Example sentences of "as [pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That went gradually , as I saw the cancer beating him , saw his skin stretched over his bones , saw the pallor creep over him . |
| 2 | None has arrived but if his death took place as I saw the angel pass I would not hear from my sister Ellen for some time . |
| 3 | I protested , waving my arms and running after her as I saw the possibility of getting into Ashley 's increasingly attractive body slipping away from me . |
| 4 | Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek . |
| 5 | The mischief in my veins cooled as I saw the fear in his eyes . |
| 6 | ‘ There ! ’ he said abruptly and threw the plane straight again , but this time dropping the nose , and I saw a jeep churning dust from the dirt road which ran the length of the island 's long shank , between the golf course and the houses , and just as I saw the jeep so the red tracer bullets began climbing from a machine-gun mounted in the back of the vehicle . |
| 7 | As I saw the circle moving in on Alfred , I realised that that voice had been his . |
| 8 | As soon as I saw the file , I knew it was the one I had stolen from Joe , and I knew that this man knew my convict . |
| 9 | As you saw the man first , I think you would be interested to interview him now , and see if his attitude to himself has altered . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ She told me she had made it up on the spot as soon as she saw the bloke . ’ |
| 11 | But as she saw the man out Folly felt her mood unaccountably dampened . |
| 12 | She also left the book undisturbed but felt , as soon as she saw the title , a further fellow feeling with S. Kettering . |
| 13 | The forest opened into a large clearing and she gagged as she saw the slaughter within . |
| 14 | Ellie saw the mockery in her father 's eyes , as she saw the hate . |
| 15 | It was so well known now , yet it still thrilled her as she saw the way the dim light picked out the shadows of his cheekbones , the sharp angle of his jaw . |
| 16 | ‘ Is that an order or a question ? ’ she asked , the mischievous light in her eyes fading as she saw the anxiety mirrored in his . |
| 17 | Chrissie looked into the playroom , and smiled as she saw the activity at the table-football . |
| 18 | Her feet seemed to be rooted to the spot as she saw the pram with baby Donald in it disappear over the bank — too far away for her to stop it . |
| 19 | Her eyes glittered as she saw the bottle . |
| 20 | But it was the unexpected shots that would provide the spice to the story — like the ones she had just made of the little midinette enthusing as she saw the dress she 'd sweated blood for , if not created , come down the catwalk to the roar of applause . |
| 21 | Well , for instance ; one night Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor who had called Stella II a skinny black bitch right in the middle of her rendition of ‘ Te Amo ’ , and he meant it , right there in the middle of his number — well Madame not only showed her approval of the assault by conspicuously buying Stella drinks every night for the whole of the following week ; as soon as she saw the fight starting she got off her stool , yanked out the plug on the sound system , hitched up that frock , got straight up on the stage while they were still on the floor ( she knew Stella would sort him out ) and she went into an unforgettable aria of abuse against this stranger which culminated in her eschewing all her usual magnificence of phrasing and just standing there shouting fuck off at him , screaming fuck off , if you do n't like it you can fuck off , E , X , I , T , there it is , you came in through it and now you can fuck off out of it , fuck off out of it why do n't you you stupid bastard ( and by now of course someone had dragged Stella off and we were all up on our chairs cheering while the disgraced stranger made his slow and humiliating exit through the parting crowd ) why do n't you just piss off and insult someone who does n't have the balls to answer back because you 've picked the wrong girls here darling , fuck off that 's it , fucking fuck off , fucking fuck off right through my front door and do n't you ever , do n't you ever , do n't you ever step on my fucking frock again . |
| 22 | ‘ Good God , ’ she breathed as she saw the state of him . |
| 23 | Annie laughed aloud as she saw the look on Billy 's face . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't own me , Jim , ’ she hissed , her voice faltering slightly as she saw the look of pure rage etched across his features . |
| 25 | ‘ My friend Lady Jane told me you were a sort of Watson to — ’ She stopped abruptly as she saw the look of outrage on Auguste 's face . |
| 26 | She stopped as she saw the look of annoyance on his face . |
| 27 | She was instantly aware that she 'd over-reacted as she saw the expression on his face . |
| 28 | Digging into the pocket of her jacket , she produced a long silver whistle and placed it firmly between her lips , and Fran had to swallow an almost hysterical gurgle of laughter as she saw the expression of near-disbelief on Luke Calder 's face . |
| 29 | His anger matched her own , then outgrew it so that she felt her breath catch in dismay as she saw the expression on his coldly furious face . |
| 30 | All thoughts of where they were and what was happening fled abruptly as she stared at him with a shock that soon turned to joy as she saw the expression on his face . |