into the estuary — and indeed the entire Bristol channel — cleaned . |
| 7 | ‘ We should like to see the officer in charge here , ’ said Epitot firmly . |
| 8 | Please , yes , I should like to see the room . ’ |
| 9 | I should like to see the children , if I may . ’ |
| 10 | One must try to see the good in her — but I must say , it 's a hard job ! ’ |
| 11 | That I should live to see the day when a British government would do this to us . |
| 12 | With no less force than on the dog 's behalf might the third-party claim that the law should intervene to see the job is done , but there would be no inclination to talk of the right of the grave to be maintained . |
| 13 | If the matter can not be resolved to your satisfaction by the branch staff , you should ask to see the branch manager . |
| 14 | ‘ So , ’ he said , ‘ you 'll want to see the will . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll want to see the Elder arrive . |
| 16 | The police might want to see the body ; the undertaker certainly would . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll need to see the clothing department as well , ’ she said . |
| 18 | ‘ We thought , ’ put in Bith , who was feeling a bit bolder now that Goibniu had approved their ideas , ‘ we thought that the lady — that is Reflection 's daughter — might like to see the designs before we put them to the forge , your honour . ’ |
| 19 | " They asked if they might come to see the palais , but they had of course to remain outside in the gardens with their nurse where they can do no damage . " |
| 20 | Will I , so you 'll get to see the end ? |
| 21 | ‘ I thought you 'd want to see the paper , Miss Williams . |
| 22 | Though the antecedents are ancient , it was not until the 1960s that one could begin to see the beginnings of what we now call global competition in other than oil and similar natural resource-processing industries . |
| 23 | I 'd like to see the flames go whoof out of the top . |
| 24 | And I 'd like to see the ice hockey team win the play offs as well . |
| 25 | I 'd like to see the award restructured as a bursary for aspiring talent — though that , too , would have obvious pitfalls — rather than the annual sop to what Ed terms ‘ the interests of publishers , literati or establishment ’ . |
| 26 | I 'd like to see the look on their top guy 's face when that happens . |
| 27 | I think black music and dance have given a lot of kids a break , but I 'd like to see the kind of dance I 'm into opened up just as much . ’ |
| 28 | I 'd like to see the pair of them wed . |
| 29 | Mo decided to try another tack : ‘ I 'd like to see the relationship with the monarchy changed , ’ she said . |
| 30 | I 'd like to see the Fugitive . |