Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] he saw 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 | Lieutenant Simon Doggett waited at the crossroads and frowned when he saw the blood on Sharpe 's arm . |
| 6 | His heart felt heavy and his legs wobbled when he saw the Bookman still sitting inside , looking very depressed . |
| 7 | Oliver bounded upstairs , and slowed when he saw the figures on the landing . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The place was pretty full , and he hesitated until he saw the empty bench at my table . |
| 14 | Nehru wept when he saw the clause accepting safeguards . |
| 15 | He smiled as he saw the beautiful face in front of him , and for a moment he felt happy . |
| 16 | Gregson smiled when he saw the look on Finn 's face . |
| 17 | Kenneth smiled when he saw the hand-painted sign at the outskirts of the village that said , ‘ Thank You . ’ |
| 18 | An old man with only one eye said that he saw the Virgin Mary standing behind Gabriel , dressed in purple and green . |
| 19 | You did n't spend half enough when you got the chance , ’ he said when he saw the bill . |
| 20 | Jack 's heart lurched as he saw the ambulances and the busy , functional building and he immediately forgot everything they had been saying . |
| 21 | He laughed softly , but his eyes glittered as he saw the hatred in hers . |
| 22 | Freddie groaned as he saw the policeman coming over to him . |