Example sentences of "[noun] i saw [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 When I did get to the bike I saw it was virtually in pieces and realised that Darren had been attempting the job himself .
2 For one instant I saw you , erect on tiptoe , ruling your orchestra and transfigured by the expression of a conqueror .
3 I 'd popped into the library to get a book renewed and when I left the college building I saw her walking along the road on her own . ’
4 I 'm intrigued by the acoustic/electric guitar I saw you using in Fleetwood Mac .
5 They fell silent , each reflecting on what had happened , then , suddenly changing the subject , Nina said , ‘ Was that your sister I saw you talking to earlier , Rachel ? ’
6 As soon as I rounded the line of fitted units screening off the kitchen I saw her slumped on the floor in the corner , huddled up as though against the cold .
7 In a red cloak I saw him go , His back was bent , his step was slow , And as he laboured through the cold He seemed a hundred winters old .
8 Several times I saw him look to see how many pages more he had to read .
9 Perhaps it was just the times I saw him in the Div II Championship year and the season after that .
10 The awful , abrupt finality of a man pitching forward , so easily , so arbitrarily terminated — the convenience of it to the killer : they were things to which I could never become habituated , however many times I saw it .
11 Once , when he was the centre of attention at the youth club I saw him do it again .
12 And in my mind I saw them reaching between their legs to clutch their precious bags .
13 And then there 's two police cars going towards Wisbech I saw them
14 Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants .
15 ‘ On Saturday I saw he was in good condition and decided to play him .
16 It was back in February I saw you is n't it ?
17 Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the contents of the burning shacks , going from one to another , putting out the fires ; or so I thought till with a shock it came to me that these were no rescuers but incendiaries , that the battle I saw them waging was not with the flames but with the rain .
18 The second I saw it I remembered what happened .
19 That ‘ I knew the moment I saw him ’ ? ( people do say that about their men , more often than you 'd think ) .
20 From the moment I saw her , I knew that I still loved her , and that her absence had only deepened my passion . ’
21 Could n't you see that I loved her when I s the moment I saw her , I just , I just I threw myself to her , I wanted to give her anything , even my life .
22 ‘ I would have recognized you the moment I saw you , ’ Graham said .
23 The moment I saw you I wished to serve so much excellence .
24 I have wanted you from the moment I saw you , wet and half-naked , on the deck of my motor-launch that night .
25 ‘ I 've wanted you , ’ he said , his voice rasping against her skin , ‘ since the first moment I saw you .
26 ‘ You were always my woman from the moment I saw you . ’
27 I 've loved you from the very first moment I saw you .
28 Discovering how much I wanted you , right from the moment I saw you in the flesh for the first time , was harder still .
29 ‘ I think I 've loved you from the first moment I saw you , ’ she said , and drew in her breath sharply as he crushed her against him .
30 ‘ You allowed me to deflect your questions far too easily , ’ he answered , ‘ Is it any wonder that from almost the first moment I saw you … ’ he paused ‘ …
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