Example sentences of "then [pron] saw [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Then I saw two men hitting each other , others running , some falling down .
2 Then I saw all these punk bands — and I could n't believe it .
3 I kept seeing her slamming into the car , and lying in the road , and then I saw all those black nuns floating round her and lifting her up so that her head lolled back , and I was there , wanting to say I was sorry , and her eyes were open and blank and staring right through me .
4 But then I saw ghastly yellow figures staggering like drunkards out of the wall of smoke …
5 Then I saw another picture : a very old woman ( it was Celia ) searching for the grave of the mother she had abandoned , and coming upon that inscription .
6 Then I saw another policeman .
7 And then I saw another Tedesco .
8 Then I saw another monster .
9 Then I saw these . ’
10 I looked at lots , and then I saw this fairytale cottage , like something out of Alice In Wonderland .
11 Then I saw some pictures of these Zamaitis guitars and thought they were such beautiful instruments that I 'd want to try to get one .
12 I could see little machines assembling on the ground all around me Then I saw some more gliders coming towards me One was in the lead .
13 So faint , it might only be moonlight through the clouds — then she saw long pale hair streaming .
14 Then she saw another door , a door that was only forty centimetres high .
15 Then she saw Funny Girl , and memorised every part of Barbra Streisand 's performance .
16 And then we saw that brilliant save by Stowell and the crossbar denying United a famous victory .
17 Then we saw those woods erupt into one big ball of flame and a pillar of smoke rose almost to our altitude as that fuel dump went up ’ .
18 Just then we saw another boat , which was coming from the ship to the shore .
19 Then they saw some men , running away from them , but shouting and laughing loudly .
20 At first it looked empty , then he saw two small vessels , just short of the horizon , their motion imperceptible .
21 And then he saw two men .
22 ‘ That 's wonderful , ’ said the man , but then he saw four Scots sitting at a table without a drink .
23 Then he saw one of the boys turn his back on the man he seemed to be dancing with , hook his fingers in the skimpy underpants , wriggle them down to reveal his bottom and then wiggle the bottom until it shook like a jelly .
24 Then he saw one of the men pull out a machete from his deep-lined overcoat pocket .
25 Then he saw another man in a yellow raincoat come out of the airport building .
26 Then he saw bolder colours : huge red crosses against a white panel on a muddy truck .
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