Example sentences of "[pron] see a [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | In the summer of 1846 Charlotte took me to see an eye doctor in Manchester . |
2 | ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’ |
3 | I saw a documentary programme about the Manchester United team that was destroyed by the Munich disaster . |
4 | Through cobwebby windows I saw a relief model of the surrounding mountains and a large vacant video screen hanging from the ceiling . |
5 | As I was closing the door I saw a car turn into the end of the street , very slowly and very quietly , driving on sidelights only . |
6 | I mean like I saw a double-decker bus on the moon and that sort of stuff . |
7 | SOME months ago I saw a television documentary on hostels for young homeless people in London . |
8 | I saw a spaceship land near the house . |
9 | I saw a Greenpeace advert in the paper . |
10 | ‘ I saw a motorbike combination by the side of the track . |
11 | But you have to develop an eye for spotting possibilities ; a kind of ‘ picture eye ’ which sees a winter sky in the grain marking on one particular piece of veneer or a rock formation in the figure on another . |
12 | Have you seen a pencil sharpener in here ? |
13 | Have you seen a weather forecast for ? |
14 | She saw a stone lioness at the mouth of a stone cave , guarding her cubs . |
15 | Ronni imagined she saw a question form in his eyes and already she was forming her answer in her head . |
16 | He frowned and she saw a muscle twitch in his jaw . |
17 | She saw a shadow move across the wall opposite her as the other woman paced violently . |
18 | When she saw a curtain move in one of the palace windows , she believed it was a signal of love from the King . |
19 | After she fell in love with Astrid , she became Dragonfly Moonchild , the world her oyster , and for the first time on the daily journey , she saw an adventure playground over the hoardings by the Elephant and Castle , and all the poles were painted like a carousel . |
20 | Fans of the Good Morning programme who saw a holiday report on Amsterdam , presented by on May 5 , may be surprised to know they were in fact watching a colleague . |
21 | Carry on to Seacombe Cliff and turn up Seacombe Bottom until you see a stone marker on the left . |
22 | The next time you see a GP rider in a post-race sweat , do n't wonder why . |
23 | Even when you see a stage performance of hypnotism and it seems as though the ‘ unwilling ’ subjects are being made to act against their will , that is not really the case . |
24 | Incidentally , if you see a catalogue description of ‘ antique ’ applied to a binding , it usually means exactly the opposite . |
25 | I saw erm we saw a campaign chair near Mold week before last it was I asked the guy how much put down on it , you know , he said thirty pounds so I sa , I said I saw it for forty . |
26 | We saw a gangster film of New York during which Signe kept saying , ‘ That 's near where I live . ’ |
27 | When we got to within quarter of an hour q sorry quarter of a mile of the the actual village itself , and remember it 's quarter of a mile I 'm talking about not ten yards fifteen yards away , we saw a railway embankment in front of us . |
28 | One night she brought him to see a horror film about the Living Dead , and he was so frightened by the zombies that he fled into the foyer in a panic . |
29 | They were to take the road to Foligno , turn right towards Cannara just beyond Santa Maria degli Angeli and drive until they saw a telegraph pole with a yellow mark . |
30 | They saw a news item about the deaths on television and advised Gore to give himself up to police . |