Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] see that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we now look at the ego , as opposed to the id , then immediately we see that it is , it is emphatically not true to claim that Freud was a Hobbesian social thinker . |
| 2 | It was only by craning his neck to a painful degree that he saw that he was suspended in mid-air , a foot or so above the sea . |
| 3 | And I saw that they were the feet of a fish-scaled claw-toed monster … |
| 4 | They seemed to be watching me , and then one of them waved , and I saw that they were Megan Lloyd and Ann Tracy . |
| 5 | Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right . |
| 6 | And I saw that she was in expert hands . |
| 7 | Her back was to me and I saw that she had her fingers crossed behind her back as she spoke . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They have sons , no doubt , but most of them will be in the Volunteers already , and I see that they too are exempt . |
| 11 | I mean , I 'd like to do the things that , my hobbies , but I go out there because I care and I see that I feel that it 's necessary to , to actually stop these people tormenting an animal for fun and if I 'm that concerned about animals , I 'm not gon na stoop to hurt a horse , or or the hounds ! |
| 12 | Before I left , I expressed the hope that he could pay another visit to Oxford , though this time a purely private one , and I see that I wrote to him repeating this towards the end of term — the final term — because on 17 June he replied to my home address : |
| 13 | He goes a dirty red colour and wriggles about as much as he can considering his condition , and I wonder if he 's shy , but then he explodes and I see that it 's anger , not modesty . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Susan did not know how she felt about this until she saw that he had painted himself and herself half-way up or half-way down , looking up or down at their reflections in the water . |
| 16 | There are other signs that might lead you to believe that there 's things not as they might be , the legs may not be equal length particularly if only one is dislocated and that 's fairly obvious is n't it because the , the , the ball joint 's not in the socket and there 's a bigger gap so the leg hangs down longer and you 've all changed a baby have n't you and you see that they 've got little creases in the insides of their legs and across their buttocks , and those creases may not be a mirror matching they are normally , so those are clues . |
| 17 | Their skimpy costumes were decorated with two huge ostrich plumes , attached to their heads , and to their backsides : and she saw that they were harnessed to look like two ponies . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He looked at her , defeated , and she saw that she had carried the point , but at a heavy cost . |
| 20 | But not only did she see herself , small , sitting there ; she also saw through herself ( because the telescope , with its hollow inside , was her ) and she saw that she was hollow . |
| 21 | Under his arm he carried a large portfolio of drawings and she saw that he had pencils sticking out from his pocket . |
| 22 | It fell away and she saw that he was already excited . |
| 23 | He looked at her sideways and she saw that he was laughing . |
| 24 | He began walking towards it and she saw that he had one hand inside his jacket , as if reaching for something . |
| 25 | Aunt Emily and Michael Swinton spoke to her together and then laughed and she saw that he looked quite different , much younger , that his hair and beard had been trimmed , that his expression was full of vitality . |
| 26 | Her eyes opened and she saw that he had tugged a long strand of hair free and was playing it between his fingers . |
| 27 | If you see that they cease rolling and then begin rolling again some yards away in a different direction , then the area between the change is the turning point . |
| 28 | so we want to do is look at that one and we see that it 's keeping on track and er it 's doing the things that we actually want to do |
| 29 | The weeper lifted his head , and they saw that it was Yanek . |
| 30 | ‘ If the inhabitants are like us , they will respect us only if they see that we are strong . ’ |