Example sentences of "saw [noun prp] [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while I saw Nour standing on the low wall gleaming naked in the dark light , looking defenceless and young . |
| 2 | The settlement connects with other forms of extension in that it did have an educational aim , but , like Oxford House ( another settlement or " mission " set up in the East End in 1884 ) , it usefully illustrates new initiatives for the renewal of forms of leadership and patterns for social administration upon which the elevation of English largely depended , Barnett saw Toynbee Hall as the potential centre for an east London university ; in fact it became , as did the other settlements and extension classes , a centre for members of the middle class . |
| 3 | Looking up , he saw Georgina standing at the open door with a welcoming smile . |
| 4 | She flew up the drive and suddenly she saw Miss Honey in the front garden , standing in the middle of a bed of roses doing something with a pair of clippers . |
| 5 | As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time . |
| 6 | Claire Clairmont saw Lord Byron for the last time in November 1821 , when her carriage was edged off the road outside Empoli by his magnificent coach and four with its wagon train and travelling menagerie . |
| 7 | I turned and saw Dorian Gray for the first time . |
| 8 | I saw Signe standing among the red-roofed airport huts even before we landed , and while we taxied in she was running and waving and smiling a gigantic smile . |