Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] saw that it " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |
| 2 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
| 3 | Richard 's Johnson , obedient to the pressed button , came to life at once , and she saw that it had never occurred to him that it might n't . |
| 4 | The weeper lifted his head , and they saw that it was Yanek . |
| 5 | As Zen stood there fiddling with the crucifix , the end of the upright suddenly came away cleanly in his hand and he saw that it was hollow and that the lower part of the shaft contained a heavy rectangular pack about two centimetres long connected to a wire running back into the shaft and disappearing through a small hole into the figure of Christ . |
| 6 | He had a proper reverence for the complexity of the living world , and he saw that it demands a very special kind of explanation . |
| 7 | As predicted , he was holding a bottle , but I saw that it was almost if not quite full . |
| 8 | She had suspected in Lucca , all those months ago , that Mrs Browning no longer cared for her as once she had done but she saw that it was worse than that : she was a nuisance , plain and simple . |
| 9 | Incongruously festive for a stretcher , but she saw that it would serve the purpose very well . |
| 10 | Because she saw that it Was true . |
| 11 | He wore old , dirty clothes , and I had to look very hard before I saw that it was my old friend . |
| 12 | He began by explaining his mission for AEA and whether he saw that it had been accomplished . |
| 13 | His wife Jean , 70 , said : ‘ When I saw that it was the only laugh I have had since Theo 's death . |
| 14 | I knew that one as soon as I saw that it was from that is was a reject one . |
| 15 | Panic subsided when he saw that it was Jimmy . |