Example sentences of "and saw [that] [pron] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rostov turned round and saw that everyone was bowing except Alexei . |
| 2 | He exchanged a look with Fenella and saw that she was watching Goibniu quite politely , but that there was a wariness in her eyes . |
| 3 | Melissa took a step forward and saw that she was clinging to the cast-iron pillar with both hands , her face half hidden among the foliage , her shoulders heaving . |
| 4 | Harriet glanced at Meredith and saw that she was looking at the picture . |
| 5 | He caught a glimpse of the fair hair and saw that she was talking to someone he recognised as the drummer from the band ; the whole group was there , giving an impromptu concert on tin whistles to the tired hikers sleeping on their rucksacks undaunted by the howl and shriek of the space-invader machines on the other side , a cacophony of mechanical rage that deafened him together with the thin notes of a rebel song . |
| 6 | Ellen 's voice was suddenly a harsh scream , so harsh that we both looked towards her and saw that she was threatening both of us with one of Wavebreaker 's heavy-duty fire extinguishers that she had snatched from its rack at the head of the main companionway . |
| 7 | She heard the sound of another car behind her , and saw that she was blocking the narrow road . |
| 8 | She hesitated , and looked down at Raynor , and saw that he was watching her , and saw , as well , that he understood . |
| 9 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 10 | At the end of the hallway he turned a corner and saw that he was facing a dead end , doorless apart from a fire exit , the walls dappled with scabs of paint and sick yellow neon light . |
| 11 | He turned to James in amazement and saw that he was enjoying his surprise , as though it confirmed one of his arguments . |
| 12 | McLeish glanced at the clock on Yeo 's desk and saw that he was running behind ti me , as tended to happen at this stage in an investigation when you needed to be in six places at once . |
| 13 | She looked up and saw that he was standing over her . |
| 14 | She saw his face upside down , and saw that he was smiling . |
| 15 | She turned to stare at him and saw that he was smiling — a twisted smile that made her colour rise quickly . |
| 16 | She glanced at Caspar and saw that he was staring at the silver door . |
| 17 | She turned , and saw that he was examining her . |
| 18 | And then she felt him move away and she lifted her head and saw that he was going towards the door . |
| 19 | William looked up at the clock and saw that it was nearing four o'clock . |
| 20 | Mrs Crump expressed her gratitude with the eloquence of total silence but with a little look which , as Hope noted and saw that it was noted , signalled that she was pierced to the heart . |
| 21 | When its flapping had started to irritate me , I snatched it from him and saw that it was ruled like a timetable . |
| 22 | Any way that was it and you st and you f forked them all round and you after it was er up you was put up to do the tramping round and round and you Every forkful you took it and saw that it was laid down and tramped it round like this , round and round and round and then the next one , till it was up . |