Example sentences of "saw [noun prp] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got up as she saw Ian beckoning from the doorway . |
| 2 | As they approached , they suddenly saw Hawkbit sitting among the thorn trunks , cleaning his face with his paws . |
| 3 | Grimma , clutching at her ears , saw Dorcas running across the floor waving his hands . |
| 4 | I thought he was working there , but when I opened the door I saw Neil sitting in the driver 's seat . |
| 5 | And then he saw Creed sitting in the back of a black car parked on the Crumbles . |
| 6 | I glanced back and saw MacLane clambering onto the running board of an already growling squad car , holding the tommy gun one-armed . |
| 7 | She had expected to find them both still in bed , and was surprised by the noises from the kitchen , but she poked her head round the door and saw Maggie sitting at the kitchen table eating Weetabix in a reassuringly healthy way . |
| 8 | Mildred looked up and saw Maud swooping over the gates , waving her hat in the air . |
| 9 | We saw Ede working on the building of a dam which would improve the water supply by 900 per cent and thereby reduce the hunger and disease that lakes a toll of half the children up to five , The other side of his work is to build up grass-roots organisations so the campesinos can protect their rights . |
| 10 | That happens in the opening verse of our lesson ; we 're told that Jesus was in his own city , almost certainly Capernaum , and he saw Matthew sitting in the tax office . |
| 11 | A woman the same age as their combined ages stepped into the car at Woodford and quickly stepped out again when she saw Lee swinging from the passenger hand-holds , Damon and Kevin sparring on the floor and Chris doing something to a continental ferry advertisement with a red felt-tipped pen . |
| 12 | The order was obeyed , and as Mr Brownlow turned to go down the street , he saw Oliver lying on the pavement , shaking , his face as white as death . |
| 13 | He was on his way back to Newcastle , but when he saw Joe racing across the field that bordered part of the drive , he paused a moment before deciding to follow him . |
| 14 | ‘ Steady on there , ’ her companion said and as she looked round to smile at him in the fragmented night-sun that was the wheel she saw Gabriel working at the barbecue . |
| 15 | Their host saw Paula gazing at the carpet . |
| 16 | Through the buzz in her head she heard words spoken , formal greeting hanging in the air then she saw Steve stepping inside the house , leaving Fernando framed in the doorway . |
| 17 | ‘ Half A Person ’ saw Morrissey looking through the eyes of a 16-year-old runaway , complete with all the obsessive uncertainty of fandom . |
| 18 | A strange and , to those unaware of the Easterhouse situation , ambiguous line which saw Morrissey running for the shelter of his lawyer , Alexis Grower . |
| 19 | Hearing a sound behind her , she turned and saw Nathan approaching from the bow . |
| 20 | Seb pushed his way through the circle of men and in the dancing light of breeze-blown torches he saw Jacob kneeling on the ground . |
| 21 | In the moments when she had drifted nearer to consciousness she 'd thought she saw Corrie sitting on the bed , but when she had tried to lift her arms to gather her close the vision faded away . |
| 22 | When she turned to go , she saw Carter emerging from the smithy . |
| 23 | Through the glass in the door he saw Barry running across the road . |
| 24 | Woodruffe turned his head sideways and dimly saw Rogers sitting under the table , cross-legged , smoking . |
| 25 | " I saw Slater heading out the door with some rug-chested young Romeo , " Mr Hunter said as they got to the second-floor landing in the big house . |
| 26 | ‘ I saw Broom'ead goin' in the Galloway yard the ovver day , ’ she told the gathering . |
| 27 | ‘ No , but I saw Mark lurking in the background as though he did n't want to be seen . |
| 28 | I never saw Laura working at the business . |
| 29 | As he got into the car he heard a shout and saw Cissie running down the track towards him , disregarding the mud which splashed up over her legs as she ran . |
| 30 | My feet just about worked , like heavy blobs at the end of bendy pipe-cleaners , I sat through assembly with all the voices and music floating over me , and every time I closed my eyes I saw Julie lying in the road . |