Example sentences of "[adv prt] i see [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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1 | Looking down I saw they were in a puddle of water that had n't been there at the start and seemed to be oozing out of the ground . |
2 | So I got out the car and I went over and I , turned it down , as it were turning down I saw it was n't pouring just out the tap , it was also pouring from the |
3 | When I looked up I saw it was coming from two smartly dressed men on the long bench-seat opposite . |
4 | At first I thought it was a handkerchief , but when I stooped to pick it up I saw it was a cream-coloured glove ; and of all gloves , an elbow-length woman 's glove . |
5 | But when I looked up I saw I was underneath a car . |
6 | As the lights came up I saw he was standing up straight and alert , with cubes of dried vomit decorating his cheeks . |