Example sentences of "she saw a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw a flicker of shame in his eyes . |
| 2 | She saw a flicker of expression in his blank eyes . |
| 3 | Their bed had a wooden footboard and she saw a flicker of movement behind it in the half-light . |
| 4 | She saw a flicker of something cross his eyes . |
| 5 | For just a second she thought she saw a flicker of admiration in his eyes , but it was gone in a flash , leaving her to wonder if she 'd simply imagined the look . |
| 6 | As her silence lengthened a muscle flexed in his jaw and she saw a flicker of murderous rage in his eye for one instant . |
| 7 | She saw a stone lioness at the mouth of a stone cave , guarding her cubs . |
| 8 | She was surprised to find the newly-weds still in the church forecourt , until she saw a photographer packing up his equipment . |
| 9 | Through a half-open door she saw a glimmer of white and stiffened , nauseated , as she saw Melanie over Penry 's shoulder , her face held up to his in impassioned invitation . |
| 10 | She saw a vision , and it scared her . |
| 11 | A neighbour who did not give evidence at the trial of Lisa and Michelle Taylor has said she saw a girl resembling Alison , 21 , arrive home at 6pm on the night she was stabbed . |
| 12 | And then she saw a strip of her jacket stuck on the jagged edge of the hole . |
| 13 | Then , as she entered Eldercombe Village , she saw a pile of droppings in the middle of the road . |
| 14 | Another resident , Williamine Dyson , 65 , who looked after spare keys for the holiday home , said yesterday she saw a man lingering near the base at the end of August and then walking up Campbell Road . |
| 15 | She looked across the hall and visibly relaxed as she saw a man moving swiftly down the staircase . |
| 16 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw a man in a white coat floundering through the snow towards them , and in some intuitive way this increased her anxiety to be off . |
| 17 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |
| 18 | She saw a man picking little hooks from his flesh , each barb raising a blood-bead . |
| 19 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 20 | Suddenly she saw a man 's face in the light of a fire . |
| 21 | A lot of people came in , and she saw a man and his wife . |
| 22 | Opening the door a crack she saw a man in a clerical collar and a woman beside him . |
| 23 | Just as she reached it , the light from a lantern spilled on to the square , and she saw a man enter the place behind it . |
| 24 | The victim had been in a ground floor classroom when she saw a man 's face at the window . |
| 25 | Eye witness Wilma Farrara , who is deaf , said she saw a man running up the path to the bungalow around 8.15am . |
| 26 | She saw a man and a woman walking towards the factory . |
| 27 | The van would arrive every evening to give food to the homeless living on the streets and she was serving up the soup when she saw a man sitting in the doorway . |
| 28 | I mean there was a classic case a couple of years ago of a lady who was pushing a baby in a pram across a zebra crossing and as she was half way across out of the corner of her eye she saw a truck thundering towards her which was quite clearly was n't going to stop and that you know a sort of fairly anxious situation , and she froze . |
| 29 | She saw a person who was young , yes , but — more than that — who wore an expression of arresting vivacity and expectancy . |
| 30 | Ronni imagined she saw a question form in his eyes and already she was forming her answer in her head . |