Example sentences of "he saw in the " in BNC.

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1 He appeared to be very perplexed and more than a little frightened by what he saw in the lavatory window above him .
2 The Constable could identify neither of the two women he saw in the doorway of No 17 .
3 It was not as easy as that because , when he put his head forward , he saw in the mirror that he was still lifting his chest and arching his back .
4 On the way from the hospital , everything he saw in the streets was inexpressively beautiful , the light clearer than he remembered , ‘ the spaces more infinite ’ .
5 He fused the dreams of Western socialists with the egalitarian and democratic potential he saw in the peasant commune to create a unique brand of Russian socialism .
6 They found it hard to understand what he saw in the boys he now surrounded himself with , some of whom seemed to the girls stupid and callow and bad at drawing .
7 When 1951 ended he could justifiably let rip in more frivolous fashion on ‘ Huntin' , Shootin' and Fishin' ’ decorations for the Chelsea Arts Ball at which he saw in the new year .
8 In fact , for a time he saw in the New Order in France a possible source of ideas which he could implement in the construction of his New Order ( Nizam-i Cedit ) in Turkey .
9 He simply wished that he did n't have to contend with the unspoken supposition that the two of them were hiding up there on the Step and banging away like a couple of baboons , which he saw in the eyes of more than one person who wished him good morning when he went into town to pick up his mail .
10 She ripped away her scarf and he saw in the uncertain light the marks about her throat .
11 On returning a day or two later to pay for them , he saw in the yard a Scania tractor which had been included but not sold at the auction which he had attended .
12 and while he was talking to the woman he saw in the hall an elderly woman , and he said to the woman at the door , is that your mother , she said oh yes she 's with me now , she used to live at Woodbridge .
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