Example sentences of "[coord] she saw [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their bed had a wooden footboard and she saw a flicker of movement behind it in the half-light . |
| 2 | As her silence lengthened a muscle flexed in his jaw and she saw a flicker of murderous rage in his eye for one instant . |
| 3 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 4 | A lot of people came in , and she saw a man and his wife . |
| 5 | Just as she reached it , the light from a lantern spilled on to the square , and she saw a man enter the place behind it . |
| 6 | The door opened six inches and she saw a sliver of dark landing , stairs coiling away to the street . |
| 7 | He waited , and she saw a hint of amusement in his face . |
| 8 | He frowned and she saw a muscle twitch in his jaw . |
| 9 | And she saw a soldier 's face , permanently browned and weathered by sun and wind . |
| 10 | She began to say , ‘ Thank God … ’ then halted , as the door swung open and she saw a figure momentarily silhouetted against the pale evening light . |
| 11 | Balbinder would be 8 at Christmas and she saw no evidence of the improvement in learning to read and write that she was hoping for . |
| 12 | She knew he was going to the Mnarja festival at Buskett , and she saw no reason why the betrothal customs should stop her from going too . |
| 13 | They had not told him they were not going back to Antibes and she saw no point in trying to talk to him about Maurin or Sabine Jourdain or Barbara Coleman while he was in this state . |
| 14 | She looked between his legs , but all was shadow there until he turned towards her and she saw the snake 's head loom . |
| 15 | The blood crust cracked , and she saw the night sky . |
| 16 | Briefly his gaze rested on Rachel and she saw the flicker of uncertainty in his eyes but there was no time for questions . |
| 17 | She saw her aloneness , now loneliness , and she saw the vista of age , which she had never contemplated before . |
| 18 | When he came to the part about the clip he glanced up , and she saw the flare of excitement in his silvery-green eyes before they dropped once again to the page . |
| 19 | It certainly brought the door banging open ; and she was still screaming when his body was lifted from her and she saw the poker coming down towards his head . |
| 20 | He turned from the window , and she saw the mask was back in place . |
| 21 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 22 | Then she remembered someone taking off her nightgown , and a brisk woman in a white starched uniform saying something about going into the theatre — and she saw the doctor again , talking earnestly to a man in a long white gown who was pulling on a pair of rubber gloves … . |
| 23 | He smiled , and she saw the gleam of perfect white teeth . |
| 24 | She contrasted her experience of school physics with university physics , and she saw the distinction as a quantitative/qualitative one . |
| 25 | A mask seemed to fall away from his face , and she saw the torment in his eyes . |
| 26 | He fixed her in a maddened stare and she saw the blood running from his gashed hand . |
| 27 | He turned , and she saw the approval in his face . |
| 28 | A lady traveller on the Exeter express told John Ruskin that she was in the carriage from which Turner put his head out in a rainstorm to record the scene mentally , and she saw the picture at the Royal Academy the next year , in 1844 . |
| 29 | When Psyche lighted the lamp , she expected to see a beast , but she saw a god . |
| 30 | But she saw a twinkle in his eyes , and her lips twitched . |