Example sentences of "[coord] he see " in BNC.

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1 He did n't tell her it broke his heart every time the Argentines hurt a horse or he saw a terrified stray dog racing by the side of the road .
2 He was a scientific adventurer , for whom every discovery revealed immediate new possibilities ; and he saw no end to his work .
3 She looked back at him and smiled gently , and he saw that she had been writing in a workman-like leather-bound notebook .
4 She stood on the embankment breathing in gulps of air as he stood awkwardly by her , then fumbled for a handkerchief and he saw that she was crying .
5 Moira went over to her friends and he saw them looking back at him and sniggering .
6 But unknown to the gunman , a little boy had been stealing a ride on the bar under the carriage , and he saw it all .
7 The theatre director Schuh was there and he saw me sitting by myself during the interval .
8 He was slightly behind on the reservation with Emma and he saw his wife and children land in the road .
9 A swell lifted him and he saw men in the cockpit .
10 George turned and looked in surprise at the source of the murmured comment ; and he saw Michael Bridges close beside him , surprised because he 'd forgotten he was there .
11 My husband was in the fields and he saw them blow up our new house .
12 Another dark cloud covered the sun , and he saw another , much lower with rain like a grey curtain below it , approaching rapidly from the north .
13 He looked up and he saw two people walking or appearing to walk away from him down the white road of the tunnel and out across the green hills .
14 The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence .
15 We reached the Bedford Square House and he saw me up the steps .
16 The scales fell from his eyes and he saw that over many long years of prehistory , all trackways were in straight lines marked out by experts on a sighting system .
17 Otherwise no-one troubled him and he saw no one but shared his strange corner of the forest with the beasts of the forest .
18 the chief room of the place , and he saw
19 and he saw that the first flame
20 And he saw only some of it .
21 He had it nocked , and the hemp half drawn back when an extra flare lit the sky , and he saw how close the man was to firing , and how ill he looked , and how young he was : a hollow-faced boy , defending the walls of Famagusta .
22 Each night she retired to bed a few minutes earlier , and he saw it as an excuse to avoid the means of starting another pregnancy , though she was in the best of health .
23 Only four horses were entered for the five furlong race , and he saw Bellevin beaten by Winkfield Pride .
24 And finally , that afternoon in the graveyard , he knew the door had slammed on his life and the door was one of those big silver refrigerator doors and he saw his life hanging behind that door like meat .
25 He smelt the scents eagerly gazed , fascinated , at the henna-stained feet and palms of the women and children , listened to the cries of the muezzin and the harsh guttural shouts in a language he could not understand — and he saw , he thought , why Jean-Paul was so drawn to Algeria .
26 He stopped making excuses for him ; he let his loyalty and his trust slip aside , and he saw Jean-Paul clear .
27 Hearing the noise of the car she turned and he saw a peaked , delicate face framed with red-gold hair .
28 She turned towards him , her head propped on her hand , and he saw the strong afternoon light shafting with gold the cropped brightly dyed hair .
29 Twice-married Mr Young , 67 , has in the past said the relationship was strong and he saw no reason to change it .
30 And he saw the work of an old favourite of his from the London days , J Maris , who had some beautiful things on show .
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