Example sentences of "she [verb] see [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " She wants to see you succeed as much as I do . " |
| 2 | Raging at Felipe had just been because she 'd been shocked and scared for him when she 'd seen him take off into the air . |
| 3 | And Merrill did n't want to think of Luke and that hollow , unsatisfied feeling that had followed when she 'd seen him drive away last night . |
| 4 | She had seen him like this before , the night they 'd met , when he 'd been determined to have his own way ; she 'd seen him like this again , when he 'd announced she was not going to return to Milan … |
| 5 | But she was sure she 'd seen him jump . |
| 6 | It was the first time she 'd seen him look really happy . |
| 7 | It was the first time she 'd seen him smile and , though it obviously was n't intended to charm , it took her breath away and made her pulses quicken . |
| 8 | ’ The daughter cut in , she 'd seen me like this before . |
| 9 | I came searching for you at the shop and one of your neighbours told me she 'd seen you come this way . ‘ |
| 10 | With this in mind , she had taken Charles with her when she went to see them perform for the first time . |
| 11 | She had seen people die , she had seen them give birth , she had chopped them into little pieces : more significantly , with Charles she had achieved orgasm , which she had never managed with Edgar . |
| 12 | They had noticed and she had seen them notice . |
| 13 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
| 14 | He was the biggest man in Polruan was Uncle Harry , a real giant of a man and once she had seen him knock a child over by mistake when all he had meant to do was cuff him playfully on the ear . |
| 15 | He looked like an old man suddenly and she realised how he had aged since she had seen him last . |
| 16 | At first she did n't recognise him , he was so much taller , so much gawkier than when she had seen him last . |
| 17 | He was sitting in the bar with a drink and the evening paper when she came down , and though he appeared not to notice her quiet descent until she was at the foot of the stairs , she had seen him shift his weight some seconds before he looked up , ready to spring to his feet and intercept her . |
| 18 | She had not seen him arrive at her home , since she had not known who he was when they had encountered each other in the garden — but she had seen him leave . |
| 19 | There were lines now from nose to mouth ; the lips were stern ; she had seen him take in the room , who was there , with whom , with one cold appraising glance as he entered . |
| 20 | She had seen him like this before , the night they 'd met , when he 'd been determined to have his own way ; she 'd seen him like this again , when he 'd announced she was not going to return to Milan … |
| 21 | Apparently they had no friends , with the possible exception of Roger — and she had seen him stiffen slightly when referred to as ‘ old Rodge ’ . |
| 22 | Jessamy remembered all the times she had seen him look like that in the past , when he had n't wanted her to know what he was thinking or feeling . |
| 23 | If only she had seen him come into the shop — but she always seemed to miss him . |
| 24 | It was the question that had been tormenting her from the very moment she had seen him enter the room . |
| 25 | She had seen it happen to others many a time . |
| 26 | Perhaps she had seen it happen while in this automatic state . |
| 27 | From where she stood it shimmered in silver under a glancing sun , though upstream at the inn , where she had seen it close to , it rolled darkly brown and turgid , and laden with the debris of bushes , for the spring thaw had come late and violently , bringing down an immense weight of snow-water from the mountains of Wales . |
| 28 | She wanted to see me grow up , it was as simple as that , but it 's those simple things that are sometimes the hardest to accept . ’ |
| 29 | You 've seen me , she 's seen me flirt all the time . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's seen me like this every morning for over a week now , ’ he told her , giving her a cheeky grin , ‘ and still she loves me . ’ |