Example sentences of "she [vb past] see [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So intent was she on making a good impression , she failed to see a crane coming towards her . |
| 2 | She did not look at the old man , so she failed to see the shrewd yet kindly glance he gave her . |
| 3 | When Psyche lighted the lamp , she expected to see a beast , but she saw a god . |
| 4 | She was dismayed to see these strangers accosting her when she expected to see an old man in a cowboy hat with a black and white photograph face . |
| 5 | When the lonely howl of a wolf carried to them through the forest , Isabel jumped , glancing at the door as if she expected to see the beast standing there . |
| 6 | However , she agreed to see the therapist is an outpatient , and to use open access by telephone if in the meantime she felt unable to cope with her difficulties . |
| 7 | She got to see a grizzly bear , skunks and chipmunks . |
| 8 | She asked to see the daughter of the house . |
| 9 | The girl was only released after she promised to see the attacker again . |
| 10 | She 'd seen no trace of anyone else in the village , and no sign of anyone along the afternoon 's walk . |
| 11 | But Maggie had heard him draw notes out of it which rent the air with their sadness , and through his music she 'd seen a side of him he 'd kept hidden from the world . |
| 12 | She said she 'd seen a spaceship and it had frightened her . ’ |
| 13 | Ever since she 'd seen a real arachnid close up she shuddered just at the word . |
| 14 | Although she 'd seen a couple of nice men recently , when it came to the heavy breathing Miranda found that she did n't want to be touched intimately by anyone she did n't know well . |
| 15 | There was no denying the fact that she 'd looked terrible , just then.As if she 'd seen a ghost , he thought uneasily . |
| 16 | On that morning Mrs. Millings was late because she 'd seen a body in the Thames while crossing Southwark Bridge . |
| 17 | Shannon had never been able to believe that ; as a child she 'd seen a photograph of her father , and even then she 'd been stunned to silence by his incredible good looks . |
| 18 | ‘ What about going to a movie ? ’ he added , asking if she 'd seen a French film which had opened in London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 19 | I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past two hours ! ’ the man exclaimed harshly as he stared down at Laura , who was gazing back at him as though she 'd seen a ghost . |
| 20 | Less than an hour before Anna was attacked another council employee phoned Gloucester police to say she 'd seen a man hanging around the docks all day acting suspiciously . |
| 21 | I think she said she 'd seen a badger as well . |
| 22 | Tonight she 'd seen the way to get rid of him for good . |
| 23 | She 'd seen the possibilities at once . |
| 24 | Then she cradled the tits the way she 'd seen the girls do in Ryan 's father 's porno movies . |
| 25 | In that moment Virginia remembered what Trudy Paish had said : that she 'd seen the witch 's cat riding through the air on a broomstick . |
| 26 | She 'd firmly resisted her mother 's oft-repeated efforts to tempt her with the power-packed vegetable which she 'd seen the singing sailor-man so often greedily guzzle straight from the can . |
| 27 | It was the first time she 'd seen the Dane who was her target . |
| 28 | She 'd seen the hostility in the woman 's face and had her moved to another ward . |
| 29 | At the OK Corral — as she preferred to call what some of its visitors termed her quim ( the phrase struck her as useful after she 'd seen the Western ) — some men proved themselves and others came to grief , and both kinds had male competitors on their mind and wanted to outgun them . |
| 30 | Because she 'd seen the bottle , and it had been good French burgundy … |