Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] saw [that] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet when , on taking a look inside she saw that the bed was empty , she guessed instantly what had happened . |
| 2 | While they were walking they had not been able to see it , because there were hills in the way ; but now they saw that the cottage was really built on a cliff , and down below them was a small bay . |
| 3 | Then I saw that the policeman coming out of the darkness was wearing the blue of a Gardai , rather than the green of an RUC man . |
| 4 | Then I saw that the disease had also struck the right leg . |
| 5 | Then she saw that the verandah doors were open and inside in the shade on two wicker-chairs , talking earnestly to one another , were Rosette and Andrée . |
| 6 | But then she saw that the hall was empty . |
| 7 | Then he saw that the rope of the alarm bell was covered with rats . |
| 8 | Then he saw that the movement was a mere craning of the neck because for an instant he had obstructed her view of the screen . |
| 9 | And then he saw that the blackness was moving , and struck at it frantically . |
| 10 | Ramsey thought this an injustice ; he decided that his bishop was vague and naïve in his theology , someone who took up new ideas with enthusiasm and with very little precision of thought ; and yet he saw that the bishop disliked controversy and was hurt by it , and thought him to be a friend and a man of prayer . |