Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then I saw the keeper struggling . |
| 2 | ‘ I saw the girl lying on the sidewalk with blood gushing from her head . |
| 3 | ‘ As I turned the corner I saw the flag flying at half-mast and the meaning of it came like a flash . ’ |
| 4 | I saw the signpost pointing along the road like a warning finger . |
| 5 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the Queen watching us and talking to the Director . |
| 6 | I saw the cat hanging from a tree and a man beating it with a stick . |
| 7 | It was a warm night and I saw the moon shining on the sea as I told my story . |
| 8 | Then the lights went up and I saw the chucker-out standing over us . |
| 9 | It was unavoidable ; I saw the story unfolding minute by minute at work . |
| 10 | According to Gawley , Dunlop had agreed to make alterations to the gear box immediately after the North West race but he added : ‘ When I got to the pits at the North West immediately after the 125 class had been run off , I saw the bike lying there with no-one attending to it . |
| 11 | That went gradually , as I saw the cancer beating him , saw his skin stretched over his bones , saw the pallor creep over him . |
| 12 | As it also happens to be the only drinker on the Cherwell until you get to Islip , the murderous conspiracies and dark plots which so excite the Kidlington Kops amount to nothing more than the fact that when I opened my curtains that morning I saw the sun shining in a cloudless blue sky and decided to go for the longest and most pleasant of the river walks open to me . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw the policeman arguing with the man and then I saw him being stabbed . |
| 14 | ‘ There was no way I could have got out of the car when I saw the lorry coming towards me , ’ Adam , 26 , said yesterday . |
| 15 | ‘ I pulled my head up , feeling confused but amazed that I was still alive because when I saw the lorry coming towards me I honestly thought I had had it . |
| 16 | I saw the plant growing happily in a garden in Virginia , and I brought back a cutting … |
| 17 | But it was very premature , and I 'm very I was very sorry that they 'd taken this step , but very , very pleased when I saw the result coming out , and I 'm do congratulate them on their common sense there that they were prepared to put the opting out aside and were looking seriously and sensibly into the tertiary college consultations . |
| 18 | I saw the dog crossing a clearing . |
| 19 | As I saw the circle moving in on Alfred , I realised that that voice had been his . |
| 20 | Marcus was doubled over and I saw the woman tumbling backwards . |
| 21 | I held Elizabeth close , and as I held her , I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room . |
| 22 | I looked out of the window and I saw the postman delivering letters . |
| 23 | And then , to add to my pleasure , I saw the postman coming up the path . |
| 24 | Based upon a systematic analysis of 1971 and 1981 Census small area statistics , this study seeks to document social and economic changes in Aberdeen and its suburbs during a period which saw the city becoming a major international centre for the oil industry . |
| 25 | She stood with the door open behind her , so that the order of the hall could be properly seen ; she saw the policewoman taking it in . |
| 26 | As he ran she saw the man working the gun into the front of his overalls , and she saw him also , with his free hand , drag the woollen cap back down across his forehead . |
| 27 | It was there that she saw the man lying on the plastic strips of an off-white metal reclining chair beside the pool , which was undoubtedly smaller than it had looked in the photograph . |
| 28 | He looked up when he heard her , and Fran felt a ripple of heat curl along her veins when she saw the smile curving his lips . |
| 29 | She ran from him , nightmare panic making her breathing and heartbeat echo down the long tree-lined path until she saw the moon shining through a stained-glass window of the garden of Eden . |
| 30 | Too frightened to brave the front of the hotel , she found the staff stairs to escape by , and she hid behind a peculiarly luscious tropical plant until she saw the porter waiting perplexedly beside the taxi she 'd ordered . |