Example sentences of "[vb mod] see a [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sounds crazy to think some Jap mother might see a diaper floating down out of the sky lit up by flares and fires and grab it to put on her crying baby . |
| 2 | After three or four months , you 'll see a pattern emerging . |
| 3 | A police officer may see a person driving a motor vehicle , who he knows to be disqualified but is not in a position to stop the driver . |
| 4 | You may see a guy wandering in and out groups and that 's a guy called Geoff who works for the British National Corpus and these are the people who are trying to have or produce ten million words of the written word and a hundred million erm spoken words , which is a corpus whereby , er come and look at the English language at some time in the future and identify and listen to some of your and your dialects and what you said so make sure you have lots of input as we 've got quite a broad spectrum of different dialects today but he 'll be wandering in and out er throughout today . |
| 5 | let's see a horse falling over |
| 6 | Through the trees I could see a man pushing a barrow along the drive . |
| 7 | Beyond the window Carver could see a blizzard creaming down , blotting out the sea . |
| 8 | Mrs O'Hara said she could see a gunman kneeling in the hallway firing into the room , and another gunman further along the hall . |
| 9 | You could see a thought stirring , but you could n't say if it was Pike 's or not . |
| 10 | Through the net curtain he could see a porter assisting the driver of the car into a wheelchair . |
| 11 | Bashed your dad 's side , the wing and we could see a policeman putting , it was pouring with rain and he was putting his er , big mac on and he should of been directing the traffic , he told us that , he come over to us and he was only young like and he said , oh I 'd just left , I was on duty here I 'd just left to go and put my mac on ! |
| 12 | That 's why I said it cos I could see a tape moving . |
| 13 | Oh yes they did for , for the increase in traffic I mean that er that er went on over the years gradually creep , creep , creep on until the whole atmosphere of the place was er I do n't know improved should you say or not I do n't know whether it 's er well it certainly has n't improved but erm it changed , it was such a lovely little place really , and of course you could run across the road whenever you liked I mean we used to play in Street of picking out in a sweet shop window er a name be Cadbury 's or chocolate or something you 'd be standing across the road and you 'd be running backwards and forwards backwards and forwards , there was no sign of anyone getting run over cos there was nothing about , and when I was a kid going to the Bluecoat School I 'd run across that bridge every morning without looking right or left , because if anything had hit me , well nothing used to be coming you could see a tram coming but oh there was nothing else at that time in the morning oh no it was , would n't like to run across today . |
| 14 | just gon na have to you know be stopped there anyway this young lad after the first fast bend he went to overtake and I could see a car coming the other way and he was like er running along side this pick-up but it was like he could n't drop back and he could n't make it either |
| 15 | She could see a rainbow forming in the cloud-streaked sky . |
| 16 | As the doors swung outwards a cloud of black , evil-smelling smoke gushed out and Benny could see a fire raging in the far corner . |
| 17 | Peter , who was sitting on the nearside at the back of the car , could see a muscle jumping in Hubert Molland 's cheek . |
| 18 | He could see a woman holding a young baby standing at the end of the hall . |
| 19 | Well I could see a woman coming along the beach there , it was high up and down there . |
| 20 | Soon , in the rich orange light of the flames , he could see a hay-rick burning fiercely . |
| 21 | In the distance she could see a bus winding along the narrow lanes . |
| 22 | I could see a heron standing motionless , and a curlew dabbling by the shore . |
| 23 | He thought he could see a figure moving in front of him . |
| 24 | I never thought I would see a Ryan driving a new Merc with all the rent paid . ’ |
| 25 | I can see a bottle poking out the basket and there 's a chicken too , all brown and cooked . |
| 26 | Now imagine that you open your eyes and you can see a bird flying through the sky . |
| 27 | That is just a few words in your mind you can see a person walking along . |