Example sentences of "and [noun] saw [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a speed that neither could match Louisa and Horrocks saw him hasten back down the lake . |
| 2 | He was half turned towards her , and Maria saw him lift a hand and watched it move towards her , coming to rest against her bare midriff , warm fingers shaping themselves lightly to its gentle curve . |
| 3 | But only a small group of teachers and parents saw it get underway . |
| 4 | But he did not engage the jackdaws and Hazel saw him pick up another carrot and start back with it . |
| 5 | Nick was some way along the line , at the bend where the track curved round the mountain and Carrie saw him put his hands over his ears as the train blew its whistle . |
| 6 | He paused , and Isobel saw him glance up at Jean-Paul slyly . |
| 7 | I saw at once that there were three chairs at the dinner-table ; and Conchis saw me see . |
| 8 | Immediately the little mountain tribesmen , who seemed to have stepped straight out of the sepia photographs in his history book , began unloading the baggage , and Joseph saw them take their crossbows and arrows from the carts and carry them to their own huts a hundred yards away along the riverbank … |
| 9 | He walked down the staircase , his shoulders bowed as if by a great weight , and Kate saw him pull himself erect . |
| 10 | It was born on a Sunday afternoon and Carrie and Albert and Nick saw it happen . |