Example sentences of "i saw him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her I saw him clear as day . |
| 2 | There was silence then and I thought I saw him shake his head . |
| 3 | I was about to break from sheltering rock and follow when I saw him stop aghast and raise one arm involuntarily in a gesture of self-protection . |
| 4 | I saw him return this morning , so pleased with himself . ’ |
| 5 | This produces the effect of a " coincident actualization " observed in sentences such as I saw him swim across the river , which can be depicted as : With auxiliaries , the connection between the infinitive and the verb with which it is in syntactic relation is much more intimate : the auxiliaries used with the infinitive do not merely evoke some other event whose support coincides in time with that of the infinitive — they qualify the very incidence of the infinitive 's event to its extra-verbal support , as actual ( do auxiliary ) or potential ( the modals ) . |
| 6 | The bloke who used to live next door to me , the little Turkish with the sister Lisa he used to eat dog shit , I saw him eat it . |
| 7 | Snoring louder than ever he fumbled again and I saw him insert a small blade into the side of the carriage . |
| 8 | I saw him disappear but , before I could say anything Fergus started yelling . |
| 9 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 10 | As he was saying goodbye today , I saw him open his mouth and look at me in that way . |
| 11 | I saw him flush it down the toilet so that no-one will laugh at his spotty chest in the showers ! |
| 12 | Only I saw him sigh , for Lili and Robert were looking not at him but at the walls , and he found me too negligible to bother to disguise his ennui . |
| 13 | Once , when he was the centre of attention at the youth club I saw him do it again . |
| 14 | I saw him move the mat so it should be on a slippery bit and then sort of pretend to slip on it , and then start to shout . ’ |
| 15 | I saw him whisper something to Mrs Danby , but she did n't seem to hear him . |
| 16 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 17 | If we took de Guichet himself — I saw him pass the other day , twice as thick as when I knew him , and the beard changes a man , but I knew that thwarted , ambitious face of his — if we took de Guichet himself , would Isambard give us Harry for him ? |
| 18 | They were in chronological order and I saw him grow older before my eyes . |
| 19 | One big American came out to do his act and I saw him blanch , and then visibly pull himself together before proceeding . |
| 20 | ‘ I saw him go , ’ she said . |
| 21 | I saw him go up to the house- ’ |
| 22 | In a red cloak I saw him go , His back was bent , his step was slow , And as he laboured through the cold He seemed a hundred winters old . |
| 23 | I saw him go through the gate into the woods … ’ |
| 24 | I 've had one of your chaps round already , asking whether I saw him go by that evening . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I saw him go in there . ’ |
| 26 | For example I 'd like to swim ( infinitive with to ) : I saw him go ( infinitive without to ) : : To have continued would have been a mistake ( perfect infinitive ) ; He wants to be told ( passive infinitive ) . |
| 27 | I saw him go into the room where the telephone is . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I think I saw him go in Mr Kimberley 's room , sir . ’ |
| 29 | Benjamin 's shoulders twitched and on one occasion I saw him shiver . |
| 30 | ‘ I saw him play in the Schools Cup . ’ |