Example sentences of "saw [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked round and saw my master in earnest conversation with the monk . |
| 2 | I saw my dissociation from limp heroines as an achievement rather than a betrayal of my sex . |
| 3 | Luke saw her look of half-outraged surprise , and grinned . |
| 4 | Big Ron saw her potential in another direction altogether . |
| 5 | Its owner , Toni Hobbs only realised what had happened when she saw its picture on Central News . |
| 6 | In the recessionary 1970s , most governments were turned out at elections or saw their share of electoral support fall . |
| 7 | The bottom 40 per cent of households saw their share of national income fall from 8.7 per cent in 1981 to 6.0 per cent in 1986 . |
| 8 | But when she saw his look of mingled amazement and indignation , she knew beyond a doubt that he had nothing to do with it . |
| 9 | He came up to her , and she saw his expression of controlled ferocity at close quarters . |
| 10 | — He saw his chance with those keys and he took it . |
| 11 | If he saw his father on that occasion , Martin did not remember it ; all that remained whenever he thought about him was an oppressive feeling of fear and dread associated with this house that had seemed to him dark and prison-like , smelling of dust and disinfectant and wet towels and blocked lavatories — a kind of compound reek of disease and poverty . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway the woman in the bus saw his picture in this evening 's paper , told the local bobby and gave him the boy 's uncle 's address which the lad had passed on to her the previous evening . |
| 13 | The store manager saw his role as increasing productivity , whereas the personnel manager saw her role as organising and motivating staff towards the organisation 's objectives and looking after the staff 's well-being . |
| 14 | Erm well I just wrote Miriam and said , I saw your article in Green Week can you send me further details . |