Example sentences of "saw [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be done simply by a witness being asked in court , ‘ Is the defendant the man you saw driving at the time of the offence ? ’ |
| 2 | As I was ushered into Mark Shand 's spacious flat in South Kensington I saw lying on the living table a book called Living Dangerously . |
| 3 | I shall write a long poem about what I saw shining from the other side . ’ |
| 4 | He said that the men we saw emerging from the rue de la Huchette into the place St Michel were probably superannuated rag-pickers . |
| 5 | The most direct example is the nervous airline passenger who is comforted by the belief that the middle-aged pilot he saw sitting on the flight deck is flying the aeroplane . |
| 6 | When I turned round it was my father I saw standing in the doorway . |
| 7 | In fact , the only bird of prey I ever saw hovering over the park was a kestrel . |
| 8 | I saw planning on the A G M on the the |