Example sentences of "and [pron] saw the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it was a brown leaf , but it moved again , and I saw the object of my greatest dread , a toad . |
| 2 | He started up at my scream and I saw the dark blood on him and on me . |
| 3 | Pursuant to the warrant , an intercept was placed on Mr. Cox 's telephone in or about August 1983 and I saw the products of the intercept in the form of transcripts of recorded telephone conversations . |
| 4 | One Christmas I was flying over the city of Boston in America it night and I saw the Christmas lights like networks of jewellery flickering through the freezing air ; and hardly ever in my life had I seen anything more dazzling or beautiful . |
| 5 | ‘ When Karen broke the news of our marriage so crudely at Thomas 's party , and I saw the look on your face , I understood for the first time the force of that old cliché about wishing the floor would open up and swallow one . |
| 6 | I looked out of the window and I saw the postman delivering letters . |
| 7 | I was told not to push then , and I saw the midwife go to cut the cord , and finally it clicked what all the fuss had been about . |
| 8 | After that we would go to Tahiti , and I saw the excitement grow in Ellen as she realised that these plans were so close to coming true . |
| 9 | Then the lights went up and I saw the chucker-out standing over us . |
| 10 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 11 | I had on the Ring of Luned that brings invisibility , and I saw the Glass Castle and the chains hanging in the Great Tower . |
| 12 | Then , one morning in my twenty-third year on the island , I was out in my fields and I saw the smoke from a fire . |
| 13 | It was a warm night and I saw the moon shining on the sea as I told my story . |
| 14 | Somebody brought a light and I saw the inside of the house . |
| 15 | Almost one might , says the other Robert , and I saw the seed fall on fertile ground , and there he 's tended it ever since . |
| 16 | And although it is almost certain death to look on them , Fergus , I stole out of the Palace that night , and I saw the green and blue smoke that indicates their presence , and I saw , just for a moment , the Elven King , Aillen mac Midha , seated cross-legged on the ground . |
| 17 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 18 | Then there was another , and others behind it , and I saw the long bare tail like a whip , the narrow head , the yellow teeth that seemed too big for the jaws , the glittering red eyes . |
| 19 | ‘ I went to the old house where she lived and I saw the paintings . |
| 20 | Her topcoat was open , and I saw the belt of knives — with one missing — strung from shoulder to waist . |
| 21 | When I surfaced , gasping , the sky was intensely blue and I saw the moon , cratered and radiant , high over the tower on the distant Mount . |
| 22 | Santerre shook his head but his face was pallid and I saw the beads of sweat on his cheeks . |
| 23 | We did so , heaving and pushing until the bed moved a few inches and I saw the slight scorch mark on the stone floor beneath . |
| 24 | I tried to open the window- and I saw the glass . |
| 25 | Marcus was doubled over and I saw the woman tumbling backwards . |
| 26 | ‘ I looked everywhere and could n't find anyone and we saw the trucks come here and I saw the lights on and I thought the humans were still here and I came in and I heard your voices and you 've got to come because it 's Dorcas ! ’ |
| 27 | He stretched out his hand and I saw the small , faded , white rose lying there . |
| 28 | The fellow stood up and I saw the long , brown gown of a Franciscan monk , the rough cord round his waist and the wooden crucifix slung on a piece of string round his neck . |
| 29 | I was putting the washing on at the back and I saw the en the bit sticking past the house . |
| 30 | And I saw the science club one about the bones . |