Example sentences of "saw [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 Joan saw that it needed cheering up .
2 Then , as his eyes grew accustomed , he saw that it was no darker than on any summer evening after heavy rain .
3 When he came to the river he saw that it was much swollen .
4 Luther saw that it was not a matter of his own work but God 's work .
5 He saw that it was necessary to take sides .
6 Looking at it he saw that it was Mrs Wright 's .
7 The room had seating capacity for about eighty and Mark saw that it was about half full .
8 Because she saw that it Was true .
9 And suddenly he saw that it was right .
10 And , out of the corner of her eye , Jinny saw that it was true .
11 Then she saw that it was a grey bird like a station pigeon , yet not trapped beneath a glass roof but sitting freely outside amongst fluttering leaves .
12 She had suspected in Lucca , all those months ago , that Mrs Browning no longer cared for her as once she had done but she saw that it was worse than that : she was a nuisance , plain and simple .
13 I got the binoculars and saw that it was narrow and straight ; it was smoke from a small fire .
14 Endill climbed to the shelf where he had left the cough mixture and saw that it had gone .
15 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 .
16 The wisdom of the ancient world saw that it is in our points of greatest personal weakness that we are most defensive , and where we compensate addictively in our emotions .
17 Now , about to cross , she saw that it was swirling much more swiftly than when she had crossed before and fallen in .
18 Next instant she had a great thrill , for as the van swung into the lane past her she saw that it was full of Brownies , with luggage all around them !
19 She jumped off her bike , pulled at the gate , and then saw that it was padlocked .
20 Turning it over , he saw that it was sealed up , and broke it open .
21 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 .
22 Its introduction into British schools for the deaf , first by the Rev. Thomas Arnold at Northampton in 1868 then by Mr. William Van Praagh at 11 , Fitzroy Square , London in 1872 , rapidly spread , especially after 1880 , until it came to be both detested and feared by leading deaf people everywhere who saw that it could — and indeed as it did — seriously damage the systems of education that had served so well since the growth of deaf education .
23 I looked at the time and saw that it was a new world record , so I thought that I , too , must have run fast .
24 She glanced at her watch , which was luminous , and saw that it was past teatime .
25 She saw that it was covered with badly printed words , amongst which ‘ Wellwisher ’ stood out .
26 Breeze turned to glance at the man who had just entered the shop , and saw that it was Roger Kenyon .
27 The door to the dressing room opened and to her surprise she saw that it was Hugo .
28 But when they had a closer look they saw that it was frozen solid .
29 A small figure was seated beside the trainer and it was only when the two men got out of the car and walked briskly towards them that Kelly saw that it was Cy McCray .
30 Bible I saw that it only got 68% .
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