Example sentences of "i [adj] saw [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been horrified at his scarecrow appearance when I first saw him at the clinic , and when I met him by chance in Tala-Tala I felt so sorry for him that I asked him if he would like to come for dinner . |
| 2 | ‘ When I first saw him in the orphanage , he had a swollen head and a tiny little starved body with a pot belly . |
| 3 | " When I first saw you at the governor 's reception I thought you seemed … unhappy . " |
| 4 | ‘ How long is it since I first saw you in the surgery ? |
| 5 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |