另外，無論英國英語還是美國英語中，都有see作“看見(=perceive with the eyes)”解，后接that從句的真實例證：

1. BNC(英國國家語料庫http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk) 和BUY-BNC BRTISH NATIONAL CORPUS (UK,1980s-1993) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/：

HXG 337 Thus while both Higgenbotham (1983: 124) and Palmer (1988: 189) feel that a sentence such as John was seen to leave has the reporting " see that " meaning (i.e. " Somebody saw that John left "),…

A0D 1867 I ran down to meet him, but when I got there I saw that he had narrow eyes and a mean mouth and I didn't like him one bit.

ANF 893 Under his arm he carried a large portfolio of drawings and she saw that he had pencils sticking out from his pocket.

BP7 3130 Switching on the light, she saw that he was fine.

C86 2469 Looking around, he saw that he'd parked outside a graveyard.

FSE 3844 It was a moment before he answered, and Burun saw that he had an arrow embedded in the edge of his shield.

FSR 1692 It was only by craning his neck to a painful degree that he saw that he was suspended in mid-air, a foot or so above the sea.

2. BUY CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2008) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/：

1990 As the man drew closer, however, she saw that he was bareheaded and his jacket was unbuttoned.

1991 He swung it in a circle now and again, and each time he did that it burst into flame When the canoe came closer we saw that he held the torch in his left hand and a spear was in his right.

1992 Turning back to Shelly, she saw that he had sunk up to his neck.

1993 Up came his right arm, and now Wren saw that he wore a thick leather glove that ran to his elbow.

1994 James didn't answer. Finn looked and saw that he was crying.

1995As he read this, Gerald felt a chill on the backs of his hands, but when he looked beyond the paper into the mirror, he saw that he was smiling.

1996 As he drew closer, she saw that he wore a worried expression on his lean face.

1997 She gestured for him to come into the room and saw that he was seated comfortably in one of the overstuffed chairs.

1998 I looked over at the bar for Jack and saw that he'd made his way into the back room,…

1999 Scrutinizing him in the rearview mirror, Giselle saw that he needed a haircut.

2000 She cried for him to stop, then looked down and saw that he was dead, his skin dark, his lips as blue as they had been when he had drowned.

2001 He looked around and saw that he was alone.

2002 I looked up at him and saw that he had a little smile on his face.

2003 I looked up and saw that he had gone back to his map.

2004 I looked at Captain Dial then and saw that he was hurt.

2005 I looked through the window, and I saw that he had taken her to the far end of the large back lot,…

2006 When he was naked before me, I saw that he was well-endowed.

2007 By the faint moonlight, she saw that he wore an amulet of some sort, suspended from a strap of leather around his neck.

2008 I turned to look at him and saw that he had broken the flagpole.

以上例證足以證明，無論英國英語還是美國英語中，see作“看見(=perceive with the eyes)”解，其后可以接that從句作賓語。隨便說一下see的這種用法已經被初中英語教材所采納：I looked out of the window and saw that people were working hard to remove the snow.—譯林版《牛津初中英語》八年級上p106（2006年6 月第2版)

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