Example sentences of "[adv] saw [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’
2 Phillips straight to Hill and that 's a long ball aimed at Ormanroyd Cooper across to cover and you just saw him grimace a little bit again there as he charged in on Ormanroyd .
3 I just saw you write it down .
4 I still remember him , after all those years , as one of the best-looking men I ever saw I 've never loved anyone in the same way since .
5 ‘ I never once saw him get upset or angry ’ , said Ken Bradshaw , one of his circle of disciples .
6 ‘ They probably saw you twitch .
7 Up ahead Neil Coles was putting together a 66 , which eventually saw him tie with Johnny , but by the fifth or sixth , when we 'd picked up a couple of birdies to Johnny 's pars or bogey , I thought , ‘ This is our Open . ’
8 Roman had bent to kiss her mother 's cheek , smiling at the older woman with a warmth Caroline rarely saw him use .
9 He heard him speak some words , but he could n't make out what they were ; he then saw him bend and kiss her , not on the cheek but on the lips .
10 The times suited his predilection for historical references in clothes , for dressing up , for being glamorous and the collections he did then saw him develop sureness of touch allied with a taste for a dangerous dare or two which characterised much of what he does today .
11 They cut its supports , then saw it crash through the floor they were on … and two more … and hit the ground with such a clatter that security men half a mile away alerted police .
12 ‘ Maybe not but I think both you and Len might benefit by talking about what happened that morning ; after all , apparently you were the only one who actually saw him fall .
13 For some reason he did n't get the kicks , but he certainly saw it happen . ’
14 ‘ I sometimes feel a great sense of loss and disappointment that she never saw me grow up .
15 I never saw him talk to anybody .
16 I never saw him leave . ’
17 At tea breaks and lunchtime I never saw him eat more than a bar of chocolate or a biscuit .
18 Indeed , I never saw him eat .
19 I never saw him pay anyone .
20 All eyes were on him , making it fairly obvious to Leith that his family never saw him hesitate over anything .
21 ‘ I never saw him lose his temper , either .
22 ‘ We never saw them row . ’
23 This was possible but , if it were true , she never saw them read anything , although Francie occasionally bought a copy of the Irish Independent .
24 ‘ I never saw them come in . ’
25 Family maid Paula Rojas said last night : ‘ I never saw them argue .
26 I never saw you come in . ’
27 Apparently every now and then it did succeed in reaching one of the lower perches , but I never saw it do so and to this day I do n't know how it managed it .
28 My South American Aluminium Catfish seemed to settle in well , although I never saw it eat , dry or live food .
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