Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 31 | Perhaps it was because she 'd already seen countless admiring female eyes slide in his direction ; even though they apparently had n't recognised him in his goggles and ski-hat , still they were drawn by the sheer animal magnetism of the man . |
| 32 | She 'd not seen them . |
| 33 | But she 'd also seen other facets of his character , knew it to be deep and complex . |
| 34 | ‘ Well , that answers quite a lot , ’ Lucy said , drawing a deep breath to indicate she 'd just seen the light . |
| 35 | First to New York , which she thought was the ugliest , filthiest town she 'd ever seen , typified by their slouching , smoking mounted police . |
| 36 | Jane was squeezed beside the fattest black woman she 'd ever seen , shaking like a jelly with continual mirth . |
| 37 | Dot thought it was the loveliest book she 'd ever seen . |
| 38 | Looking at it , Jess thought it the grandest place she 'd ever seen . |
| 39 | She found she was trembling , not with fear but with excitement , there was something about helping the most unusual villain she 'd ever seen that stirred unknown feelings deep within her . |
| 40 | It was as imposing an edifice as she 'd ever seen . |
| 41 | Lucy sat on the tiled floor of a shower cubicle in the bathroom of the most expensive-looking hotel suite that she 'd ever seen , hugging her knees , shivering despite the temperature of the water that beat down upon her . |
| 42 | Nothing that would stand looking at too closely , of course , but it was like all the best illusions that she 'd ever seen , onstage or off because for all its contrivance , in the moment of perception it somehow transcended reality . |
| 43 | A head like none she 'd ever seen before bobbed out of the waves , whiskered and grinning and as big as her whole body . |
| 44 | That she 'd had no husband , that the only man she 'd ever seen her with was — David Harland . |
| 45 | It was only towards herself that she 'd ever seen him act meanly . |
| 46 | They were the most beautiful , sensuous things she 'd ever seen , each one a perfect , magical work of art , displaying humour and pathos and poetry . |
| 47 | The trousers had followed the jacket on to the chair , leaving only a pair of grey and white striped boxer shorts , and in dumb amazement she clutched the towel around her and stared reluctantly at the most impressive male body she 'd ever seen , well over six feet of muscle and sinew and matt-looking olive-tanned skin . |
| 48 | Even if he did have the most compelling eyes she 'd ever seen — and a body to make the gods jealous . |
| 49 | He was on the receiving end of a look that was as coldly disdainful as any she 'd ever seen . |
| 50 | No she said I 've got the second biggest co cock I mean that she 'd ever seen . |
| 51 | She tried to break from his grasp , but as she spoke he released the arm still pinned at her side and placed his hand on the curve of her neck , fondling it in a way that reminded her of an actor she 'd once seen playing Henry VIII just before a beheading scene . |
| 52 | Ronni also understood now that hurt look she 'd sometimes seen in his eyes during his angry exchanges with Silvia . |
| 53 | I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean . |
| 54 | She 'd actually seen it done . |
| 55 | Jay 's hand played a sonata she 'd never seen the score for . |
| 56 | She 'd never seen John drunk before , and did n't particularly like it . |
| 57 | She 'd never seen anyone so transfixed , but then he 'd never seen a naked woman before . |
| 58 | At least she 'd never seen one . |
| 59 | She 'd never seen a boy so thin and pale-looking . |
| 60 | and there she 'd be , strumming away , singing about places she 'd never seen and was n't likely to , rivers and mountains and islands in the sun . |