Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] [adv] see " in BNC.

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1 I 'd rather not see him .
2 I 'd rather not see what you get up to underground . ’
3 I 'd much rather see a bright young woman around the place , than some of the desiccated fuddy-duddy men we meet . ’
4 I 'd much rather see Sharp on the left , he seems to fit in there !
5 I 'd as soon see you dead as let you go .
6 And if , for example , rescuing someone from a hole meant destroying priceless Michaelangelo 's to get to him I would n't even see that as a real choice .
7 I never thought I would n't ever see him alive again , ’ said Marie Hughes .
8 Not that it mattered , as I would probably not see either of them again , but the scene last night had been strange , and my curiosity was aroused .
9 It was the list of undesirable aliens who were banned from entering the Bahamas , and if my name was put on that Stop List , and if I was then thrown off the islands , I would probably never see my boat again .
10 I knew I would probably never see her again , and in a way I was glad .
11 He has an appetite for land and castles I would not willingly see in the King himself , but he 's a more dangerous man than the King . ’
12 Naturally , I went to see Buckingham Palace , not dreaming on that occasion that I would not only see it again but actually enter the premises .
13 I would much rather see a return to the carefree approach by the like of Ballesteros and Lyle .
14 I would much rather see more emphasis placed on er , enhancing the special constabulary , er , because I think that is a , a far more er , productive initiative .
15 A man she 'd probably never see again .
16 Eventually Adam would disappear from her life , and she 'd probably never see him again , certainly would never have to fight with him again .
17 That 's er a little bit of fun in that , but er we might have a little bit of advice for you if you are preparing to receive guests you 'd rather not see over Christmas .
18 The body 's centre section is maple too , and you 'd not normally see that because traditionally it 's been painted over ; and the bridge is different , more solid-looking ; and the pickups … etc. , etc …
19 Well , he was gone now and she would probably never see him again .
20 We do n't want Mrs O'Dare disturbed by people she would rather not see . ’
21 She would likely never see her sister again , so that in her mind she would always be as she had been on that last walk over the moor to Barnswick .
22 Forever on the move , meeting new faces , constantly in demand socially whenever she was off duty , Liza Tremayne found that there were longer and longer periods between the days when she still suffered black despair over the thought that she would never again see the man she so resembled in character and who had given her , had she known it , more love than he had ever bestowed upon any other woman .
23 Beth was crying too , crying inside , and she wondered whether she would ever again see the young man who had been left in her care .
24 The result is to go back to roots of pop music , mixing documentary , fly-on-the-wall conversations and live sets from an interesting assortment of guests , often tackling numbers you would n't normally see them perform on TV .
25 If you looked at her sideways , you would n't never see her at all . ’
26 He poured himself more whisky , pressing Herr Nordern to have another , too , and saying that he was leading the Norderns into bad ways but that they must forgive him as it was n't very often they saw him , ha ! ha ! and Herr Nordern , while not prepared to accept that he was led by anyone except the leaders of his country , took the whisky , thinking , what the devil , he had worked like a dog all day , and it was true , Karl would not be with them much longer and they would probably never see him again and , he had to confess , he would n't mind if he never saw him again as long as either of them lived .
27 It 's old ladies who show all the signs of a long life on subsistence , though they would n't necessarily see themselves as having been poor , because their husbands were n't necessarily poor .
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