Example sentences of "[pron] saw [prep] the [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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1 | I saw from the clock that Ben had run 10.03 , not as fast as Carl , who had gone below ten seconds again . |
2 | But I saw in the newspaper that , in three weeks , the new young King , Rudolf the Fifth , would have his coronation . |
3 | Later I saw in the mirror that the shape of his palm and fingers was etched in dark red on my skin . |
4 | Indeed , we saw at the beginning that this was the principal reason for culture in the first place : it was a means of containing such anti-social antagonisms in what was , for a gelada-like hominid , a novel mode of subsistence which demanded considerable social cooperation , altruism and restraint . |
5 | He saw from the look that crossed Tuathal 's face that he was understood , even before he himself tossed someone his reins and , dismounting , walked down through the men , rallying them ; stopping to talk to the wounded ; lifting from the food-baskets some bread and a piece of mutton in passing . |
6 | he saw from the start that Piggy was a clever boy with many qualities , and he did not care about what Piggy looked like , but he knew as well that Piggy was evil like the rest of them . |
7 | It was not as easy as that because , when he put his head forward , he saw in the mirror that he was still lifting his chest and arching his back . |
8 | He was so moved by what he saw inside the orphange that he felt he had to do something to give the children a better start . |