Example sentences of "[coord] see [noun prp] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they dragged her away from the flaming Audi , she had turned and seen Adam lying on the road , shielding himself . |
| 2 | Dane O'Hara probably still wakes up at night and sees Ferguson oscillating in front of him . |
| 3 | In the event Clinton won the New York contest comfortably , and saw Brown beaten into third place by Paul Tsongas who had already withdrawn from the contest . |
| 4 | Mildred looked up and saw Maud swooping over the gates , waving her hat in the air . |
| 5 | Alexandra looked over and saw Felicity listening with attention . |
| 6 | Once Tam darted a terrified glance over his shoulder and saw Kim sprawled across the writing-table ; white faced and trembling from head to toe , he had his eyes closed and his fists were clenched tight as he summoned up every last ounce of courage in his eleven-year-old body to endure his father 's beating without weeping or crying out . |
| 7 | Julia opened her eyes again and saw Comfort looking around her as though she expected to see men in white coats with a stretcher appearing through the walls . |
| 8 | She had expected to find them both still in bed , and was surprised by the noises from the kitchen , but she poked her head round the door and saw Maggie sitting at the kitchen table eating Weetabix in a reassuringly healthy way . |
| 9 | She looked round once and saw Adam stumbling after her with Liban , his face set in a wild , burning stare . |
| 10 | Ruth looked , and saw Adam had at last reacted to something ; he was crouched low in his corner , eyes set on Jake . |
| 11 | My Cid looked back and saw Alvar Salvadores beside him , and he said , go now , take two hundred horse , and sally upon yonder Moors who are entering the gardens ; let Doña Ximena and her daughters see the good will you have to serve them . |
| 12 | He turned his head and saw Hrun crouched by the pit , his sword a blur as it hacked at the tentacles racing out towards him . |
| 13 | I looked up and saw Jamila hurrying towards me in black T-shirt and white shorts . |
| 14 | Hearing a sound behind her , she turned and saw Nathan approaching from the bow . |
| 15 | His name was called , and he turned his head and saw Lavinia waving at him from the porch . |
| 16 | Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit . |
| 17 | And as I fled I looked back and saw Gorias die into the dark behind me ; the gold towers of Paradise sank like fading flames . ’ |
| 18 | Midnight opened his eyes and saw Jess surrounded by a fuzz of sunlight . |
| 19 | As he got into the car he heard a shout and saw Cissie running down the track towards him , disregarding the mud which splashed up over her legs as she ran . |
| 20 | ‘ Then Rodney came over and the two of us went into the back yard and saw Siobhan screaming for help out of a bedroom widow . ’ |
| 21 | I looked up and saw Emily looking at her mum in consternation . |
| 22 | ‘ I was coming back from the shops and saw Frankie dodging between parked cars , ’ Monica said yesterday . |
| 23 | Dexter looked back and saw Russell drain off the last drops of his lager . |
| 24 | Corbett looked away and gazed around ; the room had grown larger ; he turned and saw Thomas smiling at him as if through a haze . |
| 25 | He turned and saw Tock bent over the handle . |
| 26 | I glanced back and saw MacLane clambering onto the running board of an already growling squad car , holding the tommy gun one-armed . |
| 27 | She looked up and saw Felipe lying at the top , head and shoulders over the drop , and Mitch joined him as she was still looking dazedly upwards . |
| 28 | She looked up and saw O'Hara staring at her over Babs Osborne 's heaving shoulders . |
| 29 | Bathsheba was standing near them , and saw Boldwood coming towards her . |