Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judge Malachy Higgins , releasing Donnelly on continuing bail pending a trial date being fixed , told the accused that part of the bail conditions were that he must not attempt to see Janice Brothers , or speak to her or make any contact with her . |
| 2 | In concrete terms , Miliband has argued that in a capitalist society , the interests of private capital will invariably and necessarily be taken into account in the development of public policy and so we should not expect to see business leaders standing on a soap box anymore than we should expect to see those who enjoy the ear of government organising on the streets . |
| 3 | Those constraints have gone now , and yet Haines says for various reasons we should not expect to see future AS/400s challenging the top-end mainframe market , although it will become a stronger challenger around the low-end and middle of Enterprise System 's territory . |
| 4 | Craft specialization is often subsidized at the redistribution centre in a chiefdom society , so we should expect to see crafts flourishing in the temple culture of bronze age Crete : we should also expect to see craftsmen gathering in the temples , where the agricultural surpluses and imports were collected and redistributed . |
| 5 | Green must surely have seen Sandby 's landscape prints and possibly some of his paintings . |
| 6 | I must n't go to see William . |
| 7 | ‘ Harold , Felicity may not want to see Magdalen , she 's probably tired after her journey . |
| 8 | I mean , fair enough , I can understand why they might not want to see Mr and Mrs Mowatt . |
| 9 | It was dark and the lamps were lit and they might not have seen Sesostris if he had not had to step aside to avoid a porter with a heavy bundle on his back and stand for a moment in the light from a shop front . |
| 10 | ‘ It occurred to me that you might not have seen Madeira before , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I 'll somehow get to see Steen , deliver the photographs and explain the position . |
| 12 | After a bit I 'll probably start seeing visions . |
| 13 | Elsewhere in the Black Country in 1741 , William Hutton might also have seen women at the family forges making chains , nuts , bolts and screws , though these were much less populated trades than was nail making . |
| 14 | He 'd so love to see people and of course at the moment |
| 15 | And those banks that lent more often had the worst of reasons for doing so : namely , the need to keep afloat borrowers whom their creditors could not afford to see sink . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'd also like to see stamp duty on property up to £250,000 abolished permanently , rather than temporarily . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course , I 'd also like to see Josh . ’ |
| 18 | So I we would like to see erm tax incentives for investment in the equity of unquoted companies and we 'd also like to see gains tax incentives for the realization of those investments a when when they pay it off . |
| 19 | She could n't bear that , could n't stand to see pity in those dark compelling eyes . |
| 20 | She could n't cope with that , could n't face seeing derision in those dark midnight eyes . |
| 21 | I could n't face seeing people . |
| 22 | She could n't refuse to see Edna and her daughter , especially as they came , as it were , from her side of the partnership . |
| 23 | I could n't bear to see G.P. |
| 24 | He could n't bear to see Daniel Marsh fawning round his wife like a besotted mongrel , and any other man who looked at her was to be immediately discouraged . |
| 25 | I went in her bedroom last night , switched the light on , went I thought I 'd seen lightning and I thought oh I could n't have seen lightning , anyway I goes to . |
| 26 | And at the same time I could n't help seeing Barber was a bit of a sham . |
| 27 | Well right er okay but erm supposing it was retained as it is , I 'd certainly like to see criterion one retained in the list . |
| 28 | Mr Wiggins added he would rather have seen road fund duty — raised from £110 to £125 — scrapped and replaced with even more substantial hikes in petrol prices than the 12p a gallon ( unleaded ) and 15p ( leaded ) set yesterday . |
| 29 | I would so like to see Alida lead a fuller life , less anxious and restrained . |
| 30 | Anyone entering from outside would only have seen Jim with his feet up in front of the fire , reading a thriller . |