Example sentences of "as [pron] saw the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I protested , waving my arms and running after her as I saw the possibility of getting into Ashley 's increasingly attractive body slipping away from me . |
| 2 | Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek . |
| 3 | ‘ Good God , ’ she breathed as she saw the state of him . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't own me , Jim , ’ she hissed , her voice faltering slightly as she saw the look of pure rage etched across his features . |
| 5 | ‘ My friend Lady Jane told me you were a sort of Watson to — ’ She stopped abruptly as she saw the look of outrage on Auguste 's face . |
| 6 | She stopped as she saw the look of annoyance on his face . |
| 7 | Digging into the pocket of her jacket , she produced a long silver whistle and placed it firmly between her lips , and Fran had to swallow an almost hysterical gurgle of laughter as she saw the expression of near-disbelief on Luke Calder 's face . |
| 8 | ‘ All right , ’ she said wearily , smiling inwardly as she saw the gleam of triumph which lightened his eyes . |
| 9 | She stopped as soon as she saw the effect of her words . |
| 10 | His eyes narrowed as he saw the outline of a helicopter by the side of the mansion . |
| 11 | His eyes fired as he saw the corpse of the Hearthware . |
| 12 | No doubt , even at the end , as he saw the blade of the knife flash in the moonlight , he had assumed his killers would rob his corpse . |
| 13 | Riven sat up , then jumped to his feet as he saw the glitter of the eyes and the shadows moving amongst the trees . |
| 14 | He felt his bowels loosen , felt the hairs on his neck and forearms prickle as he saw the face of the first intruder , the one who held the gun . |