Example sentences of "[modal v] see [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , come to think of it , there 's no reason why we should see each other at all . |
| 2 | The group is hoping that 1993/94 should see some increase in advertising revenue . |
| 3 | I think we should see this pessimism as a direct result of adopting the representational theory of the mind . |
| 4 | ‘ Y'all should see this place in the fall , ’ Ms Higgins apologised . |
| 5 | The future should see more contact between interested primary-care physicians and hospital-based diabetologists , with training programmes in most districts for doctors and nurses covering all aspects of care . |
| 6 | Some might see little comparison between the systematic gangsterism of the IRA and the inadequates who , unless appearances deceive , expect to prevent the privatisation of Scottish water by posting letterbombs to the Scottish Office and Anglian Water . |
| 7 | P T O I suppose it 's unlikely that I 'll ever see you again but we might see each other at William 's or something and if you ever need to speak to me for some reason you can call me at school |
| 8 | If the sheep subsidy is removed the latter part of our century might see another crop in the Highlands and Islands — naturalised trees . |
| 9 | ‘ In my lifetime , it 's unlikely that I 'll see that sort of system — the one which currently is being dismantled — back in place and in good health . |
| 10 | you know , things like that and then we 'll see another horse in the field and Canter goes , ooh ooh |
| 11 | And we may see another reason for the ambiguity in Leonard : Ashkenazi Jews expressed themselves in Yiddish , which was not merely their language ( resting on 16th-century Middle High German and many Slavic loan-words ) but in a particular sense a reflection of their world , their universe . |
| 12 | ‘ And now , ’ she said , ‘ let's see this shed of yours . ’ |
| 13 | He could see that part of Broken Springs so clearly , almost as if he was standing there . |
| 14 | On the other hand they could see little merit in a policy based upon a rules approach , since rules are inevitably arbitrary and lacking in any underlying economic logic . |
| 15 | They were supposed to heighten our perceptions , but really I could see little difference between my ordinary vision of life , which was fantastic enough , and what the pills apparently produced , mainly a nervous sleeplessness shot through with incoherent babblings and bursts of laughter alternating with floods of tears . |
| 16 | As he had seen no change in her , so she could see little difference in him . |
| 17 | In fact , a lot of them could see little point in the movie at all . |
| 18 | The monks and nuns , virtually pensioned-off gentry , could see little future except death in resisting the royal will and threw in their lot with a change that would guarantee them reasonable security . |
| 19 | Victory for the colt who caught a diminishing view of Cesarewitch favourite Travelling Light at Ayr could see another shuffle in the ante-post market . |
| 20 | Well at about er when I was about eighteen , I erm I decided I 'd had enough of this er this business of three days on the three days on , and three off , in the winter , and it was about October time and I could see another winter of it . |
| 21 | He 's telling the tale from his bed , all about the fact that he asked his wife if before the end he could see another woman from his past . |
| 22 | Mum and Dad and Mr and Mrs Lewis entered into the spirit of the occasion but I thought I could see some sadness in Mrs Lewis 's eyes . |
| 23 | I did n't even notice that , but I did notice her across the road at Mrs and know so right she 'd been there I just did n't notice where she went , but I heard the bell ring and I could see this anorak through there and me mind thought Mrs , perhaps it 's Mrs but then when I saw this this lady well I just did n't know what to think really . |
| 24 | ‘ I could see this fellow as a Scottish National horse , but first we might have a crack at the ‘ John Hughes ’ , ’ said Richards . |
| 25 | You 'd be walking the beat and you 'd see some kid with his backside hanging out of his trousers . |
| 26 | ‘ Whenever I went out of my house I used to see any number of revolting things . |
| 27 | I 'm delighted with that , the budget came out er , much better than I 'd hoped it would do , and er , and I , I am sure that we shall see some improvement in the police er , over the next year . |
| 28 | Laura was not tough , but possessed a strong character and would see this sort of action not as a sacrifice , but as an act of fulfilment , she was able to project herself through her husband . |
| 29 | But both interpretations would see this attempt at escape as misguided . |
| 30 | What I would see this policy as doing would be simply to bring an element of restraint er which er would be formulated in way in which it would within the local plans so that tight boundaries would be drawn around settlements , the rest of the land would be designated as under this policy as E two land and the debate as to whether the extent of that land was necessary or not would be negated because it would be subsumed as being there simply er meeting the strategic policy . |