Example sentences of "would [vb infin] see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How dear Maisie , or Natalia , and certainly Emma , would laugh to see him enslaved by an ankle after their more generous gifts of person yet enslaved he was . |
| 2 | That in itself may sound daunting , but on its centennial in 1993 the museum would prefer to see its situation as an asset . |
| 3 | He was concerned that parents would want to see their children doing ‘ real ’ maths , and advised injecting investigations into the existing syllabus instead . |
| 4 | I knew you would want to see them , Captain — Mr Andropulos seems very anxious to see you — and I know you do n't like unauthorized people on the bridge so I took the liberty of putting the four gentlemen and the two young ladies in the wardroom . |
| 5 | It is not an obvious answer to the brief and we would want to see what reaction this would get . |
| 6 | In Germany , by contrast , technical education was well advanced , and Napoleon had had the foresight to create institutions of excellence which would provide France with its future engineers , agriculturalists and the rest ; but many an English self-made man would want to see his offspring succeed in altogether ‘ cleaner ’ and more respectable fields , making their mark as doctors , lawyers , Oxford classicists or even politicians . |
| 7 | I would 've seen it last week though . |
| 8 | Well er as I say I think , er if if if the County Council are are insisting that any new settlement erm should be self contained , I think one would need to see what that definition is before we can be clear as to whether or not it has it has strategic implications . |
| 9 | The sergeant doubted if they would need to see him again . |
| 10 | He would wait , he would wait to see what happened to Kurz . |
| 11 | He would wait to see what the negotiation process turned up , he said , but " only if real progress is made during negotiations , and if there are obvious and clearly defined benefits for my country and its people , will we consider any possible change to our present constitutional position " . |
| 12 | One is left wondering if he would enjoy seeing his profile by Palliardi on the library façade . |
| 13 | How do you think she would feel seeing us together after what 's happened to her ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We would expect to see him in a couple of warm-up fights , certainly someone in the top 10 , before he fights Mike Tyson again , if that is to happen , ’ said Morris . |
| 15 | Just above , the feature inlay as Mercier paints it is worthy of comment , chiefly because the panel with the semicircular ends is placed very much farther to the left than we would expect to see it . |
| 16 | If the complex we observed was required for PPT expression we would expect to see it in these cells . |
| 17 | It is midnight and after great difficulty I managed with my little bit of French to convey to my dancing partner of the evening that I would like to see her home . |
| 18 | He also said that he found his responsibilities ‘ a very great strain ’ , because his aunt was such a difficult , domineering person , and he would like to see her in a Home — partly because she needed more care and more company . |
| 19 | 17.15 : Head asks me to tell Class Teacher that he would like to see her after meeting with parent is over . |
| 20 | They told him not to act in a hurry , but they would like to see her . |
| 21 | Just because he 'd said he would like to see her in red . |
| 22 | A vague idea formed in his mind — not that he loved her but that he would like to see her always in his house , like some suitable decoration or finishing touch . |
| 23 | The Commissioner feels that trade union members sometimes find it difficult to accept her limited role and that they would like to see her resolve a wide range of problems . |
| 24 | Erm we are not going any further than that erm we the debate this morning erm we were looking at the differences between ourselves and then for example Selby District of what what they would like to see which was er certainly more than growth oriented the County Council 's proposals are . |
| 25 | Perhaps only a minority would like to see their island taken over by the Miami exiles . |
| 26 | Considering the number of PFK readers who would like to see their Puffers inflate just once ( though arguably as a sign of stress this is n't such a great idea ) many marine fishkeepers would have been thrilled . |
| 27 | But some bruised wives may feel that Vaughan is almost too ready to let men off the hook ; many would like to see their partner shed a little retributory blood . |
| 28 | While clients therefore would like to see their lawyers being more proactive , helping them to foresee ways round particular hazards before they arise , the difficulty seems to be in how to do it . |
| 29 | She did not think she would like herself in it if she could see herself and she did not think she would like to see her face bright and thick with greasepaint . |
| 30 | ‘ I would like to see her room . |