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 .
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