Example sentences of "saw once " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , it 's like that plastic leg I saw once — you know , the false one . |
| 2 | I saw once the head of a dear friend among the leaves and was less astonished at what first seemed an apparition than by his disentangling himself and in the flesh bidding his good morning , so accustomed was I to looking for my thoughts and news among the leaves . |
| 3 | He saw once more the star-form of closed lips , the penis beneath them hanging its head as if in awe , a godlet among goddesses . |
| 4 | I saw once on television a programme where a young woman of African parentage , adopted by a white couple , was asked by the interviewer , ‘ Do you feel drawn to your African heritage ? ’ |
| 5 | When we neared Al Ain I saw once again the Hazhal Bush , those massive waves of red sand hundreds of feet high which had once protected the oasis from marauders . |
| 6 | Ben , watching him , saw once again how the light seemed trapped by the matt black surface of the heavy iron ring he wore on the index finger of his right hand . |
| 7 | She saw too , in her mind 's eye , the heaving bulk of the buffalo bull struggling in the grass in its death throes , saw once more the blindly charging cow and the ragged black vultures flopping down out of the sky , and all these images crowding through her mind heightened the vague sense of turbulence that was growing inside her with the gathering storm . |