Example sentences of "[verb] he saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The tears gathered more thickly in his eyes and in the partial darkness he imagined he saw the form of a young man standing under a dripping tree . |
2 | When the clerk returned he saw the letter , glanced at the door , in an attempt to see who had left it , then slotted it neatly into one of the pigeon holes behind him . |
3 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
4 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
5 | As he collapsed he saw the Doctor being pummelled by the mob . |
6 | What he did he saw he saw the method and saw well this is quite neat . |
7 | He thought he saw the girl again , but he could not be sure . |
8 | As she came out again Cormack thought he saw the man from the pier at the far side of the car park beside a small green car . |
9 | Jinkwa thought he saw the parasite raise its weapon in a puny gesture of defiance . |
10 | The only other sighting we 've had was a farm worker who thought he saw the car up towards Cumbermound about nine . |
11 | But then the faint brows began to lift ; and Alistair thought he saw the light of recognition . |
12 | ( One must presume he saw the answer had to be one half of 100 x 101 . ) |
13 | As she did he saw the ring on the third finger of her left hand ; the large diamond sparkled brightly . |
14 | Ken said he saw the play in the way he saw all comedy ‘ like a ball being thrown from one place to another ’ . |
15 | He said he saw the boy being thrown through the air on impact , and the car crossed in front of the lorry , mounted the pavement and stopped on the foreshore . |
16 | ‘ But it was n't me ’ Rab said he saw the money : four pounds for what ? |
17 | One diplomat said he saw the referendum , proposed by an important ally of President Corazon Aquino , as ‘ a way to manoeuvre around the Senate block , to isolate the Senate as an elite that is unresponsive to public opinion ’ . |
18 | One unidentified man told radio said he saw the plane flying northward very near the ground . |
19 | One of them Michael Huskison , who took photographs of the incident , said he saw the horse whipped at least 15 times . |