Example sentences of "[pron] see the [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 When next I saw the young couple together it was winter .
2 Then I saw the small monster too .
3 I saw the other riders up beside me and outbraked them .
4 I saw the major-domo turn away a couple weighed down with medal ribbons and jewels , while admitting a fat young man in a greasy fez and ragged robe .
5 What annoys me is that I know I saw the damn thing not too long ago !
6 Jamie must have taken a cigarette even though I knew he did n't smoke , because I saw the lighter go up , igniting in front of my eves in a shower of sparks like a fireworks display .
7 I saw the whole thing slowly take shape .
8 If you are not prepared to let me see the original letter then this pretence of cooperation becomes a farce and I see no point in continuing it . ’
9 The Queen stopped shouting and said to Alice , ‘ Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet ? ’
10 Did you see the Central News before ?
11 She saw the Russian flush angrily .
12 She pulled at the wrapping , then smiled as she saw the heavy book within .
13 She saw the thick envelope immediately .
14 She saw the shadowy movement out of the corner of her eye and she was still reaching for her Beretta when she was struck heavily on the shoulder , knocking the Geiger-Muller counter from her hand .
15 Here we see the same pots just a couple of months apart .
16 But here we see the Scottish Office actually cutting programmes in anticipation of grants which can not be guaranteed . ’
17 Chief Inspector Salter was anxious to see him and she had made an appointment for him to see the Chief Superintendent later that day .
18 They saw that how that , they saw the Chinese problem essentially as one of exploitation and that how that as soon as , that they saw it as the land problem
19 ‘ Somebody told me that they saw the Bad Seeds recently and the show was being recorded , and that Blixa had had his volume knob turned down the whole time !
20 My dad 's he did n't understand before he seen the mini eggs why they 're so dear .
21 The company says that it sees the new polymers eventually being used to replace main random access memory as well as rotating secondary store .
22 ‘ If Herre Christensen likes what we 've done when he sees the full campaign tomorrow . ’
23 In happy mood on 31 December , he saw the New Year in .
24 He looked up desperately as he saw the other assassin now approach , his dagger raised , waiting to strike .
25 Look at the splendid sight , ’ he waved his hand , just as Mr Blackwell the owner appeared , but who almost disappeared again when he saw the vast crowd about to troop up and down his narrow staircase and crowded rooms .
26 Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction .
27 Bodie entered the gallery and sat down next to Cowley , grimacing as he saw the open-heart operation below .
28 He saw the half-dressed models then , and quickly walked away , only just taking a deep breath in time as he walked out from the cover of the parked car .
29 He saw the humorous side even of the slump .
30 Such evidence only helps us to see the long-term trend over two or three centuries .
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