Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] saw [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was an effect of the screen , but I thought I saw a flush rise on her throat . |
| 2 | He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Alarmed , she thought she saw a black man lurking just behind her . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed . |
| 7 | Seafarers who landed there thought they saw a great chain of mountains and heard the roaring of lions from them . |
| 8 | Bourne looked at him and Wycliffe thought he saw a faint smile on the sergeant 's features . |
| 9 | Charlie thought he saw a faint smile come over the colonel 's face . |
| 10 | In the reflection on the glass door he thought he saw a red glow from his car , and glanced back across the road . |