Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They moved outside and saw a Land Rover pick-up emerge from the trees . |
| 2 | Corbett peered closer and saw a V-rod and crescent marked on the tree . |
| 3 | Aunt Sara was n't feeling well ; she came downstairs and saw a light in father 's office … ’ |
| 4 | Val and I had met a party of school children with the master giving them a botany lesson as we walked , so we tagged on and saw a lot we would n't otherwise have noticed . |
| 5 | I turned quickly and saw a woman who was sitting alone . |
| 6 | He looked down and saw a man , small , dark , with black hair flowing down to his shoulders , staring up at him . |
| 7 | The man said he later went outside and saw a soldier lying on the road with others around him who seemed to be helping him or attending to him . |
| 8 | He looked up and saw a plane following him down ; it too had a battered wing-tip . |
| 9 | Adam looked up and saw a storm-trooper running towards him , waving his hand . |
| 10 | She looked across and saw a box fixed to the right-hand wall . |
| 11 | After a while his feet found a road , and he looked round and saw a house in the distance . |