Example sentences of "[noun prp] saw [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face . |
| 2 | Watching through the window , Lucy saw him make his way towards the wool shed , his strides long , as though he wished to get there in a hurry . |
| 3 | Wishart was waiting for him , sitting behind his long , polished table almost as if he had not moved since Corbett saw him last . |
| 4 | Peering out a few seconds later , Manville saw him turn and begin to stroll down the street . |
| 5 | The Archon saw them enter . |
| 6 | Ten feet away , Ewan saw him vanish , and with a yell left his own foe and surged forward , his huge sword swinging at Farquhar . |
| 7 | He rolled his eyes and blew her a kiss but unfortunately Maggie saw him do it . |
| 8 | The Connons saw him leap into his car like a Le Mans driver and accelerate explosively up the street . |
| 9 | Riven saw him touch his sash unconsciously . |
| 10 | I saw at once that there were three chairs at the dinner-table ; and Conchis saw me see . |
| 11 | After another mile or so , Ellwood saw them pull off into the gated driveway of a hotel . |
| 12 | But he did not engage the jackdaws and Hazel saw him pick up another carrot and start back with it . |
| 13 | He paused , and Isobel saw him glance up at Jean-Paul slyly . |
| 14 | Nick was some way along the line , at the bend where the track curved round the mountain and Carrie saw him put his hands over his ears as the train blew its whistle . |
| 15 | Jinny saw him move his head and look at his watch and she called softly , ‘ Sorry I 'm late . |
| 16 | Withel saw it arrive . |
| 17 | Immediately the little mountain tribesmen , who seemed to have stepped straight out of the sepia photographs in his history book , began unloading the baggage , and Joseph saw them take their crossbows and arrows from the carts and carry them to their own huts a hundred yards away along the riverbank … |
| 18 | Dulé saw him fall , and ran , swung himself up the smooth wall of the redoubt where the gunners were hard at work , and found himself at a mere arm 's length from one . |
| 19 | ANOTHER disjointed performance by Glasgow High-Kelvinside at Old Anniesland saw them slip further into the relegation area . |
| 20 | The exceptional skills of Ettore Bugatti saw him develop a four-wheel drive car , the Type 53 , for hill climbing in 1932 . |
| 21 | Jarvis saw them get into the next car and on an impulse he jumped up and followed them . |
| 22 | Philip saw him go down the village towards the church . |
| 23 | An impressive display from Magnum player Muir saw him cruise through with a 7-2 , 7-1 , 7-1 win . |
| 24 | Allen sat for a moment on the parapet , Marian saw him smile at her , then he slipped over the edge and the rope grew taut on the hook . |
| 25 | After he 'd missed yet another holeable putt , Patrick saw him lay the steel-shafted putter across his knee as if to break or spank it . |
| 26 | Patrick saw him unzip a small pocket . |
| 27 | There was a sharp metallic click and as Dan stood up , Patrick saw him slip the heavy pistol back into his pocket . |
| 28 | At a speed that neither could match Louisa and Horrocks saw him hasten back down the lake . |
| 29 | Trent saw him stuff white powder into his nose . |
| 30 | Lucie saw him wave and pointed a jeering finger , saying aside to his daughter , ‘ Yah , look at the little Pope blessing the faithful ! ’ |