Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [adv] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the last decision he says : ‘ Most of the winter I never see daylight . |
| 2 | Twenty years ago I walked along it , half hoping to find a lost domain , and when I had crossed the small brick bridge over a stream I suddenly saw Wood Dalling Hall sailing like some proud ship above hawthorn hedges and ancient meadows , as beautiful and as Norfolk as could be . |
| 3 | Much of the extensive heath country of Lincolnshire was successfully enclosed and converted into good arable land , but between Sleaford and Lincoln , Arthur Young saw , in the 1790s , ‘ hundreds of acres in the veriest state of waste I ever saw land , whether appropriated or unappropriated , in this kingdom . |
| 4 | He caused more suffering among his allow drivers than any other man I ever saw race and the only man who could possibly come closer to him as a road-hog , even when his own position was hopeless , was Riccardo Patrese , a far more refined driver than Clay in every other respect . |
| 5 | ‘ The first time I ever saw Bertrand Russell he came in — this was a party at the Bells ’ house . |
| 6 | So I will begin with the first time I ever saw John Russell . |
| 7 | ‘ This was the only time I ever saw Ken himself break up and get stuck , ’ remembers Lance Percival . |