Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] saw [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here at the bottom of the sky , I went with him in imagination by the rocks of the mind 's shore and I saw that the sky was thin and could not hold and my mind was set free . |
| 2 | And I saw that the shed window had been boarded over with some plywood , and the board had a number beneath which was the signature ‘ Popova ’ . |
| 3 | Then her vision cleared further , and she saw that the man looking down on her was much thinner than her father had been , with a more skull-like face and thinner-hair . |
| 4 | He gave a wry smile and she saw that the expression on his face was one of acceptance . |
| 5 | Charcoal remnants of paper littered the floor and desk-tops , and she saw that the steel drawer of the cabinet was hanging open . |
| 6 | He never looked away from her and she saw that the pain in his eyes had been his vision of the sea tearing at him , his soul screaming no , no to earth , no to this , no to her . |
| 7 | He closed his eyes and she saw that the movement of his chest had stopped . |
| 8 | Ahead of them , Balor was lying on the ground and they saw that the Tree Spirits had grouped themselves about him , rather in the manner of people arranging themselves to watch some entertainment , or hear some kind of cause being pleaded . |
| 9 | He saw that Jupiter had moons and he saw that the surface of the earth 's moon was covered with mountains and craters . |
| 10 | She turned her head a little , and he saw that the calm had come back to her face , but now there was light and colour in it , as if the blood curbed and slowed to solitude and stillness had begun to flow again . |