Example sentences of "[adv] and see that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glanced at the map of the Underground on the panel opposite and saw that they were approaching Embankment Station . |
| 2 | Madame Butterfly , he thought , for he had sneaked a glance at the soldier opposite and seen that he was now weeping , the letter crumpled in his fist , scrunching apple blossom . |
| 3 | They just walked in and saw that you had posters up and |
| 4 | First Man looked down and saw that he was naked , and hurried away to find fig leaves to cover himself … |
| 5 | They tiptoe down and see that he 's got it open , all right , but he 's lying there dead . |
| 6 | Helen turned the picture over and saw that Dorothy had pencilled on the back ‘ 18 lbs Laxtons ; 27 lbs Coxes . ’ |
| 7 | I glanced at it quickly and saw that the advertising manager had written to confirm the booking of a double-page spread in the colour supplement for six successive weeks , beginning on the Sunday after the Open Golf Championship . |
| 8 | She glanced at him quickly and saw that he did indeed look tired . |
| 9 | He closed the zip , looked for a gun to finish Patrick off and saw that they were all in use . |
| 10 | Chrissie looked up and saw that Jack was wearing his jacket . |
| 11 | One very hot morning , when she was about nine years old , she woke up and saw that instead of Kamala there was a different Indian servant by her bed . |
| 12 | Alexei looked up and saw that Kadan was laughing openly . |
| 13 | In confusion again , Louisa looked up and saw that the light was performing wondrously now across the lake . |
| 14 | You were here when I left , and then when I was passing I looked up and saw that your desk light was still on . |
| 15 | She looked up and saw that he was standing over her . |
| 16 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 17 | She looked up and saw that the lights had changed to green and as the car behind her sounded its horn she let out the clutch too quickly and the car lurched forward . |
| 18 | He picks it up and sees that it 's a tiny silver woman , with hair like spun silk and blue eyes like pieces of the sky come down to earth — ; |
| 19 | She looked out and saw that it was a flock of children , of assorted sizes , and both sexes , ranging from ten to fourteen years of age . |
| 20 | And I ran off home hoping that Barbie would n't come out and see that Marie was n't there at all . |
| 21 | At the sound of Melissa 's strident tones she pulled up sharply and saw that her second least favourite person was standing squarely in front of her , thin arms folded determinedly across a rather too revealing cleavage . |
| 22 | I came back and saw that most Vietnamese workers do n't care about politics . |
| 23 | Cecilia turned somewhat fearfully back and saw that the man and the bear had gone to the far end of the coach where a woman not much younger than herself sat alone . |
| 24 | He turned and looked back and saw that where the eagles were , especially the central cages where the golden eagles lived , there was chaos . |
| 25 | ‘ Obviously , in the last few years when you look back and see that it had an impact in the field , then it becomes a possibility . ’ |
| 26 | He looked around and saw that the third man was now lying over the roof of the light blue car and firing at them with what he took to be an M1 carbine . |
| 27 | I 've always been a bit of an organiser , so when I looked in on ffeatherstonehaugh 's , started to go regularly and saw that things seemed to be in a bit of a mess , it seemed to me I might usefully give it some of my time . ’ |
| 28 | They 're going to get the sow into another sty and this man will stand by and see that she does n't get out to attack us . |
| 29 | To look across and see that gorgeous smile , find those brilliant eyes burning at you with desire and love , instead of derision and mockery . |
| 30 | In 1667 the Marquess of Worcester , as Constable of St Briavels and Warden of the Forest of Dean , was ordered to revive the Forest courts there and to see that the Forest laws were obeyed : their discontinuance had brought about ‘ great destruction of timber and retardment of its future growth ’ . |