Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after a few minutes I saw the creature 's body begin to move . |
| 2 | Suddenly , in the moonlight , I saw the monster 's awful face looking at me . |
| 3 | In horror she saw the guerrilla 's hand go to the knife at his belt . |
| 4 | Then she saw the man 's face through the open mouth and immediately turned her head away so that she appeared to be looking at something of consuming interest outside the window . |
| 5 | She saw the man 's eyes , staring round the side of the dune towards the sea . |
| 6 | She saw the prince 's chamberlain lean out and speak to his waiting page . |
| 7 | In her mind 's eye she saw the assassin 's mouth open and close , and on them read the syllables of her name . |
| 8 | It sounded nonsense to Jinny , but she saw the boy 's face go pale . |
| 9 | She looked between his legs , but all was shadow there until he turned towards her and she saw the snake 's head loom . |
| 10 | Rosie handed the doll to her new employer , who when she saw the doll 's broken face flashed a look of pure hatred at the child before her . |
| 11 | Suddenly , to Sophie 's alarm , she saw the hippo 's mouth open again and his jaws close round Robert 's boot . |
| 12 | Her first impulse , therefore , when she saw the vicar 's sister-in-law , Penelope , walking from the underground station just in front of her was to hurry past and pretend she had n't seen her . |
| 13 | For from her mirror she saw the driver 's door of the Mercedes open and a tall , aristocratic man step out . |
| 14 | Then she saw the woman 's arms reach out from the doorway and pull the man back to her , and take him with her into the shadows again . |
| 15 | Sadly there is no description of the Princess at this period ; the only proper account of Roshanara to survive dates from very late on in her life ; it was written by Bernier , who saw the Princess 's marvellous train on its way from Delhi — perhaps from this garden — to Kashmir to escape the summer heat : |
| 16 | He is the only one who saw the monk 's face , by the altar lamp as they lifted the reliquary . |
| 17 | But they reckoned without the mood of the chairmen , who saw the committee 's proposal as an intolerable and misguided interference in the detail of their management policy . |
| 18 | Many Bank Assistant members who saw the Association 's Submission to the Labour Court commented that it contained a case which was irresistible . |
| 19 | Anyone who saw the woman 's silver-coloured Fiesta on Saturday or who may have seen the man thumbing a lift in the Northwich area , should contact Greater Manchester Police on 061 871 5050 . |
| 20 | One of these er , I suppose it 'd be a ballpoint or whatever you call it and this , I 've still got it , it says on the Queen Elizabeth , see , and er , you see , we said , we said , well never mind very much , we can have something a snack afterwards and so we stayed on there from eleven o'clock in the morning until three in the afternoon , you see , and er er and we were wandering around and we saw the dining room , we saw the captain 's table and er , you know it was , and , and then we looked along one deck , we were high up , and down below there were rows of , rows of lifeboats in case you see |
| 21 | A black flipper gave the game away , and then we saw the diver 's head . |
| 22 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 23 | There is no doubt that Unionists believed in what they were doing or that they saw the government 's actions as justifying their responses . |
| 24 | She then contacted any other service-providers who appeared to be involved with the client , to ask them what help they were providing , and how they saw the client 's needs . |
| 25 | As he told Wolf he saw the mission 's task ‘ as one of formulating a constructive program of aid to help prevent in Southeast Asia a repetition of the circumstances leading to the fall of China ’ . |
| 26 | He saw the girl 's smooth face like a polished fruit pucker with pain . |
| 27 | He saw the screw 's boots , too , and struggled to his knees . |
| 28 | He saw the Frenchman 's small moustache above the bared teeth . |
| 29 | Parson James Woodforde must have thought the throne was already shaking when , as he described in his diary on 29 October 1795 , he saw the prince 's father being grossly insulted as he drove in the state coach through St James 's Park . |
| 30 | He looked round sharply then exhaled deeply when he saw the man 's face peering in at him . |