Example sentences of "he see a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not once did he see a young girl . |
| 2 | When the human voyager has freed himself from his fears and accomplished all his physiological needs , it is as if he has climbed out of a deep pit and reached the top of a high hill from where he sees a vast land stretching in every direction . |
| 3 | However , he sees a real threat from future object-oriented environments like IBM/Apple 's Pink and Microsoft 's Cairo , which will both be important , he says . |
| 4 | He sees a splendid dream , and runs headlong . |
| 5 | When Thersites sees soldiers — we would have to change the modern parallel to those semi-pornographic animated cartoons like Ralph Bakshi 's Heavy Traffic and Fritz the Cat , or sado-masochistic literature — he sees a degraded struggle over a whore by men running with disease . |
| 6 | A Chinese translator … uses a preposition bei ‘ by ’ whenever he sees a passive voice in the original verb , forgetting that Chinese verbs have no voice … . |
| 7 | He sees a further shake-out of European personal computer manufacturer — with half the manufacturers disappearing in the next 18 months . |
| 8 | With the support of Europe he sees a valid future for the younger generation . |
| 9 | Then , at his feet , almost indistinguishable from the other bits of litter and scraps of rubbish , he saw a long , dirty ribbon of material , covered along its full length with bright red blotches in awkward shapes . |
| 10 | When he looked again he saw a black shape on the ground , another black shape crouching over it . |
| 11 | He saw a certain level of crime as functional from the point of view of social order , but beyond that level it would cease to be functional and become dangerous or pathological . |
| 12 | Instead of Alexandra with her tawny hair loose about her shoulders , he saw a muscle-bound Fury wielding a rolling-pin , like something out of a Christmas pantomime . |
| 13 | Perhaps he saw a comprehensive theology , with the great disputes all ironed out , as a necessary basis for salvation through Christian society . |
| 14 | Wyss , in the lead , was only some fifty feet from the top when he saw a tiny movement in the snow ahead of them . |
| 15 | He saw a tiny woman sitting on the settee , dressed all in black . |
| 16 | In the churchyard he saw a new headstone , on which was written : |
| 17 | He saw a shaky-looking Halberstadt turn eastwards and went after it . |
| 18 | He sailed for Algiers in March 1943 and during the last days of the Tunisian campaign he saw a mere fortnight 's active service . |
| 19 | Fortunately he saw a nice couple from the Ministry of Education and was able to guide her over to them . |
| 20 | There he saw a dark green car near the entrance with a light blue one behind it . |
| 21 | Then , through a gap in the shower curtain , he saw a dark shape . |
| 22 | As he reached the front door he saw a strange sight . |
| 23 | After about five minutes he saw a strange sight of what he took to be three men approaching ; he challenged them in the usual way and shouted , ‘ Halt or I fire . ’ |
| 24 | Bourne looked at him and Wycliffe thought he saw a faint smile on the sergeant 's features . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's a definite improvement — you look a lot better , ’ he told her bluntly as the strong liquor began flowing through her veins , and he saw a faint spark of colour beginning to tinge her pale cheeks . |
| 26 | Charlie thought he saw a faint smile come over the colonel 's face . |
| 27 | As Cameron turned back to the mill , he saw a small coach coming along the Grandtully road with a pair of deerhounds loping at its wheels and a man on horseback behind it dressed in an expensive tweed cloak . |
| 28 | Leaving Courrières he saw a small colliery . |
| 29 | Six minutes later he saw a small movement on top of the hill opposite . |
| 30 | Just then he saw a small boat moving out to sea , towards a ship . |