Example sentences of "[adv] he saw [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He peered and suddenly he saw a large form .
2 Suddenly he saw a white figure slowly crossing the main line towards Brooke End signal box .
3 Perhaps he saw a comprehensive theology , with the great disputes all ironed out , as a necessary basis for salvation through Christian society .
4 Six minutes later he saw a small movement on top of the hill opposite .
5 A moment later he saw the second of the men go down with a sharp groan , clutching his balls .
6 He said later he saw the 109s and took off for home .
7 This time it proved to be the tunnel 's end , and as he drew nearer he saw the shadowy outline of a ladder etched against the concrete .
8 Now he saw the missing details in his nightmare .
9 The builder , of Pretoria Road , Patchway , said seconds earlier he saw a brown car coming fast through the lights and shouted a warning .
10 Fortunately he saw a nice couple from the Ministry of Education and was able to guide her over to them .
11 His first impression was that somebody had started to construct a small harbour , but then he saw a shallow groove cut in the face of the cliff which must at one time have accommodated a pipe , and it occurred to him that it had probably been a sewage outfall .
12 Just then he saw a small boat moving out to sea , towards a ship .
13 Just then he saw a familiar shape pass the window on its way to the rear door , heard the tap-tapping of high-heeled shoes on the flags outside .
14 And then he saw a folded umbrella , pointed into the air , moving into the centre of the chaos .
15 Then he saw the watchful , ruthless , dissatisfied eyes .
16 And then he saw the same look of horror on Jimmy 's face as he pulled him roughly back .
17 Then he saw the broken string of a relic-bag and realised it was Mael-Isu of Deer .
18 It was then he saw the approaching gendarme .
19 For a second Sharpe 's heart leapt , thinking that a battalion of Riflemen had arrived , then he saw the yellow crossbelts over the green coats and he knew he was seeing Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar 's force of Nassauers .
20 Then he saw the glowing tip of someone 's cigarette behind the windshield .
21 There he saw a dark green car near the entrance with a light blue one behind it .
22 He was called to the next bungalow ; the woman 's trying to sell it ; and there he saw the happy couple saying goodbye to each other .
23 This time he curled away before he could overshoot , and as he kicked the rudder bar across he saw a glowing redness develop .
24 The younger of the pair , Joseph noticed , held his arms unnaturally high across his tiny chest , and looking closer he saw a little bulge rumpling and moving beneath his silk tunic .
25 As he came closer he saw the old Georgian mansion was illuminated with lights in all the windows .
26 When he looked again he saw a black shape on the ground , another black shape crouching over it .
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