Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] saw the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the lights went up and I saw the chucker-out standing over us . |
| 2 | It was a warm night and I saw the moon shining on the sea as I told my story . |
| 3 | After that we would go to Tahiti , and I saw the excitement grow in Ellen as she realised that these plans were so close to coming true . |
| 4 | I was told not to push then , and I saw the midwife go to cut the cord , and finally it clicked what all the fuss had been about . |
| 5 | I looked out of the window and I saw the postman delivering letters . |
| 6 | Wednesday , I 'd got Michael outside in the pushchair , coat on and I think I 'd just come down from the loo and I saw the car pull up I quickly ran and got me coat on oh I , I 'll come with you she said , so she come shopping with me . |
| 7 | Marcus was doubled over and I saw the woman tumbling backwards . |
| 8 | ‘ And you saw the trust accounts for last year , remember ? ’ |
| 9 | Occasionally , after refreshments — two would go in at two o'clock , two more at half past two , and so on — the only time you could have a natter with your colleague was when you left the station and you saw the sergeant going in for his refreshments . |
| 10 | It certainly brought the door banging open ; and she was still screaming when his body was lifted from her and she saw the poker coming down towards his head . |
| 11 | He fixed her in a maddened stare and she saw the blood running from his gashed hand . |
| 12 | If Jewish control could not be challenged constitutionally it would have to be done by acts of Steel ; and he saw the time approaching when , like the mayor of Bethlehem , he would have to arm his son against the Jews . |
| 13 | It whined deep in its throat , as though in pain , and he saw the body grow paler as the fur sloughed away into nothing . |
| 14 | He held the paper in both hands and he saw the paper waver in front of his spectacles . |
| 15 | At the time , the Board was primarily concerned with accounting standard-setting for business organizations , but it saw the need to involve itself with non-business organizations as well and this research study was its first move in that direction . |