Example sentences of "[noun sg] she see a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves .
2 At a turn in the corridor she saw a picture she remembered , a ship at sea , and under the waves a chariot racing from a previous painting .
3 Out of the corner of her eye she saw a man in a white coat floundering through the snow towards them , and in some intuitive way this increased her anxiety to be off .
4 I mean there was a classic case a couple of years ago of a lady who was pushing a baby in a pram across a zebra crossing and as she was half way across out of the corner of her eye she saw a truck thundering towards her which was quite clearly was n't going to stop and that you know a sort of fairly anxious situation , and she froze .
5 Mrs Swales told the court she saw a lot of shouting and arguing , but she did not intervene or try to get involved .
6 When she arrived at the theatre that night she saw a note pinned up at the stage door stating that it had come to the management 's notice that a Girl had been flying , which was forbidden !
7 Through a half-open door she saw a glimmer of white and stiffened , nauseated , as she saw Melanie over Penry 's shoulder , her face held up to his in impassioned invitation .
8 At the mortuary door she saw a police sergeant talking to Dennis , the duty nurse .
9 Turning the next corner she saw a hole in the roof , where the sunlight was streaming in .
10 Now that his face had regained its shape she saw a seriousness in it which implied a steadiness she liked .
11 Opening the door a crack she saw a man in a clerical collar and a woman beside him .
12 Then Kier tells us about the time she saw a UFO .
13 Through the ground-floor window of one house she saw a room lined with dusty books .
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