Example sentences of "saw that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slipped the catch and saw that it contained an assortment of old prayer books , missals , devotional pamphlets , and a pile of booklets about the history of the church . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When the frame was unfolded and set up she saw that it contained two photographs — one of a good-looking white-haired clergyman wearing a biretta , and the other of a ‘ sweet-faced ’ woman , her slender hand fondling the large cameo brooch at the throat of her dark dress . |
| 4 | The boys parted , and Robert saw that it contained a villainous-looking man of about four foot in height . |
| 5 | A huge , heavy , panelled oak door faced it , and peering through the windows I saw that it led into the mill kitchen . |
| 6 | Circuiting the crowd that milled around with plates and dishes in search of sustenance , she walked towards it , and saw that it led into a pleasingly arranged conservatory . |
| 7 | Endill climbed to the shelf where he had left the cough mixture and saw that it had gone . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She wished frantically to go faster , and the broomstick sped away ; but as it spurted past , the weathercock made a savage peck at it , and Carol , glancing round , saw that it had snatched a bunch of twigs out with its beak . |
| 10 | As a feudal ruler he could not concentrate all power in his own hands , and the East India Company saw that it had to deal with a hundred local rulers . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As they moved cautiously towards it , Fenella saw that it had opened for them just the smallest sliver and that beyond it were shards of light . |
| 13 | She looked it over , saw that it had at least two exits , and gave him a cautious yes . |
| 14 | He began by explaining his mission for AEA and whether he saw that it had been accomplished . |
| 15 | Richard 's Johnson , obedient to the pressed button , came to life at once , and she saw that it had never occurred to him that it might n't . |
| 16 | She saw that it had been a mistake — an evasion perhaps ? — ; to hamper herself with the abstractions of that cryptic poem . |
| 17 | Her tutored eye saw that it had been made by a skilled seamstress , the tight , low-cut bodice erupting in a flurry of lace at the breast , the equally tight sleeves stiff with fake pearls and silver thread which formed the same flower design that was on the over-skirt . |
| 18 | Then I saw that it had a light on the top and the crest of Kent Fire Brigade on the driver 's door . |
| 19 | She gave a quick glance at her watch , put on an hour on the ferry to accommodate the time change , and saw that it had gone six , and that , apart for a stop for petrol and a brief stop in Aachen for a cup of coffee , she had been driving more or less continuously since just after nine that morning . |
| 20 | As it did so , Alec saw that it appeared deformed . |
| 21 | Meredith followed her line of sight and saw that it rested on an oldish-looking photo . |
| 22 | Joan saw that it needed cheering up . |
| 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 . |