Example sentences of "[noun] see [art] [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | July saw the early retirement on health grounds of Hugh Durham , formerly Senior Messenger . |
| 2 | They decided that video evidence — millions of viewers saw the offending blow on BBC 's Match of the Day — was sufficiently incriminating to bring 29-year-old Wright to book . |
| 3 | In the postwar euphoria big crowds flocked regularly to the Oval to see the attacking cricket on which Surridge insisted . |
| 4 | She picked up one mug and by the light of the torch saw a pea-green mould on the dregs of coffee . |
| 5 | The mid- and late nineteenth century saw a savage counter-attack on this system , with a reduction of pensions to a mere third of the value of the average working man 's wage , and a concerted attempt to shift more of the burden back onto the family . |
| 6 | In parts of Lincolnshire , for example , the early seventeenth century saw a massive attack on the former open fields . |
| 7 | Planning the memorial service took months , set in motion when a local historian saw a commemorative plaque on the wall of the British Legion . |
| 8 | Planning the memorial service took months , set in motion when a local historian saw a commemorative plaque on the wall of the British Legion . |