Example sentences of "i [vb base] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate seeing plates being broken . |
| 2 | But I must be safe with this — I hate seeing dogs dolled up in supposedly smart clothes ; you know the kind — scarlet plastic macs with matching sou'wester and booties . |
| 3 | Personally , I tend to see Malcolm 's marriage to Margaret as part of a process by which our king invited in a team of management consultants from the Continent in order to alienate the land even further from the people . |
| 4 | I tend to see people as walking garbage cans , fill of all this mess they do n't know how to deal with . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I long to see Charity again but I 'm not due for home leave yet awhile . |
| 6 | On top of that , the presence of these two will allow the full-backs more freedom and I expect to see Stuart Pearce getting forward in his old style . |
| 7 | And yet she 's jealous if I want to see Dad on my own , Caro thought . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll watch it , I want to see England beaten by Morocco . |
| 9 | If I want to see Adam Franklyn , I 'll do so , with or without your approval . |
| 10 | I want to see evidence of both of them , that is my purpose , that you may be like me . |
| 11 | I want to see N C V O as co-operating . |
| 12 | I want to see Laverne home and dry , yet I do n't want to carry on feeding passenger leeches a minute longer . |
| 13 | I want to see Adolph Brückner . |
| 14 | In 1990 , the hon. Member for Cynon Valley ( Mrs. Clwyd ) , who leads for Labour on overseas development , said : ’ I want to see Britain reach the UN aid target of 0.7 per cent . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to see Willie , ’ Ruth said . |
| 16 | I want to see William . |
| 17 | I want to see William . |
| 18 | I wan I want to see Windows going , I want to see your mouse going on Windows . |
| 19 | ‘ I want to see hir ! ’ |
| 20 | I want to see Dracula . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm Zambia , and I want to see Tammuz . ’ |
| 22 | I am therefore not Christian not least for the sake of the kind of human relationships which I want to see flourish . |
| 23 | I want to see justice done . |
| 24 | ‘ If I want to see Carrie , I 'll see Carrie , in spite of you or anyone else . |
| 25 | I 'm not saying I want to see Morris ' Utopian vision in action exactly as it is , but a lot of his idea is still very inspiring a century after it was written . |
| 26 | I want to see Donald 's flag blowing in the wind . ’ |
| 27 | With an air of hugely controlled patience she said , ‘ I want to see Lieutenant Werner . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ No , I want to see Cobalt as we arranged . |
| 29 | After Annabel left , Elinor whispered to Buzz , ‘ I want to see Clare alone . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I want to see Miss Maylie . ’ |