Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beneath the shirt I saw the outline of her breasts . |
| 2 | When I examined Southgate 's horse I saw the spur marks . |
| 3 | On the southern side she saw the mandarin silks of the beginnings of civilisation and the huge courage of the Long March ; and on the other , to the north , the eternal silence of the greatest desolation . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Bob Smith kept edging her towards Malta and at first light they saw the island over the long swells following the storm . |
| 5 | Then he pushed him towards the light , and in the light he saw the face of a boy of twenty . |
| 6 | Framed in the narrow window she saw the landscape , lit and brilliant as the background of a painting . |
| 7 | His motion dashed the tears from his eyes , and as he came to a halt he saw the visitor plainly . |
| 8 | In horror she saw the guerrilla 's hand go to the knife at his belt . |
| 9 | But whoever it was , they were determined to catch Artemis , for when Artemis stole another look she saw the horse behind was really stretching out . |
| 10 | The moment I saw the church , although there were considerable differences — the main and obvious one being it was not on a hill — I accepted it as my church . |
| 11 | I had n't come to this place with the conscious intention of divesting myself of my now cumbersome virginity ; but from the moment I saw the actor again — certainly from the moment his arms went round me and I felt the sense of fond familiarity , of affection rediscovered — I knew it was inevitable that we should , sooner or later , make love . |
| 12 | For a fleeting moment I saw the face of a young boy , about 15 years old , with a fresh face and golden curls . |
| 13 | For a fleeting moment I saw the face of a young boy , about 15 years old , with a fresh face and golden curls . ’ |
| 14 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the Queen watching us and talking to the Director . |
| 15 | With this background , as a teacher I saw the subject as a collection of facts and skills that I had to impart to my pupils in a well-defined sequence . |
| 16 | Fran regretted her hasty words the very moment she saw the way his mouth thinned into a cold anger . |
| 17 | She had laughed then at the vivid imagination of the child , but now for a brief moment she saw the city as Maggie saw it , basking in the first rays of the sun and oblivious to the dangerous mist below that might suck it in before it could wake up and take wing against the now blue blue sky . |
| 18 | In her mind 's eye she saw the assassin 's mouth open and close , and on them read the syllables of her name . |
| 19 | From the corner of her eye she saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground . |
| 20 | When she examined his eye she saw the splinter , a tiny coil of metal shaving which appeared to be sticking to the iris . |
| 21 | ’ In her mind 's eye she saw the face of her father , and her heart was heavy . |
| 22 | Only in her mind 's eye she saw the image of her father , rather big , fleshy , with bulging expressionless eyes . |
| 23 | After that war we saw the rise of communism and fascism and of Hitler . |
| 24 | And through the window of the spaceship they saw the Moon before them , cold , white and beautiful ; and under the Moon , there was the Moon colony ! |
| 25 | And in that moment he saw the shape formed by the moving depths . |
| 26 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw the stretcher give a great jump . |
| 27 | Out of the corner of an eye he saw the Captain smile faintly . |
| 28 | At the top of a hill he saw the sea , stretching for miles in front of him . |
| 29 | The tanker driver , Derrick Worrell from Bath told the coroner he saw the car coming straight at him on the wrong side of the white line . |
| 30 | He looked up as she came in and to her irritation she saw the amusement was back in his eyes . |