Example sentences of "[adv] saw [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To her enormous relief she suddenly saw it running down the passage , she leant against the wall , how tiresome of that spider to come to her when it might have gone to anyone else . |
| 2 | I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’ |
| 3 | But she soon saw he did not remember her at all . |
| 4 | I did n't see , I just saw them lit up last , all last night lit up . |
| 5 | Phillips straight to Hill and that 's a long ball aimed at Ormanroyd Cooper across to cover and you just saw him grimace a little bit again there as he charged in on Ormanroyd . |
| 6 | She 's with the man I just saw you talking to . |
| 7 | I just saw you write it down . |
| 8 | I just saw you standing there with a smile on your face . |
| 9 | I still remember him , after all those years , as one of the best-looking men I ever saw I 've never loved anyone in the same way since . |
| 10 | Or ever saw it done on the Eurovision . |
| 11 | Jack kept trying to get above the cloud — daybreak still saw them shrouded in blackness . |
| 12 | ‘ I never once saw him get upset or angry ’ , said Ken Bradshaw , one of his circle of disciples . |
| 13 | He distinctly saw her laughing when she first caught sight of Willi covered in pollen . |
| 14 | ‘ They probably saw you twitch . |
| 15 | I also saw them putting a tap on your phone . |
| 16 | Spiralling leg fractures , cysts , ventricle failure also saw her whisked into the operating theatre . |
| 17 | I often saw him wandering about in the fields and lanes or fishing in quiet reaches of the river when he should have been in school . |
| 18 | His room was closest to hers and she often saw him coming and going . |
| 19 | I often saw you sprawling on the floor or on a park bench , a joyous sunburst of creases radiating from your abandoned crotch , your jumping fly . |
| 20 | Up ahead Neil Coles was putting together a 66 , which eventually saw him tie with Johnny , but by the fifth or sixth , when we 'd picked up a couple of birdies to Johnny 's pars or bogey , I thought , ‘ This is our Open . ’ |
| 21 | Roman had bent to kiss her mother 's cheek , smiling at the older woman with a warmth Caroline rarely saw him use . |
| 22 | The most common statement that drivers make after an accident is , ‘ I never even saw him coming . ’ |
| 23 | He heard him speak some words , but he could n't make out what they were ; he then saw him bend and kiss her , not on the cheek but on the lips . |
| 24 | The times suited his predilection for historical references in clothes , for dressing up , for being glamorous and the collections he did then saw him develop sureness of touch allied with a taste for a dangerous dare or two which characterised much of what he does today . |
| 25 | They cut its supports , then saw it crash through the floor they were on … and two more … and hit the ground with such a clatter that security men half a mile away alerted police . |
| 26 | He was the owner and shipmaster of the Russell , and when he was n't off at sea ( which was usually ) she sometimes saw him striding through the village with Mr Bryant , a gentleman from Plymouth who went on voyages as navigator with him . |
| 27 | You mean you actually saw him breaking in ? ’ |
| 28 | Angie Bowie : ‘ With the Arts Lab in full swing , Ken Pitt was ironing out the finer points of a new record deal with Mercury Records and in his own way was very lucid about David because he never actually saw him rooted in England or rooted only in rock and roll . |
| 29 | ‘ Maybe not but I think both you and Len might benefit by talking about what happened that morning ; after all , apparently you were the only one who actually saw him fall . |
| 30 | Europe ? well we could beat about the bush but there 's not a single rep on the road that ever gets out the office so got ta win it cos I actually saw I actually we I actually saw her go out and see a customer so she must she must be er |