Example sentences of "he saw the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as he was inside the garden he saw the couple hitting each other with chairs ; ‘ The woman hit harder and had the upper hand ’ . |
| 2 | Nehru wept when he saw the clause accepting safeguards . |
| 3 | He saw the ball hanging over the flag and let the club slide down through his hands , a sure sign that a pro likes his shot . |
| 4 | When he saw the ball trickling back towards his stumps , he used his left hand to sweep the ball away . |
| 5 | He saw the blade go in and then come out gleaming red with his blood . |
| 6 | He saw the charcoal glowing . |
| 7 | Halfway across he imagined the water there again , he saw the lake fill up , some ghost of the ocean haunting him , and shuddered at the thought of drowning in such loneliness , in such heat . |
| 8 | He hesitated for a moment when he saw the girl sitting on one of the large black leather sofas that were ranged along one wall . |
| 9 | Out of the corner of his eye , he saw the girl coming towards him . |
| 10 | But at the same time , he saw the wave coming . |
| 11 | Then he saw the glider looming up ahead , but slightly below . |
| 12 | He saw the colour come back into Ranulf 's cheeks and stood up . |
| 13 | He felt a sticky wetness on his left leg , glanced down and swore as he saw the bloodstain spreading downwards from around the bullet hole in the denim . |
| 14 | He saw the operative holding the radio set suddenly gesticulate and start shouting to his companions . |
| 15 | Through the smoke he saw the balloon dropping , its basket swinging wildly . |
| 16 | Philip ran towards it and as he came round the slight bend in the wide path he saw the boy tugging at it . |
| 17 | When he rounded the final bend , he saw the helicopter hovering in the middle of the road , no more than five feet off the ground and some twenty metres from the gates . |
| 18 | He saw the tree rise up off the stage and did not see the rope and pulleys that raised it . |
| 19 | He saw the hole appear in the plaster almost right above him . |
| 20 | He saw the Judge coming nearer with his noose . |
| 21 | Chopper Harris had peered around the vehicle , and his mouth fell open as he saw the officer talking to his friends . |
| 22 | And in that moment he saw the shape formed by the moving depths . |
| 23 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw the stretcher give a great jump . |
| 24 | He saw the opportunity to play the peace card and the moderate rearmament card at the same time , fortified by the prospect that in times of trouble the public would prefer to vote for an established Government rather than a peculiarly unknown opposition . |
| 25 | He saw the crew bail out and he also felt a sickening feeling as he watched the rear gunner , petrified , trying to escape from his rapidly descending prison , plummeting towards a certain death . |
| 26 | Freddie groaned as he saw the policeman coming over to him . |
| 27 | Now , as the light leached back into the world , he saw the door open at the head of the steps and a figure appear . |
| 28 | Insp Peter Clarke told the jury that he drove past Mrs Wilks , who was pregnant , after he saw the man pull on to the hard shoulder , towards a telephone box where she was making an SOS call to police headquarters . |
| 29 | Georgiades had a man on that route , too , but there was only one of him and when he saw the man coming he did not risk leaving his post to run and tell them but watched the man until he was safely inside the shop . |
| 30 | The track took a right hand curve and for the first time he saw the bridge standing high above the track . |