Example sentences of "she saw [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that day , when she saw Gilbert by the river , she stopped him and held out her hand . |
| 2 | When she reached the top of the stairs and turned to descend she saw Simon on the hall phone and hesitated , wondering . |
| 3 | She saw leaves of the last fall encased inside them and , yes , it was cold , but there was a fine frosty light , and the mist over the lake made her think of a stoat 's white fur . |
| 4 | She raised Skogen to her face and through it she saw Ghost of the Tree turn a quizzical and penetrating look upon her . |
| 5 | She even imagined she saw Marc in the audience one night , his face just a pale blur beyond the footlights with all the others , but what would the jet-setting Marc Vila be doing in Yorkshire ? |
| 6 | Lalage looked into her drink , swirling and looking as if she saw money in the bottom of her glass . |
| 7 | Once or twice , she thought she saw things in the periphery of her vision that could n't be there . |
| 8 | She stopped short when she saw Shelley on the bed and Miguel standing beside her , his fingers playing gently with her hair . |
| 9 | The nurse smiled at him , then glanced quickly at Belinda , and the latter was certain she saw envy in the glance . |
| 10 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 11 | When she saw Mike in the pit — Mike who had helped her dam the slurry lagoon four years before — attaching a cluster to one of a line of cows , when she slapped the flank of that cow , and shut her eyes to inhale the air loaded with the smell of blood-warm milk , udderwash and cow breath , she was utterly content in the conviction of her seamless permanence . |
| 12 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 13 | Straightening , she saw movement down the room near the exit to the landing . |
| 14 | As she saw movement near the doors Eleanor said , ‘ I have been told that you in America enjoy such freedom that socialism is not needed . |
| 15 | When she saw Hannah in the sequence where she played the tiny organ at Low Birk Hatt , she tried to arrange for her to come to Lartington to try the unique Aeolian pipe organ in the chapel . |
| 16 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |