Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] he see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The VW , driven by Wing , overtook and he saw the defendant 's brother , a passenger in the car , gesticulating at him . |
| 2 | ‘ No , ’ Connelly shouted as he saw the glowing rings and felt their heat . |
| 3 | He stopped when he saw the twisted grin on Luther 's face , and it made him remember with a falling heart that this man was not his real father . |
| 4 | He stopped when he saw the car and made as if to turn back . |
| 5 | Returning from a London party , he was driving down Radnor Walk when he saw the unmarked vans parked by the kerb in front of Tweed 's terrace house . |
| 6 | ‘ If Herre Christensen likes what we 've done when he sees the full campaign tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | Fabbiano would not mind if he saw the girls beginning to blend in with the guests . |
| 8 | My dad 's he did n't understand before he seen the mini eggs why they 're so dear . |
| 9 | Lieutenant Simon Doggett waited at the crossroads and frowned when he saw the blood on Sharpe 's arm . |
| 10 | Write the Captain 's log for the period that starts when they first saw the strange " whale " and ends when he saw the Monongahela for the last time . |
| 11 | His compassion intensified when he saw the other inhabitant of the bed — a small , shabby teddy-bear . |
| 12 | ‘ If you 're wakeful I thought you might like company in the shape of Emma — ’ He stopped , his eyes narrowing as he saw the expression on her face . |
| 13 | In the majority of cases the conveyance will be a motor car and the ‘ taking ’ is proved by a witness stating that he saw the defendant take the car , or by an admission to that effect by the defendant . |
| 14 | His eyes narrowed as he saw the outline of a helicopter by the side of the mansion . |
| 15 | A second lorry driver Peter Walling later saw a man naked from the waist up scramble up the river bank but disappear when he saw the lorry . |
| 16 | Ross 's voice broke through her unhappy thoughts , his dark eyebrows raised as he saw the half-empty wine bottle on the low table in front of her . |
| 17 | His heart felt heavy and his legs wobbled when he saw the Bookman still sitting inside , looking very depressed . |
| 18 | Oliver bounded upstairs , and slowed when he saw the figures on the landing . |
| 19 | He felt a sticky wetness on his left leg , glanced down and swore as he saw the bloodstain spreading downwards from around the bullet hole in the denim . |
| 20 | Where there had been one figure faintly outlined in the frame of the staging there were now two — one large , obviously Jotan , and one much smaller , a child Alexei thought until he saw the muscular build and shortened legs and realised that Jotan had caught a dwarf . |
| 21 | ‘ What can I say , Maria ? ’ he asked , his features tightening as he saw the tears standing in her eyes . |
| 22 | Auguste almost laughed as he saw the expression on the Prince of Wales 's face as a plateful of roast goose advanced towards him in the hands of James Pegg , followed by an endless procession , it seemed , of forcemeats , vegetables and gravies . |
| 23 | They entered the Lawnmarket and Corbett shivered when he saw the gibbet and its rotten , swaying human fruit , black figures against the moonlit , summer night sky . |
| 24 | He later claimed that he initiated the demand for independence within one year : he asserted that he saw the Governor who promised to pass on his message to London . |
| 25 | The place was pretty full , and he hesitated until he saw the empty bench at my table . |
| 26 | He flailed for balance with his sabre arm , then screamed because he saw the heavy sword coming at his throat . |
| 27 | Nehru wept when he saw the clause accepting safeguards . |
| 28 | Bodie entered the gallery and sat down next to Cowley , grimacing as he saw the open-heart operation below . |
| 29 | He smiled as he saw the beautiful face in front of him , and for a moment he felt happy . |
| 30 | It 's only when the daylight comes I think when he sees the daylight . |