Example sentences of "[noun sg] i see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ T was to stop you becoming completely distraught , but I was afraid to look at you , afraid to come to you that night in case I saw fear or revulsion in your eyes . ’ |
| 2 | then when I was in the kitchen I saw Mr go to your door later |
| 3 | When one kneels on the seat I see heels cracked like earth and , on some , toes that seem almost to be growing together like tubers . |
| 4 | The crowd parted and shifted a little and through the gap I saw Julius Apollo Filmer , another murderer , beginning frightfully nice to a not-so-old lady , Daffodil Quentin . |
| 5 | In the alternate pink and blue light I saw trays full of forceps and scalers , mouth lamps , mirrors and drills and two trolleys with more of them . |
| 6 | From the front window I saw Jo climb into the BMW and as the interior light went on , I could make out the shape of the man driving . |
| 7 | But both the McLaren girl and the coach disappeared the second I saw John Russell . |
| 8 | That night in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary I saw Moira , with five cracked ribs and cuts over her eye and on her leg , and she told me what had happened . |
| 9 | Shuttlecock is the only sport I saw teenagers playing . |
| 10 | As I left the pen I saw Mr Stokill dragging a large object over the cobbles . |
| 11 | I have n't read the question I saw V equals and I thought it was velocity . |
| 12 | From the first moment I saw Inverness Doogie and his Welsh wife , Miranda , I had them down as a sort of suicidal Sonny and Cher . |
| 13 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw Natalie stand up , salute and begin to silently mouth the words of the Promise ! |
| 14 | From the corner of my eye I saw Nigger retreat a couple of paw lengths , perhaps to get a better run at me . |
| 15 | From the corner of my eye I see Walter return and realise with a start that the person accompanying him enswathed in a black bournous is Marianne . |
| 16 | At one point I saw Bunny write something , probably her ‘ phone number , on a drip mat and slip it into the back pocket of his jeans . |
| 17 | At one point I see Andy standing staring out the windows of the lounge , towards the dark loch , his eyes wide . |
| 18 | The combination was the complete marriage : ‘ Through the picture I see reality ; through the word I understand it . ’ |
| 19 | I remember an all-black room I saw years ago which has always stuck in my mind : black velvet walls , black carpet , ebony table and chairs , black lacquer side table . |
| 20 | From the window ledge in the living room I saw men dressed in dark clothes and wearing dark hats knocking on all the doors in the street . |
| 21 | After a while I saw Nour standing on the low wall gleaming naked in the dark light , looking defenceless and young . |
| 22 | And then I sat and watched everyone very closely , and after a while I saw Finn chewing and chewing , and then he swallowed it . ’ |
| 23 | In a while I saw Heathcliff walking through the gate . |
| 24 | The next day I saw Lily and told her I was going to volunteer . |
| 25 | ‘ During 11 months on remand I saw people go on trial every day but never anyone win . |
| 26 | I see now narrow mindedness I see the deathedness I see suspicion of other communities I see jealousies . |
| 27 | One morning I saw Mrs Goreng 's chauffeur grinning as he went about his chore of servicing the jeep . |
| 28 | Across the dining-room I saw Humber whisper something to one of the junior sisters and that sister nod in reply . |
| 29 | In my role I see people suffer like you 'll never see and you call that pain . |
| 30 | I see it fantastically in the pages of books I read and in a true sense I see life through the leaves of the willow tree . |