Example sentences of "[noun] she saw be " in BNC.

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1 She soon decided that the house was the most beautiful place she had ever seen , and though she had little experience of antique furniture or fine art works she immediately recognised that all the things she saw were of the highest quality .
2 When Susan Hart arrived in Longrock , the first person she saw was Luke Mallen .
3 Cecilia opened the small red book and the first name she saw was Bleech-Palmer .
4 When she finally went to the family planning clinic , the woman she saw was not very sympathetic , she said " What school do you go to ? " and when I told her she said " You 've really thrown away your chances . " "
5 ‘ My aunt had … this other general opinion … that every man she saw was a pick-pocket . ’
6 Two of the men now hoisted her up , and when she was seated in the chair she slowly opened her eyes , and the first thing she saw was the great broad face of Betty Felton .
7 Hari looked over the woman 's shoulder and the first thing she saw was the leather boots standing on the table .
8 The last thing she saw was the audience of men gazing at her curiously as her body was handled like a lump of meat .
9 The first thing she saw was the white dog , back from its stroll , seated on a rag rug in front of a two-bar electric fire , beating its tail leisurely yet rhythmically … thump … thumppp … in time to the slow , pulsing beat of the air on the fiddle .
10 But when she entered the little kitchen the first thing she saw was the flowers .
11 The first thing she saw was a hand , old , bent with arthritis , clutching a book .
12 Maggie pushed her way through the swinging plate-glass doors and as usual the first thing she saw was a giant mock-up of the front of the magazine , glossy , colourful and slightly daunting , the name magnified out of proportion : QUERY !
13 She stormed off and away and the last thing she saw was Felipe helping Mitch out of the pool , his dark face still lightened by a very wide grin .
14 The first thing she saw was the fresh blood staining his sleeve .
15 She was convinced that sailors and tourists she saw were his emissaries , sent to proclaim his love for her .
16 The only bird she saw was a crow flying high above , its black outline alien and unwelcome against the clear blue of the sky .
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