Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] see the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Er and of course I seen the present managers are , are th the one you know only just lives down the road here he 's recently retired . |
2 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
3 | And with my own eyes I saw the stalled clock at Treblinka … |
4 | I could only lie there staring , burning more pages to hold back the dark , because every time I closed my eyes I saw the same thing : the dark shadow of a manlike creature with shoulders curving up in two great arcs on either side of its head … |
5 | In this respect the Prince 's ideas were to remain constant , for on reading this early pamphlet one sees the future constitution of the Empire clearly outlined . |
6 | Not that hooligan we saw the other day the one messing about in the dodgems . ’ |
7 | Cutting across country in the morning light he saw the Japanese transports moored peacefully in Dili harbour . |
8 | One trader happened to have a case of brylcream in stock and over the course of several months he saw the retail price of his 144 jars increase : it doubled , trebled , eventually quintupled . |
9 | It is here that theorisations which see the nuclear family as a means for controlling the working class in the ‘ interests of capitalism ’ can be seen to be inadequate . |
10 | In one split second I see the brown topcoat and his jogger gape at us . |
11 | When he plugged in — Sonic The Hedgehog I saw the fantastic graphics and nearly fainted . |
12 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
13 | Six of Aberdeen 's players were named in the full and under-21 squads chosen yesterday by Scotland 's national coach , Andy Roxburgh , and Miller considered that a timely boost for the Cup-tie which sees the Premier Division club 's season condensed into a single evening . |
14 | Considering he was joining an honour roll that included his big brother John , it was somehow fitting that Patrick played the leading role in the two-hour 48-minute finale to the grand prix circuit which saw the younger McEnroe and Jim Grabb dismiss the more experienced Anders Jarryd and John Fitzgerald 7-5 , 7-6 , 5-7 , 6-3 . |
15 | Indeed , as Maxine Berg has well explained , a feature of those same closing decades which saw the first cotton mills was the spread of such manufactures . |
16 | As the Dwarfs from Karaz a Karak marched south they saw the rising plumes of smoke in front of them . |
17 | Through the carved window he saw the wet branches of the evergreens , darker on the dark . |
18 | It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute . |
19 | Those who defended the idea were supporters of the evolutionary hypothesis who saw the linear arrangement as the ladder by which life had ascended to the highest form , humankind . |
20 | Mine itches the very moment I see the ruddy school letter . |
21 | Away to the right I saw the flat gleam of the loch . |
22 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue . |
23 | This programme has been through the first round of application approvals which saw the Regional Council gain around £17,000 to capital and around £600,000 to revenue . |
24 | In the pairs Ronnie Oliver and Ian McClure had a 21-14 win over Emmet Downey and Gary Rutledge in a match which saw the brilliant McClure on the top of his form . |
25 | This year , which must prove that we dreamed it up , it was the THIRD Monday which saw the longest queues of all — to see John McEnroe and Michael Stich win the final set of the men 's doubles . |
26 | At the moment she sees the mainstream industry benefiting from the wealth of new perspectives , the risk-taking and experimentation that the grant-aided sector encourages , but for how much longer ? |
27 | At one extreme , within the committee of officials charged with reshaping the national educational system , was the isolated Cleary who saw the common school at the age of eleven gradually extending itself across the whole of the secondary age range . |
28 | After the interval we saw The Two Pigeons with Sandra Madgwick , Michael O'Hare , Anita Landa , and Chenca Williams in the leading roles . |
29 | There was no sign of them in the next field , but ahead of him at the top of the hill he saw the young dog , looking black against the morning sky . |
30 | Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire . |