Example sentences of "he saw [noun prp] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seb pushed his way through the circle of men and in the dancing light of breeze-blown torches he saw Jacob kneeling on the ground . |
| 2 | The order was obeyed , and as Mr Brownlow turned to go down the street , he saw Oliver lying on the pavement , shaking , his face as white as death . |
| 3 | That happens in the opening verse of our lesson ; we 're told that Jesus was in his own city , almost certainly Capernaum , and he saw Matthew sitting in the tax office . |
| 4 | And then he saw Creed sitting in the back of a black car parked on the Crumbles . |
| 5 | He was on his way back to Newcastle , but when he saw Joe racing across the field that bordered part of the drive , he paused a moment before deciding to follow him . |
| 6 | Through the glass in the door he saw Barry running across the road . |
| 7 | When Pascoe looked into the hallway , he saw Singer leaning against the door of his room , his back half-turned . |