Example sentences of "see a figure " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sharp eyes had seen a figure moving in the darkness in front of us , and as the man came closer , I could see that it was indeed Stapleton . |
| 2 | Nigger could vaguely see a figure sitting on the stone slab on the left hand side of the small room . |
| 3 | On approaching the pub they could see a figure in a black T-shirt with white lettering through the opaque glass of the gents ' toilet . |
| 4 | He could see a figure within the Lift detach itself from the group and glance quickly in his direction . |
| 5 | He thought he could see a figure moving in front of him . |
| 6 | Two years ago , Capitol police reported seeing a figure who looked like Senator Thomas Hart Benton — thought to have left the premises in 1855 — sitting at his old desk in an historical display . |
| 7 | Occupied in their garden on a June day in 1797 , they looked up to see a figure standing in a gateway at the top of the gentle slope one hundred yards from the mansion . |
| 8 | ‘ There was enough light from the moon and from the light in the house to see a figure . ’ |
| 9 | A sound caused her to jump slightly and she half turned to see a figure silhouetted in the doorway . |
| 10 | She sauntered back to the view and Miss Blandish , but swept her sunglasses on with instinctive irritation as she saw a figure on the next balcony . |
| 11 | He could hear the faint sounds of footsteps and , straining his eyes , saw a figure moving slowly in the distance . |
| 12 | But as we continued on to the broad plateau of Geal-Charn , not named on the ordnance survey map , we saw a figure in the distance . |
| 13 | I was about to take off my load and leave the heap of pine-needles for someone else to find in the morning when I saw a figure approaching in the distance . |
| 14 | Mr Hayden looked up from his writing and saw a figure dressed in old-fashioned clothes reminiscent of the style worn at the turn of the century and his expression was one of sadness . |
| 15 | He went to the top of the steps and looked around , he could n't see anyone or anything untoward ; he looked out of the window and he thought he saw a figure on or around the track . |
| 16 | For a moment he thought he saw a figure at the far end , waiting , but that was from the nightmare , too , just a trick of the light and the fog . |
| 17 | She saw a figure lying on the ground and O'Hara holding Geoffrey 's arms behind his back . |
| 18 | I stopped to look round , and saw a figure jump quickly behind a tree . |
| 19 | Eventually we saw a figure coming slowly towards us , clearly visible because the sky , as if by a miracle , had started to clear and a brilliant moon had appeared . |
| 20 | He saw a figure that was himself , the villain of his peepshow . |
| 21 | Then one morning I saw a figure coming towards me faster than any man could go . |
| 22 | You thought you saw a figure entering the front door of the Rectory . ’ |
| 23 | She began to say , ‘ Thank God … ’ then halted , as the door swung open and she saw a figure momentarily silhouetted against the pale evening light . |
| 24 | He saw a figure moving towards him , and felt himself pushed , with great force , into a wall . |
| 25 | No , not until the until we opened the door , gave that quick check and then I saw a figure or figures in the bed . |
| 26 | Around the corner of the building he saw a figure on a bike speeding away . |
| 27 | I presently see a figure approaching from a hundred yards off , up the middle of the street : a tall young woman , in a close white cap , and a short frock of lilac cotton , and coarse sack-cloth apron , and strong boots . |