Example sentences of "[pers pn] saw that [pron] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I howled even more when I saw that everyone was laughing at me , Andreas , my mother , various passers by . |
| 2 | Before I was in the band if I saw that something was happening that I did n't like I 'd say nothing and go along with it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | First , I saw that she was chosen , and that for all time ‘ all generations will call [ her ] blessed ’ ( Luke 1.48 ) . |
| 5 | I thought he was only joining in to please me , but before long I saw that he was enjoying it too , chiefly I think because to him it was a novelty . |
| 6 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 7 | This happened on the Sunday in question , and as I watched him climb the stairs , dragging himself up by the banister , I saw that he was sweating heavily . |
| 8 | I saw that he was examining my face during the same silence . |
| 9 | The prisoner ran like a wild goat , and soon I saw that he was coming near the bottom of my hill . |
| 10 | As I passed the palatial ship of Gharr the Gherpotean , I saw that it was shut up tight , with no sign of activity . |
| 11 | I saw that I was intended to be subject to people like these two , was doomed to marry Syl as surely as I had been born of my mother . |
| 12 | I saw that I was going to have to find a job before I did something rash which landed me in prison . |
| 13 | She saw that he was looking at her . |
| 14 | Raising her unwilling eyes to his , she saw that he was looking down at her intently , his grey eyes shadowed , a slight twist to his lips , as if he was trying to read her face . |
| 15 | When he turned , she saw that he was trembling . |
| 16 | She turned to look at him and , even in the dim light , she saw that he was gazing at her meaningly . |
| 17 | And hearing him Minch was pleased , for she saw that he was learning to understand others and would be ready for the harder lessons she would give him in the coming year . |
| 18 | The harsh strength in his face did n't weaken , but she saw that he was listening with cold concentration to her words . |
| 19 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |
| 20 | When she turned to ask him she saw that he was blushing painfully . |
| 21 | She saw that he was shaking . |
| 22 | When she finally spun around , she saw that he was striding around the side of the barn to the kitchen . |
| 23 | He looked at her sideways and she saw that he was laughing . |
| 24 | When she came to , she saw that he was carrying her across the field , past the cottage and up the track towards his Jaguar . |
| 25 | Outrage turned to agitation when she saw that he was jamming the key in the lock with such force that the flesh on his fingers was turning white . |
| 26 | She saw that she was dressed entirely in jewels … |
| 27 | She saw that it was covered with badly printed words , amongst which ‘ Wellwisher ’ stood out . |
| 28 | Now , about to cross , she saw that it was swirling much more swiftly than when she had crossed before and fallen in . |
| 29 | She saw that I was looking pale and vacant and told me to sit down . |
| 30 | When they looked closer they saw that he was whipping , not a fallen beast , but a spindly-legged Annamese ; both carts , they could see , contained refuse and had shafts front and back that terminated in cane , big wooden halters that were locked around the necks of four sweating Annamese . |