Example sentences of "you see [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | You see something advertised like ‘ The Four Seasons ’ : well , everyone knows the famous bit , but that 's only a quarter of it . |
2 | Those things do n't sound fearsome — till you see them used on a man 's body . ’ |
3 | You see we got th er collects things down here he keeps chucking rubb , he said well I need it . |
4 | but Bob and I did , I could , I could remember the day we moved in to a hundred and eleven er we 'd never , never been upstairs in a house before you see we 'd been brought up in a bungalow and we 'd never ever been upstairs and the thoughts of going upstairs to bed , you know , was fantastic |
5 | If you see we 'd got about er twenty eight thirty in this class , and er they bought the text books and we joined a national college of labour colleges . |
6 | You ca n't really , you see we came out into a side door into the old square . |
7 | You see we had heard quite a bit about him — the locals boggle at the way in which he does n't dodge his taxes . |
8 | And he says , oh , he says , you know it , it , you see we had some old boards that we took out and could walk across onto it . |
9 | Well you see they had the mail er contract on Wyre long before we start . |
10 | Scums strength in depth was exposed when you see they had Ferguson and Dublin on the bench . |
11 | Do you remember that as being a Oh aye , aye well you see they had they had the mail service here before the war . |
12 | Aha and also they had You see they had glue a glue pot . |
13 | You see they had mm , er Friday off now they went off to Merryvale , which is fine ! |
14 | Yes but , yes but you see they got so mixed up that the , |
15 | You see they came from Liverpool a lot of them . |
16 | But when the war came you see they came as evacuees a lot of them and then they never went back . |
17 | Yeah , but you see they sent this on the twenty ninth of June |
18 | Er they they they marched , you see they 'd no income , they 'd nothing . |
19 | But erm yes sometimes you 'd , you 'd get there in time but you see they 'd just , I , there , there were n't the telephones about in those days so you , you , you could n't , everybody did n't have a phone , they could n't ring in an and say I 'm in labour . |
20 | had to keep dragging them off to the toilet , they 'd never seen blind children you see they 'd all seen adults |
21 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
22 | And then in the herring fishing time , oh it was very busy right enough , and you see they did they did no fish on a Sunday and they would come in on a Saturday night . |
23 | But you see they did n't know the truth of the exploration , but if the Government was fifty fifty in it they 'd be entitled to know the exact amount and quantity and what was underneath your feet . |
24 | because you see they did n't |
25 | and then of course erm because , because she just had the operation you see they did n't think it was advisable |
26 | And then the land you see they worked more on the land did n't they . |
27 | Well the aye , the quality of the cattle cos it gave you a better grass , better feeding before that you see they bought some clover . |
28 | You see , I think , although I ca n't prove this , you see what happened , when I was in the , in the glazing shop we were , we were on short time . |
29 | ‘ You see what happened ? ’ she asked . |
30 | You see what happened was he nearly knocked his kids over . |