Example sentences of "she saw [be] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrie lifted her head and looked at him , and what she saw was a young boy , the same young boy she had known when she lived in the cottage . |
| 2 | What she saw was a ruddy face not associated with the effects of the sun , but it was still difficult to know whether to be flattered or annoyed . |
| 3 | Maggie pushed her way through the swinging plate-glass doors and as usual the first thing she saw was a giant mock-up of the front of the magazine , glossy , colourful and slightly daunting , the name magnified out of proportion : QUERY ! |
| 4 | All she saw was a rippling edge of pallor , but she felt the barrier as a solid ridge barricading the path . |
| 5 | The first thing she saw was the fresh blood staining his sleeve . |
| 6 | The first thing she saw was the white dog , back from its stroll , seated on a rag rug in front of a two-bar electric fire , beating its tail leisurely yet rhythmically … thump … thumppp … in time to the slow , pulsing beat of the air on the fiddle . |