Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he tried and saw the sky covered with rushing clouds , the lawn that had become a hay-field , the cedar 's wheeling branches , the gun levelled , there would come an explosion in his memory like the firing of that shot-gun , a redness in front of his eyes with splintered edges , then black-out . |
| 2 | They came and saw the state of me — black eyes , my nose bleeding . |
| 3 | Well you seen it last year when you came and saw the garden and |
| 4 | They turned and saw the car . |
| 5 | He turned and saw the waiter bearing down on him with an anxious look on his face . |
| 6 | He turned and saw the red-haired Lennox woman coming out of the door of the main building , an earthenware jar in her hand . |
| 7 | Corbett turned and saw the edge of the forest behind them . |
| 8 | When she turned and saw the sheet spread out on the ground she smiled and scuttled through the dust on her heels till she was next to him . |
| 9 | Then she turned and saw the stranger . |
| 10 | She turned and saw the man in the bowler . |
| 11 | Raoul turned and saw the long face of the Persian under his black hat . |
| 12 | At the top of the hill Bathsheba turned and saw the woman walking slowly on towards Casterbridge . |
| 13 | As I watched , one of the engines cut out and a few seconds later I heard and saw the explosion , two or three streets away . |
| 14 | Bob harumphed but saw the quick glance at my watch . |
| 15 | I went and saw the Mary Rose at Portsmouth . |
| 16 | Well when we when we got flooded out , I went and saw the man the manager at at . |
| 17 | And er he told me I could start and if I could relieved from the other pit , so I went and saw the under-manager at , and I says , Aye , he says , you can go . |
| 18 | Course then he finished , they finished dredging at night on , at nineteen thirty two cos they said it was costing too much the did and erm they were building some new cranes down there , so I said to my father , and he was very friendly with the Harbourmaster , he said erm was there any chance of getting one of them cranes so when he went and saw the Harbourmaster he said no he said the boy do n't know nothing about electricity either so he said no nor did no other buggers he said they did n't know anything about it so he got the job . |
| 19 | I knew she kept her statements at the bank and went and saw the bank manager now and again , but I thought it was only a few hundred . |
| 20 | No it 's , when I phoned her , went and saw the other night . |
| 21 | Bodie looked and saw the back of a dark-haired girl , just disappearing into a small , white van . |
| 22 | Both Hitch and Morton looked and saw the warning lights of a small boat approaching . |
| 23 | He looked and saw the clergyman 's two children , known to him from past association . |
| 24 | ‘ Spiders , ’ he said and saw the boy nod his head slowly . |