Example sentences of "[pron] see [pron] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw her watching the girl for the longest time and finally she said , " Are those Indian beads ? " |
| 2 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 3 | ‘ When I managed to get upright I saw him cocking the gun again , thought he was going to shoot me again and moved towards him to defend myself . ’ |
| 4 | I saw him driving the other day , tell you that ? |
| 5 | I heard the ambulance and the police cars and I saw them putting the man into the ambulance and trying to resuscitate him and driving away . |
| 6 | I saw myself leaving the room , packing a suitcase , writing a note . |
| 7 | I when I see him when I see , George does a lot of housekeeping when I see him clearing the bed I say oh goodness look book . |
| 8 | I see it floating the air and I shall nip it in the bud . ’ |
| 9 | Do you see yourself having the same sort of lifestyle now like James |
| 10 | She saw him passing the day in a cloud of dreams . |
| 11 | Cos she saw me putting the corn in and she decided she 'd try and get it by diving through the black net instead of going through the gate , like with a normal hen , you know , this one 's obviously brain dead or |
| 12 | She would patrol the class , a wooden foot ruler at the ready in her hand , if she saw you holding the pen incorrectly , down came the ruler on your knuckles . |
| 13 | Detective Constable Keetly was one of several officers who saw him searching the banks of the river near the spot where the car disappeared . |
| 14 | The appellant was detained by a booking clerk who saw him putting the coins into the machine . |
| 15 | Now when they cuts the roads every week if there was a watch as you go by , you see them cutting the whole time with a tractor . |
| 16 | It is , it is simulate valve which basically your out in the open and you see somebody firing the regiment , I know its a bit silly but there is no real way , mind you , |
| 17 | They have drawn out the magical circle simply to trap the adventurers , when they saw them approaching the area . |
| 18 | They see themselves exercising the restraining , moderating role they played in the 1940s and 1950s . |
| 19 | We have er patrols , patrols out in the erm out in the area as part of our normal job , if they see anybody infringing the order , they 'll have a word with them and er make sure they know about it , and apart from that , as I say , we 're appealing to the good sense of our customers , we are in a very serious situation . |
| 20 | He sees himself crossing the road — deftly , like a native , knowing exactly which way to look for the traffic . |
| 21 | He identifies himself with the prophets of the Old Testament in addressing contemporary life , and echoes St Paul when he sees himself keeping the streams of doctrine pure : ‘ For I am inquisitive in the Lord , and defend the philosophy of the scripture against vain deceit ’ ( A130 ) . |
| 22 | He 's not Robinson Crusoe , there are other old newspaper owners so he will say okay the government in Australia is doing what I like , therefore my newspapers or usually most of my newspapers , in fact one or two of them wo n't , will support that government and that government can be totally different one in the United States where in the Washington Post or you know in the New York Post or whatever will go and attack or support because he thinks it 's in the less interest that his commercial interest and the U S because he sees us doing the same thing there . |
| 23 | HE WO N'T cut the exchange rate of the over-valued pound because in his daydreams he sees it replacing the German mark as the strongest currency . |
| 24 | But he did reconsider next day , when he saw her watching the passage of the porter from the refectory before noon , and following him with her eyes as he turned in between infirmary and schoolroom , where the two small stony cells were built into the angle of the wall , close to the wicket that led through to the mill and the pond . |
| 25 | He left her to go to the kitchen , began to run the tap , then heard her rise , to dash from the parlour — not , he hoped , to leave the house ; but , going after her , he saw her mounting the stairs to her room , to be away from him , simply because he was , for the moment at least , no longer Dr Neil , but only another member of the sex which had betrayed her . |
| 26 | He saw her examining the bed . |