Example sentences of "he see a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes , he sees a blade of light in the darkness and thinks : ‘ There is Crevecoeur ! |
2 | ‘ And if he sees a word like camel with parts of the letters C , M and L missed out , he identifies that word faster than anyone else — and that includes my PhD students . ’ |
3 | If he sees a gleam of light , it is in the clubs — some of them anyway — who tackle the tourists before they play Wales . |
4 | Unbelievably , for a split second , he was sure he saw a look of relief on the face of Nell Anderson . |
5 | Dougal watched Henry 's face : he could have sworn he saw a flash of disappointment there . |
6 | In that dream he saw a vision of loveliness : himself as Foreign Secretary . |
7 | There he saw a pair of motor torpedo boats tied up at one of the quays and decided to attack . |
8 | He was looking , without seeming to look , at Andropulos as he said the last words and felt almost certain that he saw a flicker of expression cross his face . |
9 | And through the archway that opened into the saloon , he saw a flicker of light . |
10 | He saw a splash of white in among the greens of the vegetation : it was Marie 's hair . |
11 | He saw a gleam of hope appear in Roy 's eyes . |
12 | Well it was a waste well I 'll tell you what it was really , he saw a lot of waste on the other tables going on the tip you know , there was a lot of waste going over . |
13 | He saw a bobby in trouble at Old Swan , got off the tram-car to help him , and he got his mac torn . |
14 | Heading downstream , he saw a pool in front of him , more liquid mud than water . |
15 | He saw an opportunity in negotiation with the curia . |
16 | He saw an arc of blood , and knew that it came from his own neck . |