Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] see a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 2 | In the past I 'd seen a fair bit of Lloyd . |
| 3 | At one point in an art gallery , I turned to see a formidable-looking woman dragging her recalcitrant husband and children in my direction . |
| 4 | I turned to see a large black dog on top of Mark , its tongue hanging out and a coy expression on its face . |
| 5 | I began seeing a Freudian analyst . |
| 6 | I went to see a leading Evangelical Bible teacher . |
| 7 | It shook me up and I went to see a social worker who was visiting our local family centre , but that just made things worse . |
| 8 | So this is the same idea and if there 's a star Something that I did see a wee while ago , I saw a f a light very close down to the horizon and I said I 've never seen a star so bright way down there . |
| 9 | and er you see and , and anyway I finished up my holiday and the sergeant said , he kept his promise and er sent me a report over the newspaper , you see , and er and of course and I liked the Isle of Man , you know , I went for trips around the island and various places and er , and I did see a Manx cat |
| 10 | During the review I had been to Switzerland where I had seen a compulsory occupational scheme successfully in operation . |
| 11 | While Stok was talking I had seen a familiar figure enter the door . |
| 12 | And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know . |
| 13 | I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye . |
| 14 | I told her that once , going into church , I had seen a kind young priest christening a very nice baby . |
| 15 | Just in front of me I had seen a large shell-crater , an old one . |
| 16 | The last time I had seen a white rose had been in that filthy room in the Tower . |
| 17 | The ground became firm for a few hundred yards and I ran , my eyes taking in every dot on the horizon , looking for that familiar yellow speck , but I missed seeing a sandy hollow right under my nose . |
| 18 | Eventually I went along to the British Association of Psychotherapists , where I was assessed and asked if I wanted to see a male or a female therapist . |
| 19 | I awoke to see a German N.C.O. with a ginger moustache looking curiously round the open door of my cell . |
| 20 | She got to see a grizzly bear , skunks and chipmunks . |
| 21 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 22 | Ever since she 'd seen a real arachnid close up she shuddered just at the word . |
| 23 | ‘ What about going to a movie ? ’ he added , asking if she 'd seen a French film which had opened in London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 24 | She seemed to see a distant future in which she and Tom were together in their own home , a house where music was made , and with perhaps their own children . |
| 25 | After many days there was a movement behind her and she turned to see a strange-shaped man , crouching , watching . |
| 26 | She turned to see a tall athletic man smiling at her . |
| 27 | She has been spreading the Comic Relief message since she went to see a Comic Relief project for homeless young people in London two years ago . |
| 28 | She told the audience how she had seen a new state-of-the-art ambulance which was only for use by private patients but staffed and paid for by the NHS . |
| 29 | Yet an American girl came here , who 'd crossed the mountains , and there she had seen a teeny bearded man wearing a black serge suit . |
| 30 | Just about the last thing she wanted to see a noisy film all about Rock ‘ n Roll . |