Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] see [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You should just see your face , ’ he said when the paroxysm had passed . |
2 | ‘ Just as you like , ’ said Burden , turning his face away so that Wexford should not see him smile . |
3 | I turned away , I remember , so that Enid should not see my face , and thought of his arms holding me , and his hands in my hair and his mouth … oh , such a melting , a melting in my stomach . |
4 | He must n't see me cry . |
5 | ‘ They 're lovely , Rob , ’ she murmured , moving away so that he should n't see her weakness , and forcing herself to say , ‘ Luke told me that the party was a huge success . |
6 | No offence to Mr Bill Jordan , Mr John Edmonds and Mr Bill Morris , but if Labour is ever to win , the voters must never see their faces again . |
7 | Another reason why you may not see them mating is that some adults can lay eggs without mating first . |
8 | Well hang on a sec let's let's just see which ones we need . |
9 | " I 'll gladly see your Superintendent if you think it necessary , " I said . |
10 | ‘ I 'll just see my father to a taxi and come back for you . ’ |
11 | We 've had erm , he may see at some stage , he might just see my son Christopher |
12 | ‘ You 'll probably see her car parked . |
13 | We 'll both see your Mum and Dad together and make all the arrangements . ’ |
14 | Put 'em on bus we 'll never see 'em couple of hours . |
15 | ‘ I 'll never see my brother again , ’ she moaned , hating herself for sounding so foolish when her grief was so vast . |
16 | Maybe she 'd rather see her friend first , even if she had to cry after , ’ Nick said . |
17 | I 'd rather see our dog kill our Brian ! |
18 | He began to shake , not because he was physically afraid of Nicholson , though the man was twice his size , but because he could suddenly see his world falling apart around him . |
19 | Cobalt 's mouth curved in his mischievous smile although she could only see her reflection in his lenses . |
20 | They had to take their places on a enormous swing ; once seated it was lowered from the flies until the audience could only see their legs as they went through their act . |
21 | But as we were very small people in these days , he could only see his way to take Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
22 | The man had stopped pacing now ; he was talking , at first quietly , so that she could only see his lips moving through a screen of ferns , then he began arguing , gesticulating , running through the phrases again and again like an actor in rehearsal , pleading with someone who was n't there . |
23 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
24 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
25 | That was all , because , when he sat down , people could only see his coat and his shirt , which were not very old . |
26 | As a good friend of mine once commented , ‘ If man could only see his aura , he would never go to war . ’ |
27 | ‘ Ca n't say much about 'is looks , 'e 'ad a scarf wrapped around 'is neck an' face ; you could only see 'is hooter an' mince pies . |
28 | And here 's me with one eye and here 's I could fucking see our William , here 's me round the back then me I 'm away in here to waken up , fuck ten past seven |
29 | PATIENTS so short-sighted they could scarcely see their car from 25 yards can now see well enough without glasses or contact lenses to read its number plate . |
30 | For some years her vision had only enabled her to find her way about her house : she could not read and could scarcely see her television . |