Example sentences of "see him [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you got as far as Spargo 's you must have seen him go under the scaffolding . ’ |
| 2 | They 'd have seen him walk toward the escalators as the car drew away , moving as if on some rudimentary automatic pilot . |
| 3 | Ymor had on several occasions seen him look around the room with an expression of deep satisfaction . |
| 4 | This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . |
| 5 | Charlotte had seen him turn in the doorway to speak to Mrs Lane , whose placid smile indicated that she knew and welcomed him . |
| 6 | Harry signed for Palace after Manager Edmund Goodman had seen him play for the amateur side , Kingstonian , in a Surrey Charity Shield Final at The Nest early in the summer of 1921 , when Palace had just won promotion to Division 2 . |
| 7 | I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game . |
| 8 | he wo n't fly singles over water , at night , or over dubious terrain , though I have seen him fly over the odd potato field ! |
| 9 | If only she had seen him come into the shop — but she always seemed to miss him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Your one-time intended 's folks , ’ she said — she did not see him wince at the Americanism ; she did not yet know him as well as Sally-Anne did . |
| 12 | She had wanted to see him wake to the possession of all this beauty but he watched its passing impassively , stirring only to ask practical questions . |
| 13 | Id like to see him continue in the side ( in any position ) . |
| 14 | She breathed relief and opened her eyes just in time to see him disappear through the wire gate . |
| 15 | Then at the last minute she swung round , her heart bursting inside her , just in time to see him disappear through the terrace doors . |
| 16 | No employer will willingly train a craftsman only to see him go down the road to work for another employer who has invested nothing in training . |
| 17 | Surveying the results of her handiwork , she stayed only long enough to see him scrabble for the safety of the bank . |
| 18 | The Irish selectors were keen to see him play in the inter-pro series in his bid for a place in the Irish side . |
| 19 | As Julie saw him reach for the doorbell a third time she opened the door and eased it back to the extent of the chain . |
| 20 | She looked out of the little window above the door and saw him stop on the path . |
| 21 | This produces the effect of a " coincident actualization " observed in sentences such as I saw him swim across the river , which can be depicted as : With auxiliaries , the connection between the infinitive and the verb with which it is in syntactic relation is much more intimate : the auxiliaries used with the infinitive do not merely evoke some other event whose support coincides in time with that of the infinitive — they qualify the very incidence of the infinitive 's event to its extra-verbal support , as actual ( do auxiliary ) or potential ( the modals ) . |
| 22 | She saw him go to the bar and order a tray of Cokes and crisps for the children , and by the time he came back to her table carrying two mugs of coffee she had composed herself a little . |
| 23 | I saw him go through the gate into the woods … ’ |
| 24 | I saw him go into the room where the telephone is . ’ |
| 25 | If they went to the house and saw him move into the door , they 'd turn out the family , look everywhere and he was not to be found . |
| 26 | ‘ I saw him come up the path , ’ said an angry voice . |
| 27 | I saw him like on the right , on the path and I goes I goes what you do I goes gon na be sick . |
| 28 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 29 | Billy was not a great goalscorer , but everyone who saw him play for the Palace is agreed that he helped to make hundreds of them for us . |
| 30 | ‘ I saw him play in the Schools Cup . ’ |