Example sentences of "[coord] he saw that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked back at him and smiled gently , and he saw that she had been writing in a workman-like leather-bound notebook . |
| 2 | She stood on the embankment breathing in gulps of air as he stood awkwardly by her , then fumbled for a handkerchief and he saw that she was crying . |
| 3 | The scales fell from his eyes and he saw that over many long years of prehistory , all trackways were in straight lines marked out by experts on a sighting system . |
| 4 | and he saw that the first flame |
| 5 | Emily Groundwater 's eyes opened widely , and he saw that they were smoke-grey , fringed by long dark lashes . |
| 6 | The flight from Tenerife was due in fifteen minutes and he saw that there was a screen on the wall that would show when it landed . |
| 7 | His prayer was answered , and he saw that ‘ ’ the mountain was full of chariots of fire round about Elisha ! ’ ( 2 Kings 6:8–17 ) . |
| 8 | Suddenly they laughed together , and he looked at her , really looked at her , for the first time , and he saw that she had a lovely set of teeth . |
| 9 | But he was a tender and affectionate child and he saw that something more was required of him . |
| 10 | But when all qualifications have been entered , Benjamin 's position is important for three main reasons : he took the potential of new media seriously ( as Adorno did not ) ; he recognized a new kind of ‘ autonomy ’ for cultural activity , defined in terms of its status as a practice and an intervention ; and he saw that the new modes of production and reproduction would generate new kinds of perception . |
| 11 | He saw that Jupiter had moons and he saw that the surface of the earth 's moon was covered with mountains and craters . |
| 12 | He was grinning wryly , his voice sardonic ; then , as he finished the remark , a little jolt of pleasure hit him and he saw that he was absolutely right : she had . |
| 13 | Alexei glanced idly down , and he saw that a company of troopers of the guard — C'zaki by their dress , under the command of a Yek officer — were marching up from the direction of the gate , picking up the sentries who had completed their tour of duty , dropping off the night watch . |
| 14 | Jehana at Alexei 's side grasped the sleeve of his coat , and he saw that she carried a hiranu which was similar to his own , save that it was encased in a jewelled sheath and was strapped to the girdle which she now wore over her gown . |
| 15 | Jehan nodded , and he saw that others in the room were doing the same . |
| 16 | Jehan glanced at Jehana to see why she had not answered , and he saw that her face was crimson with embarrassment . |
| 17 | The quarry must needs have ridden steeply uphill if they were to gain the cover of the trees , and he saw that they were not even attempting it , but climbing only very obliquely towards shelter , preferring to gain distance on the level . |
| 18 | Things were going well , and he saw that less than half of the youngsters were left . |
| 19 | He was far too honourable to approach Asquith with a deal which could only mean the compromise of both their principles for a period of artificial power , not unlike the last years of the Coalition ; and he saw that an anti-socialist alliance could only lead , in the end , to a major Labour victory . |
| 20 | As Zen stood there fiddling with the crucifix , the end of the upright suddenly came away cleanly in his hand and he saw that it was hollow and that the lower part of the shaft contained a heavy rectangular pack about two centimetres long connected to a wire running back into the shaft and disappearing through a small hole into the figure of Christ . |
| 21 | He had a proper reverence for the complexity of the living world , and he saw that it demands a very special kind of explanation . |
| 22 | She turned her head a little , and he saw that the calm had come back to her face , but now there was light and colour in it , as if the blood curbed and slowed to solitude and stillness had begun to flow again . |
| 23 | But he saw that Scottish football too was on the decline and blamed the system of promotion and relegation introduced into the Scottish League in 1921 . |
| 24 | When Chaos came he fought as best he could but he saw that the pitiful weapons of the Elves and the peaceful sorceries of the Everqueen could not stand against the might of the dark . |
| 25 | It would be unfair to say that Archdeacon Richard Treadwell had retired on the job , but he saw that there was no further preferment likely to come his way and , to be honest , he did n't greatly regret it . |