Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the Queen watching us and talking to the Director . |
| 2 | In my mirror I saw the ford taxi moving up on me fast . |
| 3 | The moment the words left her lips she saw the trap , but it was too late . |
| 4 | From the corner of her eye she saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground . |
| 5 | He looked up as she came in and to her irritation she saw the amusement was back in his eyes . |
| 6 | Looking at the messages which had accumulated in her absence she saw the folly of rushing off to Oxford so close to the start of term and felt faintly annoyed with herself . |
| 7 | For from her mirror she saw the driver 's door of the Mercedes open and a tall , aristocratic man step out . |
| 8 | She was learning to recognize the effect she had on men , and to her surprise she saw the hint of desire creep into his gaze . |
| 9 | But to his horror he saw the boy cup his hands round his mouth and make a crude and earsplittingly loud imitation of a pheasant 's call . |
| 10 | Opening his eyes he saw the blood flowing from his arm , from his own bite , blossoming against the snow . |
| 11 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw the stretcher give a great jump . |
| 12 | When she examined his eye she saw the splinter , a tiny coil of metal shaving which appeared to be sticking to the iris . |