Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 2 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 3 | I saw the two young people put extra food on the blind man 's plate , although they were hungry themselves . |
| 4 | I saw the six o'clock . |
| 5 | or a target to be aimed at because when I saw the sixty seven I remembered it 's the number of the song that begins lord bless and pity us . |
| 6 | I saw the three goals but was n't very impressed overall . |
| 7 | In her rear-view mirror she saw the two men hurrying back towards the administration block . |
| 8 | She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her . |
| 9 | She saw the two agitated , concerned faces turned upwards , side by side , illuminated by her jerking , wavering torch , and suddenly , she laughed . |
| 10 | She saw the two women lying in their beds . |
| 11 | Brown Owl made a sympathetic noise when she saw the two huge blisters . |
| 12 | She looked up eagerly at the sound of footsteps , but then , as she saw the two women , with an almost human expression of disappointment she turned her head away and with a heavy sigh lowered her head to her paws . |
| 13 | She said she saw the two defendants tormenting an elderly woman by prodding her from behind . |
| 14 | Mr Jarrett said she saw the four defendants go for Mr Johnson , holding knives and stabbing at him uttering threat of drawing blood.It was a fatal single stab wound to the neck that caused his death . |
| 15 | Sometimes she saw the three of them as expatriates , stranded in some remote colony , obstinately adhering to old customs , a lost way of life , as they did to old forms of worship . |
| 16 | Looking out of the window on this pleasant Sunday afternoon , she smiled as she saw the three children engaged in various activities at the far end of the garden . |
| 17 | She saw the 1975 Act 's emphasis on adoption as positive . |
| 18 | Perhaps you saw the two TV programmes on American fundamentalism recently which put the ghastly and unacceptable face of that form of fundamentalism before us . |
| 19 | No one who saw the 1986 Gold Cup and knew of Dawn Run 's subsequent fate could look with unmixed emotions on her statue by the Cheltenham parade ring , where she left a permanent mark on racing history . |
| 20 | Police hoped this would jog the memories of people who saw the two . |
| 21 | Those who saw the 30 yard putt she holed stone dead at the eighth , or her playing of the 18th , where she hit a glorious seven iron to ten feet before holing for her birdie , could be forgiven for wondering what on earth she was talking about . |
| 22 | He appealed for anyone who saw the three youths on the road at 8.15pm on Thursday to contact Chester CID on . |
| 23 | Police want to talk to anyone who was in the Crown Street , Priestgate or Melland Street areas at about 4.40pm on Monday or anyone who saw the three as they walked to Melland Street . |
| 24 | After the interval we saw The Two Pigeons with Sandra Madgwick , Michael O'Hare , Anita Landa , and Chenca Williams in the leading roles . |
| 25 | This was the place where we saw the 1:1,000,000 map , but there were none for sale , and in general the airfield was pretty sleepy . |
| 26 | Yeah we saw the seven hills as we drove past Rome because you |
| 27 | Initially , many believed that their retention would only be temporary ; they failed to understand , however , that Elizabeth herself saw the 1559 settlement as final , and that she intended to resist all pressure from her councillors , divines , and MPs to purify or reform these ceremonials . |
| 28 | Mr Dovaston said witnesses had told police they saw the two men shout to Magee to catch up with them . |
| 29 | At the window they laughed together and bit a knuckle , like children or housemaids — watching avidly , they saw the two boys get out of a car that could not be Robert 's . |
| 30 | They saw the two ideas as analogous , but that " The very core of the ideal was home in a rural village community " ( 1976 p 140 ) . |