Example sentences of "she saw a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Another resident , Williamine Dyson , 65 , who looked after spare keys for the holiday home , said yesterday she saw a man lingering near the base at the end of August and then walking up Campbell Road . |
| 3 | Suddenly far above her head she saw a little shaft of light . |
| 4 | My Jamaican friend , if she saw a coloured girl being beaten , she would run to help her . |
| 5 | She looked across the hall and visibly relaxed as she saw a man moving swiftly down the staircase . |
| 6 | And then , miraculously , through the gap in the outbuildings , she saw a familiar , reassuring figure galloping up the track , with his clothes all huddled on anyhow and his hair unbrushed . |
| 7 | She saw a black labrador paddle out of one of the breakwater pools and shake itself , in a flurry of spray . |
| 8 | She saw a look of real dislike cross Mrs Browning 's face , quickly followed by an expression of exasperation . |
| 9 | The moment that red ball began to flatten , she sat on a rock and strained to see along the flat road , along the plain leading to Siena , and sure enough she saw a black dot which grew larger and became a single horse and then she stood up and began to run towards it , waving and shouting . |
| 10 | ‘ To Lucinda ’ , because of its date , is an important indication that she saw a need to tone down her protests as she approached a polite readership . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Presently she saw a dark shape in the distance . |
| 13 | It was a long time before she saw anything that would explain the curious horse call ; then she saw a notice-board standing up , gaunt and solitary , ahead of her , and she hurried towards it . |
| 14 | She saw a flicker of shame in his eyes . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | The reason became apparent when she saw a young female come into breeding condition . |
| 17 | Then she saw a thin trail of smoke rising from her sister 's clothing , and smelt the dry odour of smouldering cloth . |
| 18 | But she saw a twinkle in his eyes , and her lips twitched . |
| 19 | Since the age of seventeen , Margaret had regarded her body as a tradeable commodity ; she saw a fortnightly meeting between the sheets with an elderly bookmaker as an investment , a means to an end . |
| 20 | She saw a quiet serious face , large dark eyes , well-marked brows , sober clothes . |
| 21 | Looking again , however , she saw a subtle difference , as though her father possessed some quality which had been omitted in the forming of his youngest son . |
| 22 | One day , much to Dustin 's irritation , she asked the driver of the limo that was taking the two of them back to Manhattan to stop because she saw a wishing star in the sky . |
| 23 | Then , as she entered Eldercombe Village , she saw a pile of droppings in the middle of the road . |
| 24 | She saw a tall woman in the mirror , shapely , body closely covered by a black leotard scooped deeply at the neck . |
| 25 | A neighbour who did not give evidence at the trial of Lisa and Michelle Taylor has said she saw a girl resembling Alison , 21 , arrive home at 6pm on the night she was stabbed . |
| 26 | Now she saw a different , more pleasing aspect of the fortress . |
| 27 | When Psyche lighted the lamp , she expected to see a beast , but she saw a god . |
| 28 | She saw a lift in the lace curtain and wondered whether Billy had his woman with him . |
| 29 | Then Kier tells us about the time she saw a UFO . |
| 30 | She saw a skull beneath her skin , but the image meant nothing , although somehow she thought it should . |