Example sentences of "i [vb past] see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I failed to see the connection . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | ‘ I got to see the vicar . ‘ |
| 5 | I got to see the famous ‘ railway station ’ — which was a prop , a facade . |
| 6 | ‘ I expected to see the prince my husband at Mass this morning , my lady , she said . |
| 7 | I expected to see the laurel leaf in the back you know |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I tried to see the expression on his face , but it was too dark . |
| 10 | I woke to see the dim outlines of a mountain towards the southeast . |
| 11 | I 'd seen the Himalayas in the autumn , so I was able to imagine them . |
| 12 | I 'd seen the invitation pinned up prominently by Dee-Dee in the office : most of the racing world , it seemed , would be there to applaud . |
| 13 | I 'd seen the play — some touring company did it — they 'd made it into SF , all in space , and Oedipus was a two-headed Zaphod Beeblebrox character trying to kiss his mother with one of his faces and weep sorrowful tears with the other . |
| 14 | I 'd seen the naked soul of my Mother . |
| 15 | I could hardly remember having muffins before , although I 'd seen the muffin man in his white apron , a towel over his arm and a tray of muffins every Sunday afternoon . |
| 16 | I was beginning to get scared even before I 'd seen the film . |
| 17 | I 'd seen the film myself in a mixed audience of youth workers , and it had left many of us women upset and shaken . |
| 18 | My sights were wide-ranging " I 'd like to work for the Daily Mirror or the Telegraph , " I informed my friends , as I sank a pint in the way I 'd seen the big-boys do at the time of the by-election . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought I 'd seen the last of this particular fashion accessory . ’ |
| 20 | Like where I 'd seen the bartender before . |
| 21 | I 'd seen the rails before , a set laid between the road and the water ; the rain was now making them glisten and smirk . |
| 22 | I 'd seen the Illusochamber advertised — for the rich — on the galacvid . |
| 23 | Even so , it set up a security precaution that had occurred to me when I 'd seen the cylinder . |
| 24 | Once I 'd seen the recording of the race I knew , although perhaps I did n't want to admit it straight away . ’ |
| 25 | I came to see the world as an abundant and joyous place to be . |
| 26 | I happened to see the post advertised with OBEX so I applied and got the job . ’ |
| 27 | It bounced up and I turned to see the ball hovering above my stumps . |
| 28 | I began to see the dangers of overcrowding , over-invention . |
| 29 | I began to smell the warmth and the love , and feel the peace , but above all I began to see the inspiration of the human spirit . |
| 30 | I began to see the city , not so much as a cityscape , but as a still life made up of street lights , buses , cars and shop windows . |