Example sentences of "[verb] sight [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since he had caught sight of the Summoner , he had not liked to watch the resettlers pouring through into Utah , knowing what it was they were really following . |
| 2 | She 'd been browsing in a bookshop after buying a bedtime book for Kirsty when she 'd suddenly caught sight of the clock on the wall and seen , to her horror , that it was nearly five o'clock . |
| 3 | Jumping up , he went to the edge of the pavement , trying to catch sight of the bus among the trippers and the traffic : ‘ This is no good ! |
| 4 | I have also attempted to catch sight of the ground from the 31 , 29 , and 37b routes , but recent building in Litherwood Broadway has meant the ground is no longer visible . |
| 5 | The assassins rushed out of the tunnel , their feet ringing on the stones , emerging onto the promontory in time to catch sight of the punt as it rounded a pillar . |
| 6 | He remembered squinting eagerly to catch sight of the basking seals , content and sleepy in the afternoon sunshine , and pointing with excitement when he did . |
| 7 | On the way we managed to catch sight of the Matlock Branch and the Midland Main Line in typical Derbyshire settings . |
| 8 | Despite his decreased speed , he had to squint against the onrush of the slipstream buffeting through the ragged hole before him , in order to catch sight of the other car . |
| 9 | It 's one of the few places in Britain where you can catch sight of the endangered sand lizard or smooth snake . |
| 10 | He said it was quite a way — the other side of Préfleur , towards the hills , and that we would catch sight of the white gateposts from a distance . |
| 11 | Standing anywhere on the ridge one could catch sight of the sun delicately resting on the top of the distant hills which marked the far end of the grazing plains . |
| 12 | Where we are reimbursing another insurance company in respect of their outlay it is not necessary to obtain sight of the original invoice . |
| 13 | They turned off the main road and caught sight of the cottage . |
| 14 | Suddenly she caught sight of the child 's mother . |
| 15 | Then she caught sight of the maitre d'Hôtel approaching their table . |
| 16 | Then he caught sight of the sergeant who seemed to be too amused by the situation altogether . |
| 17 | ‘ But whether there was gold in his mind or not , whether he was concerned with the dollar parity or not , as soon as he caught sight of the girl waiting seductively under the lamp in front of him , he fell victim to his own undisciplined and obsessive hungers . |
| 18 | Once he was doing this during a speech by Jimmy Logan who caught sight of the scribbling out of the corner of his eye . |
| 19 | Then she caught sight of the suitcase which stood by the steps . |
| 20 | As she caught sight of the house , Breeze came to an abrupt standstill , nearly falling over her own feet . |
| 21 | The voices grew louder , and presently I caught sight of the men as they rounded a sharp bend … . |
| 22 | Then , turning back , I caught sight of the red bitch : she was making her way slowly towards the woodpile . |
| 23 | He caught sight of the small perspex circle , bulging like a half-an-inch magnifying glass , set in the steel to one side . |
| 24 | After a while he dismounted , exhausted , and suddenly he caught sight of the car . |
| 25 | As they swept past the car , a Daimler , Rennie caught sight of the driver 's face . |
| 26 | Tom caught sight of the flush of excitement burning in his cheeks . |
| 27 | He flung open the door and was about to say something when he caught sight of the table . |
| 28 | He stared up at the windows and then caught sight of the pulpit . |
| 29 | Then he caught sight of the empties and saw what had happened and began laughing as well . |
| 30 | She caught sight of the children and , in a sudden paroxysm of words , tried to admonish them in her own language interspersed with Arabic , while announcing breakfast to me in English . |