Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 2 | I saw the two young people put extra food on the blind man 's plate , although they were hungry themselves . |
| 3 | His body rolled away and uncovered the blood-spattered broken body of my poor dead sister , and even as I raised my hand to my mouth to stifle the scream , I saw the vicious green lizard dart into her hair . |
| 4 | I saw the largest bare belly I 'd ever seen in life . |
| 5 | Then there was another , and others behind it , and I saw the long bare tail like a whip , the narrow head , the yellow teeth that seemed too big for the jaws , the glittering red eyes . |
| 6 | To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone . |
| 7 | I saw the huge dark shape of the coach with its driver on top and its four fine grey horses . |
| 8 | I remember thinking that the soldier had a face now , and though his head remained slobbering in her breast when I plunged the blade through the thick khaki , I saw the sudden sharp pain jolt through his eyes . |
| 9 | She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her . |
| 10 | Brown Owl made a sympathetic noise when she saw the two huge blisters . |
| 11 | Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the straight black line of a squall bearing down on them . |
| 12 | In the distance she heard the faint sounds of voices from the pool , and her dazed eyes rested on the green palm trees out on the terrace , while the dim light of the courtyard shut out the horrors of the morning , and she saw the gleaming white tower of a mosque against the deep sky and the far-off mountains , just as they had looked in the travel brochures . |
| 13 | His ribcage had lifted , expanding his chest , and she saw the dark golden hair running in a faint line down to his waist . |
| 14 | She saw the dark looming bulk of a large building . |
| 15 | Her glance fell , focusing on the front of her shirt , and heat burst to the surface of her skin as she saw the moist transparent circle left by Luke 's mouth , the fine material plastered revealingly to the darkened , sharply erect peak of her breast . |
| 16 | She was panting hard by the time she saw the narrow white ribbon that was the road to Coton . |
| 17 | As she went upstairs she saw him toss something in a little glass down his throat in one gulp and she saw the swollen nicotine-stained fingers and the watery bad-tempered eyes . |
| 18 | A crash behind her made her turn and she saw the enraged old man had hurled his soup dish at the far wall where it hit the pretty paper and ran in thin trickles down onto the pale-grey carpet . |
| 19 | She saw the glistening black heads of the seals driving through the waves … . |
| 20 | She saw the red plush benches which would be filled with students next week , and she ached to be amongst them . |
| 21 | Aunt Tossie paused — in the pause she saw the fat unfriendly child she loved , only approachable when disconsolate . |
| 22 | She saw the brown unwrinkled skin , the perfection of his teeth and the fine lines of his face . |
| 23 | " In Cholon you saw the fat Chinese millionaires taking their ease . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Franco himself approached the Italian government and General Mola organized a delegation of monarchists , who saw the Italian Foreign Minister , Galeazzo Ciano , on 25 July . |
| 25 | As a weak sun died and the shadows closed in around us , we saw the high pointed gables and turreted walls of the fortified manor house beckoning darkly to us over the treetops . |
| 26 | We saw the same unbelieving stares on the faces of the Americans who watched the ‘ Challenger ’ failure . |
| 27 | We saw the big white bird bank over the town , and then land at the new military airfield . |
| 28 | We saw the whole beastly thing . ’ |
| 29 | Several times , late in the evening , we saw the whole northern sky illuminated by flares and heard the heavy , terrible rumblings of bombardment , although the city was 100 kilometres away . |
| 30 | As they watched , they saw the tall red mainsail crumple and fall in great folds on the top of the cabin . |