Example sentences of "he saw [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For several minutes he saw nothing in the shimmering haze of the plain . |
| 2 | At the inquest into his death and those he killed the sergeant said he saw nothing in the dead officer to make him question his state of mind . |
| 3 | It is evident that Ricardou had established a new doxa of reflexivity from which no deviations could be permitted , such was the extent to which he saw himself as the custodian of a radical modernity . |
| 4 | Paros had been a failure ; but Miltiades ' son Kimon pursued a similar line in the 470s and 460s , showing that he saw himself as the heir to his father 's policies as well as his debts ( for which see Plut . |
| 5 | He saw himself as the only point of free will in the landscape before him , and if he could move his body with a purpose , then his mind would shake off the slough of misery and clear for action . |
| 6 | He saw himself as the political leader of the Evangelicals , but in reality his views were too extreme and his style too combative for him to command general support . |
| 7 | Franco , however , would not delegate because he saw himself as the only person capable of carrying out the mission of maintaining a united Spain . |
| 8 | Innocent had not controlled French aspirations but he had made it clear that he saw himself as the arbiter of Europe and John 's cession of his kingdom in 1213 considerably strengthened the pope 's hand . |
| 9 | He saw them to the door but when they rode past a minute later , it was already shut . |
| 10 | It was not the case that he neglected domestic issues — least of all in the period 1963 – 65 — but rather that he saw them within the larger framework of France 's relations with the world . |
| 11 | Dazedly he saw them by the sagging chaise-longue . |
| 12 | Doubtless they describe the hard life of the villager and the poverty of his surroundings as Crabbe saw them : but he was not a peasant , as Clare was , and he saw them from the outside as harsh , ugly and wretched . |
| 13 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified the mysterious Libyan who bought the clothes in Malta to wrap around the bomb , based on a photofit picture produced by the FBI from the shopkeeper 's phenomenally detailed description of his customer ten months after he saw him for the first and only time . |
| 14 | No I know Chris told me cos he saw him on the morning at the garage then he . |
| 15 | We reached the Bedford Square House and he saw me up the steps . |
| 16 | He saw me up the steps and then bounded down them and drove away . |
| 17 | He saw me for the first time . |
| 18 | He saw me on the telly . ’ |
| 19 | He saw me on the television the other weekend . |
| 20 | My lady and gentleman took him out that night and he drank a lot of fizzy stuff and fell over — I 'm black and I do n't think he saw me in the darkness . |
| 21 | He saw her into the studio , checked that the heating was on , gave her a double whisky . |
| 22 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 23 | She was curious as to how he felt when he saw her at the docks the other day . |
| 24 | As he saw her to the door , he felt in his pockets . |
| 25 | He paused when he saw her by the iron railings that separated mown lawn from pasture . |
| 26 | He saw her in the doorway , and said , ‘ What are you hanging around for ? ’ |
| 27 | Fran must have made some noise , some movement , some tiny betraying gesture , because he swung round , his face hardening when he saw her in the doorway . |
| 28 | He saw you from the window just now . ’ |
| 29 | Craig proposed an emergency voluntary coalition with the SDLP because he saw it as the only way in which some sort of devolved government could be maintained . |
| 30 | He saw it as the only realistic long term solution to Selborne 's dilemma . |