Example sentences of "i [verb] see [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 2 | come come round I want to I 'll I want to see the product . |
| 3 | No I think , I , I mean see a lot of languages and I think you 're doing very well . |
| 4 | I failed to see the connection . |
| 5 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
| 6 | Oh my god , well they 've estimated mine , it 's fifty five pounds eighty , I checked to see the numbers on it and it 's a hundred eight |
| 7 | ‘ Now look , Connie me pet , it 's bleedin' cold in the parlour , ’ complained Archie , ‘ and , anyway , I got to see a bloke about a job . ’ |
| 8 | But , says Frank , ‘ a few weeks before I got to see a specialist I passed what looked like a bucket-full of blood into the toilet . |
| 9 | ‘ I got to see the vicar . ‘ |
| 10 | ‘ I expected to see a beach ! ’ she exclaimed . |
| 11 | I looked out to sea , almost as though I expected to see a puff of smoke and a beast with a forked tail appear from the darkness . |
| 12 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ I expected to see the prince my husband at Mass this morning , my lady , she said . |
| 14 | I expected to see the laurel leaf in the back you know |
| 15 | When I paint , I tend to see a colour , put that down , then move to something else and put that down , hopefully with a bit of shape as well . |
| 16 | I tried to see the expression on his face , but it was too dark . |
| 17 | I tried to see the people , but no picture would come , although among the shadowy figures might well have been a Peter de Fernborough , later Farmborough , who about that time made his appearance somewhere in the village . |
| 18 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 19 | I expect to see the trend continue if sensible policies continue to be pursued . |
| 20 | I shall draw up a timetable , hour by hour , and allowing for the fact that he must have slept , I expect to see the spaces filled in . |
| 21 | I pretended to see a pin on the floor . |
| 22 | I want to see a beach ! |
| 23 | ‘ I want to see a health service at ease with itself — optimistic and confident about its essential work . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to see a prison system where grievance and disciplinary procedures work quickly and fairly . |
| 25 | ‘ I want to see an end to those days ’ , Farr-Jones adds . |
| 26 | ‘ I want to see the Hopkins manuscripts . ’ |
| 27 | Farr-Jones presses further into uncharted territory : ‘ I want to see the day when rugby union is run by a professional sporting and marketing body . |
| 28 | She said : ‘ I want to see the damage . ’ |
| 29 | I want to see the clothes you wore last night . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I want to see the correspondence between the European Commission and the Government over subsidies and over guarantees about the future of Rover 's activities and jobs , ’ Mr Brown said . |