Example sentences of "[pers pn] would see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never thought I 'd see the day , etc , etc , etc |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ and she flinched at the cutting acidity in his voice , ‘ I never thought I 'd see the day when a woman could fool me , but you managed pretty well . |
| 3 | I never thought I 'd see the day when a British politician shook hands with Saddam Hussein . |
| 4 | If I had my life over again , I 'd see the mistakes coming up and I 'd correct them . ’ |
| 5 | I knew I 'd see the facades of Nabataean temples chiselled into the rock and that the cliff-walls would be riddled with empty tombs . |
| 6 | Chairman as a former supporter of fox hounds I have to say I am no longer a supporter of fox hounds , I would see the law of this land used to ban hunting with hounds and I support the motion . |
| 7 | I felt if I gripped it too hard it would break or crumple , and I would see the sinews like wires holding it together . |
| 8 | I think that I would see the consequences of the lower figures as being twofold . |
| 9 | MARY SPENCER — Mary = marry , so I would see the lady as a bride coming out of a well-known High Street shop which has somehow been cut cleanly in half . |
| 10 | I never thought I would see the day when a game is played without the presence of visiting supporters . |
| 11 | I would see the South as having developed much more quickly and differently than the North . |
| 12 | In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity . |
| 13 | I 'll be very , very brief erm we can not fall back the control of the country which even the highest rate of recycling that a number of them have already achieved the Government recycling target so now you 've aimed er , I think it 's something rich it more or less stands for er , I would see the role of the County is essentially is co-ordination between the various waste collection authorities through to the greater of the extense of |
| 14 | ‘ I am so delighted - I never thought I would see the ring again , ’ said Linda Corbett . |
| 15 | Though she never thought she 'd see the day when she 'd be thankful for Matthew 's presence in the same room as her , Charity silently echoed Mandy 's gratitude , and held down her skirt even harder . |
| 16 | She 'd see the war won yet , and these bastards defeated . |
| 17 | Yes a long street or somewhere around there , and yes I mean many oh many a time I 've , you 'd see ca every Wednesday night you 'd see the cattle being driven up . |
| 18 | Pig iron you know er pig iron was what they had I 've seen them pouring furnaces pouring it onto the pig beds , and you know when I was a kid when we lived in Caldmore from about half past nine at night all across West Bromwich , Wednesbury all over that area , you 'd see the sky light up and it was due to the pouring of er pouring the pig iron . |
| 19 | After all , she must have realised you 'd see the results , and wonder about the discrepancy . ’ |
| 20 | There would be no more of that : she would see the person as he was , and see him steadily , setting aside her own long shadow as it fell . |
| 21 | Robyn knew that if she opened her eyes she would see the speaker , come face to face with the resigned irritation . |
| 22 | Svend thanked her warmly and talked about next year ; she would see the exhibit then , and he would welcome any suggestions she had for its display . |
| 23 | If the hon. Lady would read some of the reports from the OECD and other reputable organisations , she would see the extent to which those organisations commend our practices in those matters . |
| 24 | And you would see the case of er er J , head shunter , protests at being superseded for yard foreman 's job at . |
| 25 | Perhaps it was her soft , drawling voice or the fact that , no matter how interesting the topic of your conversation , you would inevitably see her smothering amiable yawns as you talked ; you would see the muscles of her jaw tighten and the tears start from her eyes as she tried to repress them . |
| 26 | Oh oh yes they yes they would stay under a road bridge too because you would see the er er if you would look a a bridge and they would say oh there 's a tramp there 's a place there if you could tell me and you would see the rocks put up and where the bed was always above water level oh yes . |
| 27 | For you would see the jeep in front of you proceeding along the Egyptian highway in a very dignified manner , when all of a sudden it would swing in to the side of the road near a fruit-barrow , a large brown hand would shoot out , and a succulent water-melon would disappear as the jeep accelerated away again . |
| 28 | As each train arrived you would see the reservation stickers on the coaches . |
| 29 | At first you might find yourself in a ‘ virtual ’ room ; you would see the room and ‘ feel ’ you are there . |
| 30 | ‘ I just remembered — we promised Anna we 'd see the piazza by moonlight . ’ |