Example sentences of "think [pers pn] saw [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You know , I do n't think I saw a single frame . ’
2 The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear .
3 Perhaps it was an effect of the screen , but I thought I saw a flush rise on her throat .
4 He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me .
5 Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a white butterfly — but it was the white pattern on the tail of an adult , checking up on the brood .
6 Alarmed , she thought she saw a black man lurking just behind her .
7 A little round hill , a sort of headland , thrust itself out into the estuary slightly to her right , and beyond it , she thought she saw a great bay , a giant bite out of the smooth slope of grassy shore .
8 Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed .
9 Seafarers who landed there thought they saw a great chain of mountains and heard the roaring of lions from them .
10 Bourne looked at him and Wycliffe thought he saw a faint smile on the sergeant 's features .
11 Charlie thought he saw a faint smile come over the colonel 's face .
12 In the reflection on the glass door he thought he saw a red glow from his car , and glanced back across the road .
13 I grant you we put a check on him once , and could again , but never think you saw the true measure of de Burgh in Kerry , there 's more to him than that .
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