Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [noun sg] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None has arrived but if his death took place as I saw the angel pass I would not hear from my sister Ellen for some time . |
| 2 | I was told not to push then , and I saw the midwife go to cut the cord , and finally it clicked what all the fuss had been about . |
| 3 | After that we would go to Tahiti , and I saw the excitement grow in Ellen as she realised that these plans were so close to coming true . |
| 4 | In Susan 's eyes , I saw the music take hold . |
| 5 | I said I saw the boy come over the |
| 6 | Wednesday , I 'd got Michael outside in the pushchair , coat on and I think I 'd just come down from the loo and I saw the car pull up I quickly ran and got me coat on oh I , I 'll come with you she said , so she come shopping with me . |
| 7 | Commenting on its fiscal 1993 figures , which saw the company soar through the $2,000m sales mark for the year ( see page five ) Dell Computer Corp said cash and investments totalled $95m at January 31 , down from $155m at the beginning of the fiscal year , but the company added a new $200m revolving line of credit with nine multinational banks ; it invested $47m in capital expenditures over the course of the year , primarily in telecommunications , facilities expansion and systems . |
| 8 | He was blamed for being too lax a disciplinarian , and indeed for the defeat on the snap ‘ cordite ’ vote on 21 June 1895 which saw the government resign . |
| 9 | Yesterday 's meeting , which saw the group change its name from Ferranti International Signal to Ferranti International , also approved changes in its articles designed to prevent it breaching borrowing powers as a result of the decimation of its equity base by the £215million write-off . |
| 10 | His story was not used in any British newspapers , but the real backlash came when How I Won the War was screened at the Pavilion Cinema in London 's West End , in October 1967 , exactly twenty-five years after the battle of El Alamein , which saw the war begin to swing in Britain 's favour . |
| 11 | As his eyes went back to the old lady , she saw the smile turn on again , and quick suspicion kindled in her breast . |
| 12 | Over the years she saw the section expand from handling only one company to its present total of 29 , involving 50 members of staff . |
| 13 | Then her eyes stretched wide as she saw the doctor take a syringe out of his bag . |
| 14 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 15 | Deborah Ford told ambulance officers she saw the shark take her husband , John . |
| 16 | He disentangled himself from Madra before dawn to share his watch with Bicker , and the two of them saw the sun come up . |
| 17 | It was therefore with surprise that they saw the coach draw up bearing the Lassiter coat of arms . |
| 18 | Halfway across he imagined the water there again , he saw the lake fill up , some ghost of the ocean haunting him , and shuddered at the thought of drowning in such loneliness , in such heat . |
| 19 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw the stretcher give a great jump . |
| 20 | Now , as the light leached back into the world , he saw the door open at the head of the steps and a figure appear . |
| 21 | Insp Peter Clarke told the jury that he drove past Mrs Wilks , who was pregnant , after he saw the man pull on to the hard shoulder , towards a telephone box where she was making an SOS call to police headquarters . |
| 22 | Time slowed to a crawl for Howard , as he saw the gun swing up , its wielder moving a half step forward and a half turn round . |
| 23 | He held the paper in both hands and he saw the paper waver in front of his spectacles . |
| 24 | Jinkwa thought he saw the parasite raise its weapon in a puny gesture of defiance . |
| 25 | In the majority of cases the conveyance will be a motor car and the ‘ taking ’ is proved by a witness stating that he saw the defendant take the car , or by an admission to that effect by the defendant . |
| 26 | It whined deep in its throat , as though in pain , and he saw the body grow paler as the fur sloughed away into nothing . |