Example sentences of "they saw the [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They saw the God of Israel ( 9–11 ) : having a meal with someone is the essence of fellowship in the Near East . |
2 | They saw the mixture of deterrence and retribution that characterised neoclassical criminology as too soft — favouring criminals ' rights at the expense of the protection of society . |
3 | They believed , you see , that the tortoise was an animal of great purity — in its hard-soft form they saw the meeting of Yin and Yang , of Heaven and Earth . |
4 | It is also important to note that they saw the taking of law into their own hands as temporary , and pending the recognition by that state of its mistaken attitude towards them and their right to a degree of autonomy . |
5 | Together they watched the setting up of the town 's first fish and chip shop , they saw the decline of Mr Healy in the hotel and stood side by side on the day that he was taken to the sanatorium . |
6 | They saw the growth of unemployment , related as it was to a deepening economic crisis , as being accompanied by growing state coercion . |
7 | This means that they saw the death of Jesus as part of God 's plan . |
8 | But both Pound and Lewis were American or Americanized enough to have on the contrary a professional attitude to their respective arts , in the quite precise sense that they saw the continuity of art traditions ensured by the atelier , the master instructing his prentices . |
9 | I never sold a garment or got an order from this source , I wonder if they saw the light of day . |