Example sentences of "she saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she saw the drawer that was open and knew this was no ordinary thief . |
| 2 | Suddenly , she saw the folly of it all . |
| 3 | Looking at the messages which had accumulated in her absence she saw the folly of rushing off to Oxford so close to the start of term and felt faintly annoyed with herself . |
| 4 | When she placed Morndun across her face and peered through its ghostly eyes she saw the air shimmering with elementals , sharp-faced , wraith-like , coiling and twisting above the river , streaming out of the mouths and eyes of the men by the water and from the piles of skulls by the trees . |
| 5 | That was when she saw the diary . |
| 6 | ‘ She told me she had made it up on the spot as soon as she saw the bloke . ’ |
| 7 | Ellie saw the mockery in her father 's eyes , as she saw the hate . |
| 8 | Her feet seemed to be rooted to the spot as she saw the pram with baby Donald in it disappear over the bank — too far away for her to stop it . |
| 9 | In horror she saw the guerrilla 's hand go to the knife at his belt . |
| 10 | She also left the book undisturbed but felt , as soon as she saw the title , a further fellow feeling with S. Kettering . |
| 11 | Charity nearly choked when she saw the title ‘ Other Interests ’ . |
| 12 | She stood with the door open behind her , so that the order of the hall could be properly seen ; she saw the policewoman taking it in . |
| 13 | She saw the child white in the face , as white as paper , trembling all over , the eyes glazed , staring straight ahead and seeing nothing . |
| 14 | Elinor 's only defence system was to say , in a tone fractionally the right side of panic — ‘ I 'm in here ! ’ — if ever she saw the door move . |
| 15 | She held the tip of it just inside her pouting snatch , and only sank down on to it when she saw the door opening . |
| 16 | She saw the bar , with its gleaming mahogany counter and polished brass fittings ; the enamel levers of the soda pumps , the array of ratafias and rosolio liqueurs behind the bar , and the new wooden chest , like a coffer with brass hasps in which the aluminium pails of pastel ices were kept in ice brought by dripping cart from the icehouse in the harbour at Dolmetta , where the fish were packed and then chipped off the block . |
| 17 | She saw the way it was and moved differently . |
| 18 | She saw the way his eyes narrowed , the uncomprehending expression on his face . |
| 19 | She saw the way his eyes roamed her body , lingering on the full curves of her breasts , the flat plane of her stomach , and then he removed his shirt , his jeans , so that once again she knew the thrill of seeing his gleaming , naked torso . |
| 20 | Fran regretted her hasty words the very moment she saw the way his mouth thinned into a cold anger . |
| 21 | Hurriedly she licked them from her fingers , then looked up and felt her pulse jerk when she saw the way he was looking at her mouth . |
| 22 | It was hard to conceal the sudden rush of nerves she felt when she saw the way he was watching her with that barely hidden amusement . |
| 23 | It was so well known now , yet it still thrilled her as she saw the way the dim light picked out the shadows of his cheekbones , the sharp angle of his jaw . |
| 24 | Behind the gothic-arch pigeon hole , counting out change , she saw the man in boots , the man who had hung about at Faith 's funeral . |
| 25 | She saw the man draw nearer . |
| 26 | She saw the man on the pavement , beside the driver 's door of the taxi , and he was writhing , a thrashing fish . |
| 27 | She saw the man with the fat-barrelled gun held out from his shoulder . |
| 28 | She saw the man with the gun shoot again at the man on the pavement . |
| 29 | She saw the man on the pavement shudder , and the thrashing cease . |
| 30 | As he ran she saw the man working the gun into the front of his overalls , and she saw him also , with his free hand , drag the woollen cap back down across his forehead . |