Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.

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1 He started up at my scream and I saw the dark blood on him and on me .
2 I saw the brown hair on the crown of her head , gleaming in the sun with a beauty I can not describe .
3 She saw the utter concentration on his face as he watched his hand move , tracing a line from her frantically beating pulse to the V of her shirt , slipping inside to close about her breast .
4 ‘ I 've got the premises already , ’ Emily said and then she saw the surprised look on Hari 's face .
5 She called out to the night-nurse who scurried over when she saw the red smear on the stiff white pillowcase .
6 She paused as she saw the wry expression on Joanna 's face .
7 Of course , people who saw the ill-starred couple on parade in Nottingham this week were n't exactly knocked out by the body language .
8 A few days ago , we saw the appalling spectacle on television of Vietnamese asylum seekers being dragged forcibly on to a plane to be sent back to Vietnam , a very poor country that has suffered economic embargos since 1976 , which have caused great poverty there .
9 A Tory headquarters spokesman denied they disclosed her name to the press , claiming they did not know it until they saw the Independent newspaper on Wednesday .
10 He stopped when he saw the twisted grin on Luther 's face , and it made him remember with a falling heart that this man was not his real father .
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