Example sentences of "[pers pn] see [that] she was [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Higher and higher the shaking hand pushed the skirts until I saw that she was wearing a pair of white calico drawers , and remembering the black lace French knickers with their little rosebud trimmings , I understood . |
2 | First , I saw that she was chosen , and that for all time ‘ all generations will call [ her ] blessed ’ ( Luke 1.48 ) . |
3 | She saw that she was dressed entirely in jewels … |
4 | Glyn thought differently , his steady voice and cool logic urging her to see that she was refusing to face facts . |
5 | When she 'd been selected , and automatically compelled to leave the Navy , taking an appointment at a civilian hospital , he 'd told himself that it was his duty to visit her to see that she was settled in … not lonely . |
6 | To his distress he saw that she was trembling slightly . |
7 | Dimly he saw that she was holding something , but he did not realize what it was until she spoke again . |
8 | He saw that she was weeping , not for her father but for herself , for the child she had been . |
9 | He saw that she was hurt . |
10 | 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 . |