Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pretended not to see David Rosen who appeared on the step as they drove off to talk to the men at the place where they gathered before work . |
| 2 | She 'd already seen Il-Maltija , a country dance which Roman had told her began in the royal courts of the eighteenth century . |
| 3 | I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean . |
| 4 | Overwhelmingly , she did n't want to believe any of it had happened ; her instinct was to block it out of her mind , to pretend she 'd never seen Adam and Jake , much less a host of silver-helmed spear men … |
| 5 | She 'd never seen swings like them before or since — wooden boats painted bright yellow with curlicues of red and green , where two of you sat facing each other and pulled alternately on ropes to swing yourselves higher and higher . |
| 6 | She 'd never seen John drunk before , and did n't particularly like it . |
| 7 | She 'd never seen Ace showing the slightest sign of domesticity in either his London flat or the Monaco apartment . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose her memory 's a bit faulty , ’ Irene commented on the old lady 's assertion that she 'd never seen Elaine . |
| 9 | But as soon as she walked in to see Keith he had faced her with a heap of newspaper and snippets of video-recordings . |
| 10 | She glanced up to see Luke 's gaze fixed upon her , warmly approving . |
| 11 | She glanced back to see Damien Gould . |
| 12 | As Folly exited from the changing-rooms , the sound came from behind her , and she swung round to see Luke leaning against the wall , looking across at the scenes of relaxation in the Seraglio with a look of malicious amusement on his face . |
| 13 | She decided not to see Phil and his band Genesis even though he 's a friend who played at her 30th birthday party in the Savoy Hotel and she has no engagements that evening . |
| 14 | ‘ Jacques , you might … ’ she trailed off seeing Rust 's grim expression . |
| 15 | She looked round to see Ryker standing there . |
| 16 | She looked round to see Charles . |
| 17 | She was still laughing softly as she laid the phone down , but the laughter died in her throat as she looked up to see Adam standing a few feet away , his eyes hard as jet . |
| 18 | But the door opened and she looked up to see Jim . |
| 19 | Suddenly she was aware of her cardigan being draped around her shoulders and slowly she looked up to see Nathan standing beside her . |
| 20 | About nine o'clock on that same evening , she was in her front garden watering her plants when she looked up to see Jenny and Paul advancing down the path . |
| 21 | She felt him heave a great sigh , and when she looked up saw tears running freely down his cheeks . |
| 22 | She went on seeing Jim , his friend , his appalled good friend , just as before — perhaps even in his own bed , Albert realized , since the shift-work timing of a customs officer 's job made the logistics of adultery comically easy . |
| 23 | The new patient did n't need anything , so she went in to see Donna . |
| 24 | She spun round to see Marc standing in the doorway . |
| 25 | She did not see Carl . |
| 26 | She did not see Freddie Nash again . |
| 27 | Intent on getting the girl dried before she caught a chill , she did not see Matthew push open the door to stare at his sister , then at Beth . |
| 28 | She did not see Gedge until six weeks later when he arrived at their door after a minor road accident . |
| 29 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 30 | It shone ; its fine veins sparkled where the tiny gold wires crossed but she did n't see wonder in it . |