Example sentences of "[pron] saw [pron] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw her watching the girl for the longest time and finally she said , " Are those Indian beads ? " |
| 2 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 3 | ‘ When I managed to get upright I saw him cocking the gun again , thought he was going to shoot me again and moved towards him to defend myself . ’ |
| 4 | I saw him driving the other day , tell you that ? |
| 5 | I heard the ambulance and the police cars and I saw them putting the man into the ambulance and trying to resuscitate him and driving away . |
| 6 | I saw myself leaving the room , packing a suitcase , writing a note . |
| 7 | She saw him passing the day in a cloud of dreams . |
| 8 | Cos she saw me putting the corn in and she decided she 'd try and get it by diving through the black net instead of going through the gate , like with a normal hen , you know , this one 's obviously brain dead or |
| 9 | She would patrol the class , a wooden foot ruler at the ready in her hand , if she saw you holding the pen incorrectly , down came the ruler on your knuckles . |
| 10 | Detective Constable Keetly was one of several officers who saw him searching the banks of the river near the spot where the car disappeared . |
| 11 | The appellant was detained by a booking clerk who saw him putting the coins into the machine . |
| 12 | They have drawn out the magical circle simply to trap the adventurers , when they saw them approaching the area . |
| 13 | But he did reconsider next day , when he saw her watching the passage of the porter from the refectory before noon , and following him with her eyes as he turned in between infirmary and schoolroom , where the two small stony cells were built into the angle of the wall , close to the wicket that led through to the mill and the pond . |
| 14 | He left her to go to the kitchen , began to run the tap , then heard her rise , to dash from the parlour — not , he hoped , to leave the house ; but , going after her , he saw her mounting the stairs to her room , to be away from him , simply because he was , for the moment at least , no longer Dr Neil , but only another member of the sex which had betrayed her . |
| 15 | He saw her examining the bed . |