Example sentences of "she saw the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw the child white in the face , as white as paper , trembling all over , the eyes glazed , staring straight ahead and seeing nothing . |
| 2 | She held the tip of it just inside her pouting snatch , and only sank down on to it when she saw the door opening . |
| 3 | Elinor 's only defence system was to say , in a tone fractionally the right side of panic — ‘ I 'm in here ! ’ — if ever she saw the door move . |
| 4 | But when she saw the church clock she realised she was too early for the bus — nearly three-quarters of an hour too early . |
| 5 | On the southern side she saw the mandarin silks of the beginnings of civilisation and the huge courage of the Long March ; and on the other , to the north , the eternal silence of the greatest desolation . |
| 6 | Glancing up at the sky , she saw the storm clouds gathering on the horizon . |
| 7 | The blood crust cracked , and she saw the night sky . |
| 8 | She saw the night manager as the night manager saw her , and he quickly signalled her to go around and into his office . |
| 9 | She saw the hotel porter preparing to carry her bags from the post chaise . |
| 10 | She heard the red man approach , she saw the screen swell as his motions stirred the air outside . |
| 11 | Every time she saw the photograph Stella was reminded of someone , but she could never catch who it was . |
| 12 | As she raced through the lounge to join Tom and Faye in the car , she saw the party guests , who had sensed that something was amiss but had not yet been told the details , milling and exclaiming in the background , like flocks of frightened birds . |
| 13 | She saw the leather coffer , with its massed jewellery … . |
| 14 | Nausea welled up in her ; she fought it down , forcing herself to concentrate on the road , to hang on until she saw the street sign Chemin de la Tourelle . |
| 15 | There was an edge of sarcasm in her voice , which she immediately regretted when she saw the anger flicker across his face . |
| 16 | She saw the car stop . |
| 17 | When she saw the car Irina uttered an extraordinary sound , a long raucous rapturous cry . |
| 18 | From the corner of her eye she saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground . |
| 19 | At Count Begouen 's Pyrenean château she saw the cave art nearby and met the Abbé Breuil . |
| 20 | Her heart did a flip when she saw the ring binder that lay open on his desk . |
| 21 | Out in the darkness , she saw the Post Office door open and Mrs Hollins poke her head out . |
| 22 | And when she saw the family cottage , it seemed to be part of her body and life , as it always did . |
| 23 | She saw the glass wobble . |
| 24 | She saw the arm lifting and falling , heard the crack of twigs , felt again the thorns cutting her fingers , heard his high commands . |