Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] saw [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know that Terry saw it happen ? ’ |
| 2 | At a speed that neither could match Louisa and Horrocks saw him hasten back down the lake . |
| 3 | He was half turned towards her , and Maria saw him lift a hand and watched it move towards her , coming to rest against her bare midriff , warm fingers shaping themselves lightly to its gentle curve . |
| 4 | But only a small group of teachers and parents saw it get underway . |
| 5 | But he did not engage the jackdaws and Hazel saw him pick up another carrot and start back with it . |
| 6 | Nick was some way along the line , at the bend where the track curved round the mountain and Carrie saw him put his hands over his ears as the train blew its whistle . |
| 7 | He paused , and Isobel saw him glance up at Jean-Paul slyly . |
| 8 | I saw at once that there were three chairs at the dinner-table ; and Conchis saw me see . |
| 9 | Immediately the little mountain tribesmen , who seemed to have stepped straight out of the sepia photographs in his history book , began unloading the baggage , and Joseph saw them take their crossbows and arrows from the carts and carry them to their own huts a hundred yards away along the riverbank … |
| 10 | He walked down the staircase , his shoulders bowed as if by a great weight , and Kate saw him pull himself erect . |
| 11 | It was born on a Sunday afternoon and Carrie and Albert and Nick saw it happen . |
| 12 | ‘ There is no doubt , the prosecution suggests , that this young defendant must have realised what had happened , but witnesses saw him accelerate away . ’ |
| 13 | The madman shook his head and stared at the bear but Athelstan saw him blink away the tears which pricked his madcap eyes . |
| 14 | Wishart was waiting for him , sitting behind his long , polished table almost as if he had not moved since Corbett saw him last . |
| 15 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |
| 16 | When Fagin saw them enter , he rose to his feet . |
| 17 | As Julie saw him reach for the doorbell a third time she opened the door and eased it back to the extent of the chain . |