Example sentences of "he saw [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as his eyes grew accustomed , he saw that it was no darker than on any summer evening after heavy rain . |
| 2 | When he came to the river he saw that it was much swollen . |
| 3 | He saw that it was necessary to take sides . |
| 4 | Looking at it he saw that it was Mrs Wright 's . |
| 5 | And suddenly he saw that it was right . |
| 6 | Studying the map back at the motor cycle , he saw that it had once carried what was now that branch of the Makaa River which flowed down the valley below the track up to the President 's cabin . |
| 7 | Turning it over , he saw that it was sealed up , and broke it open . |
| 8 | Opening the cupboard he saw that it contained a collection of unmatched crockery and two folded clean tea towels , both dry , and on the bottom shelf an assortment of flower vases and a battered cane basket containing folded dusters , and tins of metal and furniture polish . |
| 9 | He saw that it was this very racism that was responsible for forcing blacks into positions of marginality . |
| 10 | As he raised it to his lips he saw that it was brimming with drowned black insects . |
| 11 | Stepping nearer he saw that it was , in fact , non-existent and that the pool had only a few rapidly drying puddles . |
| 12 | A branch of the great plane tree had come down in the wind and as he ran back towards the Cages he saw that it had fallen right across the path where moments before he had been standing . |
| 13 | Even as he spoke , he saw that it was a dead issue for Susan . |
| 14 | Now he saw that it was not the right time . |
| 15 | As he drew closer he saw that it was a man huddled beneath a thick overcoat , sitting on the pavement watching the crowds go by . |
| 16 | Panic subsided when he saw that it was Jimmy . |
| 17 | When the angel came to the rock he saw that it was covered by a lovely green creeping plant . |
| 18 | He hurried to the house where the body lay , and when he uncovered the face of the dead man , he saw that it was James Vane . |
| 19 | He began by explaining his mission for AEA and whether he saw that it had been accomplished . |
| 20 | It had always astonished him that his children were not afraid of her ; now he saw that it was the gulf of the generation between them . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In the shadow between the houses Owen could not see what it was but when they came up to it he saw that it was a man . |
| 23 | He had a proper reverence for the complexity of the living world , and he saw that it demands a very special kind of explanation . |
| 24 | ‘ He described the person he saw and it was obviously my father . |