Example sentences of "[adj] time [pers pn] [modal v] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another case around this time we can see how different newspapers use familiar but different tags to identify a particular ‘ sex beast ’ . |
| 2 | If he steps out of line this time I 'll see to it that the dossier falls into the appropriate hands . ’ |
| 3 | Claudia quickened her steps ; perhaps this time she would see him and know , at last , who he was , this man she would marry . |
| 4 | They waved once and I waved back , and for some time I could see their bright jackets in the dappled shade of the afternoon sun . |
| 5 | I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it . |
| 6 | If you can get your book out in reasonable time I can see it being a real winner , and position-wise it wo n't do you any harm , that 's for sure . |
| 7 | The motorbike slowed so that for the first time they could see the outlines of the rider , a derelict farmhouse appeared in its headlight beam and the car behind them started flashing its lights . |
| 8 | I ring up Richard , and Richard says the only time I can see you is seven o'clock Tuesday night , and I 've got no appointment . |
| 9 | The only time you 'd see it , as if be in the light |
| 10 | That the only time he can see me is next Tuesday night ? |
| 11 | Beads of blood appeared along the cuts , which alarmed me , though at the same time I could see that the wounds were superficial . |
| 12 | At the same time I could see Terry standing close by , on firm ground . |
| 13 | She suspected that some aspects of rural life would be lost for ever but at the same time she could see that much was gained . |
| 14 | As I turned around each time I could see Mark crouching in the snow . |
| 15 | ‘ What is disturbing is conducting the National Youth Orchestra in Britain — wonderful , disciplined players — and knowing next time I will see them , in years to come — all that sense of orchestral order may be lost . ’ |
| 16 | All that mattered was the next time he would see Kate ; beyond that he looked forward with an urgency that hurt to the first time they would make love . |
| 17 | So perhaps his outing at Kirkistown next month will be the last time we 'll see him . |
| 18 | Barry is ready for his hols so this is the last time we will see the talking sweater in action . |
| 19 | Of course , Catherine had kept away ; it could be the last time he would see his wife alive . |
| 20 | Using a new set of genuine Thomas Leavy documents based on his legal name change — the last thing he supposed the Federal authorities would be on the lookout for — Coleman then slipped back into the States , via Canada , for what he felt in his bones was probably the last time he would see his father and his country . |
| 21 | He arrived in a top hat and morning coat , already a somewhat archaic form of working dress , and said to the waiting cameraman : ‘ Photograph me now , gentlemen , it may be the last time you will see me ’ . |