Example sentences of "[pers pn] see a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She closed her eyes for a second , and then opened them to see a glimpse of concern on Guy Sterne 's dark face . |
| 2 | ‘ I saw a flash of white through the bushes . |
| 3 | ‘ The idea came to me during September 1991 when I saw a pile of waste paper being loaded into a contractor 's vehicle at the back of 36 St Andrew Square . |
| 4 | But I could n't forget , and about a year later , I saw a friend in town . |
| 5 | I saw a bird of prey , a hen harrier , as intent as an osprey , beating her wings at early evening against a stand of firs , hunting like a cruise missile along the edge of a windbreak . |
| 6 | Do you know , I saw a flicker of fear in those cunning eyes and realised why his Satanic Eminence needed us so much . |
| 7 | Just for a moment I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in her eyes , but it was probably a trick of the light . |
| 8 | I was sick to counter it , since I saw a glimmer of enjoyment in his eye ; he had said it all before , and liked saying it . |
| 9 | I saw a doggie with daddy . |
| 10 | Then I saw a strip of light . |
| 11 | And it was just But I do n't er I do n't seem as though er it was er sometimes I saw I saw a spot of blood , but it |
| 12 | As I was putting them down I saw a piece of paper leaning against the spice-rack . |
| 13 | Under the bag I saw a piece of paper with writing on it . |
| 14 | K : ‘ Well , I saw a pattern in lace which I liked , so I decided to use it , but I knitted it plain instead of in lace and the recommended stitch was size 7 . ’ |
| 15 | In our local saleroom only last week , I saw a length of egg and dart moulding about 5ft long done up in a lot with some ogee moulding . |
| 16 | A businessman commenting on an experience he had in a stockbroker 's office in London when " I saw a beam of light between me and my eyes " commented , Although I was n't a particularly religious person , I realised immediately that this must be the thing that people call God . |
| 17 | I saw a bead of sweat drip from Carradine 's forehead , trickle down his cheek , perch on the end of his moustache and fall with a small splash onto a picture of Rhonda Fleming posing in a backless , strapless , practically frontless dress . |
| 18 | Just then I saw a circle of light , a long way away , like the light of a lantern . |
| 19 | He braked in the yard at the rear of the Lodge , and through the windscreen I saw a plume of smoke rising almost vertically beyond a pantiled outbuilding which I assumed must be Laura 's studio . |
| 20 | As I stand up , heading for the bathroom , I see a piece of paper under my door . |
| 21 | ‘ I see a lot of software produced by end-users who have no idea they are in the software market , yet if you are a company that 's produced its own system , say a financial system , that really helps you to work better then why not market it ? ’ |
| 22 | I see a cup of tea is it ? |
| 23 | Did you see a ray of sunshine or something like that ? ’ |
| 24 | Then she sees a slip of paper coming out of the slot for statements . |
| 25 | She saw a flicker of expression in his blank eyes . |
| 26 | For just a second she thought she saw a flicker of admiration in his eyes , but it was gone in a flash , leaving her to wonder if she 'd simply imagined the look . |
| 27 | Their bed had a wooden footboard and she saw a flicker of movement behind it in the half-light . |
| 28 | She saw a flicker of shame in his eyes . |
| 29 | Through a half-open door she saw a glimmer of white and stiffened , nauseated , as she saw Melanie over Penry 's shoulder , her face held up to his in impassioned invitation . |
| 30 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |