Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] i can see " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a curtain across the door , but it ai n't long enough so I can see Marie 's feet and her black trousers all in a ball on the ground . |
| 2 | To say instead , ‘ I hear you better if I can see your face ’ is more positive . |
| 3 | Just so long as I can see you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I hear you better when I can see your face ’ is a fundamental truth that can be repeated in different ways according to circumstances : ‘ Please would you repeat that . |
| 5 | And as I walk past I want you to turn them over so I can see if they are clean on both sides . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps I should remove some of this wet clothing , just so I can see the extent of your injuries . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , no , that 's just so I can see the band better . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll go early so I can see the Social Services . ’ |
| 9 | I go right up so I can see proper . |
| 10 | ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch . |
| 11 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog clip-around-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me and indeed to have shaped me — not only me , but my nose ; not only my nose , but my personality — for as far back as I can see . |
| 12 | I think it 's debatable how selfish people really are , particularly when they see that their are short-term selfishness may in fact create long-term problems for themselves , for their children , for their grandchildren , for er other generations and other peoples , and really as I can see it the green message is one of enlightened self-interest . |
| 13 | ‘ She has n't got any extensions as far as I can see , ’ I said . |
| 14 | ‘ So far as I can see it 's practically certain Mr Merrivale was in there with her early on in the night , ’ said Ethel . |
| 15 | ‘ As far as I can see only Mr Merrivale is in the clear ’ , went on Mary . |
| 16 | As far as I can see , the only way to do this is to adopt a behaviouristic approach to this knowledge and characterize it as an ability to discriminate visual objects . |
| 17 | ‘ So far as I can see , he only thinks about snooker , his girlfriend and pop music . |
| 18 | I am opposed to judicial corporal punishment , always have been and , so far as I can see , always shall be . |
| 19 | ‘ The only way to change Ray MacSharry 's mind , so far as I can see , is before he makes it up . |
| 20 | I just wish the Tories had some fresh ideas , precious few around as far as I can see . |
| 21 | ‘ No chance at all , as far as I can see . |
| 22 | Of course , helicopters can hover , while , so far as I can see , light planes can rarely drop to less than 90 miles per hour , so when there is a choice , it is best to shoot from helicopters . |
| 23 | As far as I can see , money spent on royalty is money burnt . |
| 24 | True , the attraction of becoming ‘ British ’ is a big one , but as far as I can see it is the only one . |
| 25 | And wo n't be the last , as far as I can see ! ’ |
| 26 | So far as I can see , we 'd be doing him a favour . ’ |
| 27 | I once heard a couple making plans and counter-plans for a family outing ; after much discussion one of them said , ‘ As far as I can see , there are disadvantages in all those schemes . ’ |
| 28 | Industrial Action and we 're only three days back in January before the Prelims , so as far as I can see that is St Agnes 's Eve out the window . |
| 29 | What I find a bit puzzling is that , as far as I can see , automatic inspection of passports will eliminate the keen-eyed , guilt-inducing gaze from the man behind the desk who presumably , is looking for doctored documents , suspicious photographs and forged visas and stamps . |
| 30 | ‘ As far as I can see she simply ran and he ran after her , but there are other tracks there , I think the boy 's . ’ |