espy

Her keen eyes had espied Mr Fledgeby before Mr Fledgeby had espied her, and he was paralysed in his purpose of shutting her out, not so much by her approaching the door, as by her favouring him with a shower of nods, the instant he saw her.

Famous names have disappeared PASSING along Longbridge Lane today I espied a sign.

PHOTOGENIC ROBIN A little bird in the hedgerow looking rather stressed As I approached I espied a familiar Redbreast.

Yet it is the adventure that counts: especially when a frog is espied and pounced upon.

Returning home by car along Custom House Street, they espied a beer barrel in the middle of the road.

* On February 1, DHS agents in New Orleans espied another dire threat to the homeland in the person of George Barisich, a union official who has been distributing T-shirts inscribed with messages critical of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

I eventually espied it outside the oratory but you can't get close to it to get a proper look as it is behind locked gates.