Example sentences of "[subord] he see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he heard of the disappearance of Mrs Wilks , 22 , he drove back down the motorway and noted the marker post number where he saw the car . |
| 2 | One day the Works Manager and Chief Officer ( Mr Mason ) had occasion to go round the Old Road , where he saw the horses and gig tethered outside the Locomotive Inn ( now the Galleon ) . |
| 3 | The first he knew of it was a warning call from high above where he saw the angry silhouette of a golden eagle stooping . |
| 4 | He slept well that night , getting up early to climb the wet , mildewed stairs to the top of the church tower where he saw the stars clear in the skies , studying their alignment before they faded with the dawn . |
| 5 | Mr Gyles Brandreth , the broadcaster , won in Chester , although he saw the Tory majority cut almost five-fold to 1,101 . |
| 6 | Once he saw the fellows with white coats , that 's why he ran |
| 7 | ‘ Binding on me , that is , ’ said Neil , ‘ though the buyer , once he sees the property , may still withdraw . ’ |
| 8 | It seemed to give him a purpose which , up until he saw the sign , he had n't had . |
| 9 | It seemed to Creggan that she was surrounded by a powerful diffused light until he saw the mist was thinning and the sun beginning to shine . |
| 10 | He progressed north-east , using the uplift warily at first but then with increasing confidence , soaring round and round in its rising power and powering forward for miles , until he saw the hills begin to falter ahead and the ground to flatten unpromisingly . |
| 11 | As the sun was rising the next morning , Gabriel waited outside his hut until he saw the young woman riding up the hill . |
| 12 | Paul turned Joseph 's head gently in both hands until he saw the deer . |
| 13 | Where there had been one figure faintly outlined in the frame of the staging there were now two — one large , obviously Jotan , and one much smaller , a child Alexei thought until he saw the muscular build and shortened legs and realised that Jotan had caught a dwarf . |
| 14 | The place was pretty full , and he hesitated until he saw the empty bench at my table . |
| 15 | The King grasped his wrist tightly , squeezing hard , not satisfied until he saw the Frenchman wince . |
| 16 | Woolley side-slipped and fell behind it , then climbed and injected a long burst into its belly , searching forwards until he saw the bullets slashing up between the wing-roots . |
| 17 | How could they have known he was going to that cinema when he had n't known himself until he saw the name at the station ? |
| 18 | It is not until he sees the motto ‘ Quit you like men ’ on the Vallens tombs in Flavonia that ‘ the burden of fear and foreboding slipped from him ’ and he sees the task before him not as that of a king struggling after an impossible ideal but as that of a man playing a man 's part : |
| 19 | It was my heart that broke when he went , yet I never had him searched for ; I durs n't think what 'd come , if he saw the lad now . |
| 20 | The offworlder 's eyes were troubled , as if he saw the whole past of his kind moving before him . |
| 21 | Please believe that , at least , ’ she finished brokenly , not caring now if he saw the naked pleading in her eyes . |
| 22 | Fabbiano would not mind if he saw the girls beginning to blend in with the guests . |
| 23 | If he sees the price differing much from 36s. he expects that a change will come before long , and by anticipating it he helps it to come quickly . [ … ] |
| 24 | ‘ Lately , he 's been very much in love because he saw the April issue of Dogs Today with Julian Clary 's dog , Fanny , on the cover . |
| 25 | Perhaps the man was excited because he saw the chance of making more money , Kirov rejected , in the hope that reminding himself of the mercenary side of the Jew 's character might make his job a little easier . |
| 26 | He realized that because he saw the new world in the people 's eyes ; and if the populace wanted change , then there could be no return to what had been . |
| 27 | He flailed for balance with his sabre arm , then screamed because he saw the heavy sword coming at his throat . |
| 28 | Some forms of psychotherapy are based on the work of Reich , an analyst who gave up ‘ talking ’ therapy because he saw the possibility of releasing emotional tension locked into the body , and making faster contact with the sources of conflict that cause pain and distress . |
| 29 | Brunel made the broad gauge because he saw the advantage of stability , and making extra room for passengers |
| 30 | Initially , used the effect to entertain children at the Leukaemia unit in St Bartholomew 's hospital , but when he found that scientists also were taking interest , he founded the Magic Penny Society , partly because he sees the new pennies as an excellent educational toy to excite children 's interest in science . |