Example sentences of "[pron] see [pron] [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I shut the door quietly behind me , I saw our itinerary flutter to the floor . |
| 2 | I saw his cousin Christian in the quad , as I came in . |
| 3 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
| 4 | ‘ I saw my father walk along the parapet . |
| 5 | She needs only to run close to the form which saw her finish second to multiple scorer Kassab over course and distance last month to turn this contest into a procession . |
| 6 | Have you seen our cherry tree in the garden ? |
| 7 | In her own words , when she thought her last moments had come , she saw her life pass before her eyes , and said goodbye to mother . |
| 8 | She saw her mother look at her sharply . |
| 9 | She saw his gaze fall to her mouth and she looked at him and waited , wanting him to kiss her , hardly daring to move in case the moment , the spell should be broken . |
| 10 | She saw his glance flick to Travis , who stepped to the side of her when she halted , then Travis too saw Naylor . |
| 11 | She saw his glance flick to her mouth , then back to her eyes , and as her heart suddenly started to thunder , so she felt a desperate need to say something — anything . |
| 12 | Feeling the heat of his gaze right through the thin material , she folded her arms protectively , realising only when she saw his mouth curve into a mocking smile that she had merely pushed her breasts upwards , making them clearly visible above the ribbons and lace of the bodice . |
| 13 | I suppose that my jeans , etc. , were the traditional ‘ butch ’ look , so that when my family learned of my lesbianism they saw my dress sense as one of the roots of this , and believed that by changing the way I looked , they could change the way I am . |
| 14 | Ecstatic too when he sees his baby daughter for the first time . ’ |
| 15 | He saw her dust devil from a long way away , and knew that she had been led here by her own dreams , by the pull of the moon . |
| 16 | He thought he saw her hand move towards her machine gun , but then one of the soldiers in white ran down the aisle and shot her again through the head . |
| 17 | Rubberneck , on his part — he saw his sister gloat over the suitcase , the bits of coloured paper — well , he preferred that she gloated ; it was a rest , his knees on the hard floor , that they knelt in endless prayer . |
| 18 | He had given himself up when he saw his photofit picture on BBC 's Crimewatch . |