Example sentences of "sight [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were standing in the loft , watching them flying over the fields for half an hour , until darkness fell and we lost sight of them in the gloom . |
| 2 | An Auxiliary Coastguard at St Abbs had spotted two of the divers from the harbour wall , but lost sight of them in the spray . |
| 3 | Now and then they lost sight of him below the skyline . |
| 4 | I 'd caught sight of him in the distance from time to time all afternoon , but now when I wanted him his red hair was n't anywhere around . |
| 5 | ‘ I caught sight of him in the garden a moment ago — at least , I 'm pretty sure that brooding silhouette was his , looming in the shrubbery — and he was n't seducing anyone as far as I could see . ’ |
| 6 | Gabriel lost sight of him in the press . |
| 7 | It was n't until the weekend that he started to pine for some entertainment other than the sight of himself in the bathroom mirror . |
| 8 | Like amber , the snake , soft still and quiescent ; the thought of her , then , the sight of her under the covers , had not yet woken it . |
| 9 | Dr Neil , coming into the parlour where McAllister was permitted to knit and sew , caught his breath at the sight of her with the doll . |
| 10 | As she passed through the gate , to walk beside the stream , Bob Lamb caught sight of her from the other bank of the beck . |
| 11 | The sight of her in the old tatty jumpers she slept in always brought him back to reality . |
| 12 | She tried to convince herself he was still there — smirking at the sight of her in the ropes he 'd tied to her naked body . |
| 13 | He was suddenly moved by her physically , as he had been by the sight of her in the film . |
| 14 | She followed , trying to spot a public phone , and she had just caught sight of one at the corner of the building when he came out of the office , a key in his hand . |
| 15 | I caught sight of myself in the peeling mirror : long thin legs , blue from the cold , clashing with the bright pink mini-dress which began at my neck and finished at my knickers . |
| 16 | I caught sight of myself in the peeling mirror : long thin legs , blue from the cold clashing with the bright pink mini-dress which began at my neck and finished at my knicker legs … |
| 17 | I caught sight of myself in the mirror . ’ |
| 18 | I catch sight of us in the mirror and see from the outside what I 'm doing . |
| 19 | Molly caught sight of herself in the mirror , standing beside her daughter . |
| 20 | As Blanche snatched up the telephone and listened to the reassuring hum of the dialling tone , she caught sight of herself in the mirror on the wall : the shimmer of sweat on her forehead , eyes wild , face haggard and pale , hair stormy and unkempt , knuckles bruised and sore . |
| 21 | As she dried , she caught sight of herself in the mirror . |
| 22 | As she went out she caught sight of herself in the mirror at the back of the counter . |
| 23 | At the sight of herself in the mirror , an image of herself from so long ago , all the shock came back , taking her by surprise . |
| 24 | Catching sight of herself in the long wall-mirror as she pulled a peach-coloured , button-necked nightshirt over her head , she found herself wondering what Guy was doing . |
| 25 | As the organisers could n't find any reason to suppress it or reject it , they dumped the piece behind screens where it could no longer be seen and we lost sight of it for the whole exhibition . |
| 26 | It is selective and hard to observe though you may catch sight of it in the tree canopy feeding on wood boring insects . |
| 27 | Many officers routinely make an impressionistic assessment of quality , with a sniff of the water in the sample bottle or a sight of it against the light . |
| 28 | The long , low island of Lismore away to the east was Campbell ground , and the great fortress of Dunstaffnage out of sight beyond it on the mainland . |