Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] see [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ She 's working , ’ Luke returned dismissively , and it was true , she realised , following his glance and seeing Cavell in conversation with a television reporter .
2 I told the co-pilot to take over and I went back to the radio room and saw Charlie with blood all over his head and the front of his flight suit ’ .
3 Forcing his way through a gap in a hedge , he caught his hand on a thorn and saw beads of blood ooze from a long scratch .
4 September is a good time to see the lovely heathers on the moor and to see birds like meadow pipit and stonechat .
5 With a friend we visited the local hospital and saw victims of crocodile , hippo , and lion attacks , and a man blinded by a spitting cobra .
6 Craig looked into his mother 's white face and saw lines of pain etched around her mouth .
7 It is obvious that historical perspectives oblige one to give due weight to the passage of time and to see ideas about duty or obligation , and patterns of support associated with them , as features of family relationships which are adapted to suit the prevailing economic and social conditions .
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