Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of women , I saw the type of her , heroic greatness in Mrs Siddons ; of her fascinations , in Mrs Jordan and Mlle Mars ; I listened with rapture to the dreamy monologues of Coleridge — ‘ that old man eloquent ’ ; I travelled with Wordsworth , the greatest of our lyrico-philosophical poets ; I relished the wit and pathos of Charles Lamb ; I conversed freely with Goethe at his own table , beyond all competition the supreme genius of his age and country . |
| 2 | Nearly two years ago , I saw the type of package that really interested me BUT , of course , it was not for my computer . |
| 3 | I saw the voice for the first time ! |
| 4 | ‘ If I loved him , replied the river , ‘ it was because , when he leaned over my water , I saw the reflection of my waters in his eyes . ’ |
| 5 | In the driving mirror I saw the driver of the estate-car was growing restive . |
| 6 | ‘ I saw the Fall , ’ said Fael-Inis , his eyes distant . |
| 7 | With this background , as a teacher I saw the subject as a collection of facts and skills that I had to impart to my pupils in a well-defined sequence . |
| 8 | Normally this point is proved by the officer in the case examining the registration document and including in his statement a passage such as ‘ On examining the vehicle 's registration document I saw the date of first registration was … ’ |
| 9 | But then I saw the keeper struggling . |
| 10 | None has arrived but if his death took place as I saw the angel pass I would not hear from my sister Ellen for some time . |
| 11 | ‘ I saw the Angel Gabriel , and as God 's my witness ‘ t is the first sight I 've seen these twenty-five years ! |
| 12 | I saw the valley fifty feet below us . |
| 13 | ‘ When Karen broke the news of our marriage so crudely at Thomas 's party , and I saw the look on your face , I understood for the first time the force of that old cliché about wishing the floor would open up and swallow one . |
| 14 | ‘ I saw the look on your face as we left Glastonbury . ’ |
| 15 | I saw the look the malai doctors gave each other and I knew then he would never see again . |
| 16 | ‘ I saw the look on your face in the coffee-bar when Gavin said you 'd better beware of skeletons in your cupboard — frankly , it was a dead give-away that you had something to hide . ’ |
| 17 | I saw the knife in my mum 's neck . |
| 18 | I saw the knife flash , a cold gleam as the man swung his arm back to strike at Ward 's belly . |
| 19 | My door was open and I was halfway across the room when I saw the snake curled just outside , as if in wait for me . |
| 20 | I saw the cerement |
| 21 | Somebody brought a light and I saw the inside of the house . |
| 22 | It was at Snaefellsness that I saw the bird I had hoped to find — and which was ‘ new ’ to me — the Brünnich 's guillemot . |
| 23 | I was told not to push then , and I saw the midwife go to cut the cord , and finally it clicked what all the fuss had been about . |
| 24 | Well cos I saw the cover of it and it looked really good . |
| 25 | It was a great thing the other day when I saw the combine harvester coming up the glen . |
| 26 | By spotlighting Hemingway 's taciturn blacks , the shadowy , subdued figures in Faulkner , or the insubstantial and sketchy figure of Willa Cather 's slave in Sapphira and the Slave Girl , Morrison reveals blackness as the boundary , the context that defines the ‘ mute ’ and ‘ frozen ’ world of whiteness : ‘ Suddenly I saw the bowl , the structure that transparently ( and invisibly ) permits the ordered life it contains to exist in the larger world . ’ |
| 27 | But he 's got ta have shoes that cos , that he can wear with the suit and wear to school , cos he needs that school shoes , I saw the shirt and the tie . |
| 28 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 29 | ‘ I saw the girl lying on the sidewalk with blood gushing from her head . |
| 30 | I was lifting my pendant to ask Posi a question or two — and to get an update on the state of the ship — when I saw the girl . |