Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] saw [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ T was to stop you becoming completely distraught , but I was afraid to look at you , afraid to come to you that night in case I saw fear or revulsion in your eyes . ’ |
| 2 | then when I was in the kitchen I saw Mr go to your door later |
| 3 | The crowd parted and shifted a little and through the gap I saw Julius Apollo Filmer , another murderer , beginning frightfully nice to a not-so-old lady , Daffodil Quentin . |
| 4 | In the alternate pink and blue light I saw trays full of forceps and scalers , mouth lamps , mirrors and drills and two trolleys with more of them . |
| 5 | In the hall he gave the dog a command which saw Azor trot off somewhere , and then Ven was striding towards the drawing-room door . |
| 6 | The annual Christmas party rounded off a hugely successful year for the Wedgwood Retired Employees Club which saw membership and events increase . |
| 7 | Hull 's most important Humberside derby for years comes at the end of a sad week for the club which saw defeat by Widnes on Sunday , and the sacking of Noel Cleal as coach on Monday . |
| 8 | The Port of Belfast now handles more than 55% of Northern Ireland 's seaborne trade and the Harbour Commissioners feel that this success is due in no small part to the investment programme which saw £25 million invested over the last five years in a modernisation programme designed to ensure that the Port of Belfast can offer its customers the most up to date , cost effective cargo handling facilities . |
| 9 | Through the archway she saw Fernand jump down , open the door of the shed , then climb up again and drive in . |
| 10 | ‘ Steady on there , ’ her companion said and as she looked round to smile at him in the fragmented night-sun that was the wheel she saw Gabriel working at the barbecue . |
| 11 | This matter has dominated the talks Virgin has been having with BA following the High Court settlement which saw BA pay Virgin and Mr Branson a total of £610,000 in damages . |
| 12 | Two fine headed goals from Paul Smith and Scott Leitch wrapped up the points in a hard-fought derby match at Central Park which saw Cowdenbeath 's Billy Herd ordered off early in the second half for a foul on Neale Cooper . |
| 13 | Seton is also involved in sports and leisure goods , a recession-hit division which saw sales fall during the year , although operating profit increased by 7pc . |
| 14 | But Bregawn was the winner , and the £45,260 he earned that afternoon made a major contribution to the £358,837 prize money which saw Michael Dickinson champion trainer again that season , with 120 winners in all — a record total — from 259 runners , a strike rate just short of one in two . |
| 15 | From the front window I saw Jo climb into the BMW and as the interior light went on , I could make out the shape of the man driving . |
| 16 | But both the McLaren girl and the coach disappeared the second I saw John Russell . |
| 17 | That night in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary I saw Moira , with five cracked ribs and cuts over her eye and on her leg , and she told me what had happened . |
| 18 | Shuttlecock is the only sport I saw teenagers playing . |
| 19 | As I left the pen I saw Mr Stokill dragging a large object over the cobbles . |
| 20 | I have n't read the question I saw V equals and I thought it was velocity . |
| 21 | The Christchurch Test came alive in a remarkable final session which saw Phil Tufnell bowl England to their first victory in New Zealand since 1977–78 . |
| 22 | As Mum turned the trolley into the breakfast cereal aisle she saw Linda Paterson 's Mum and stopped to talk to her . |
| 23 | There was a mirror above in whose reflection she saw Ted Tipper advance down the corridor and meet face to face with the police . |
| 24 | Looking out of our window we saw US tanks coming over the Bridge of the Americas , which links the west bank of Panama — where some US bases are located — with the east side , on which the rest of the bases , most commission installations , the Panama Defence Forces ( PDF ) headquarters and Panama City itself , are situated . |
| 25 | From their bedroom window they saw Victorine knock on Rose 's door . |
| 26 | Up at the bar he saw Everett Maltby and , beyond him , Tibbet the Highwayman and beyond him Cicely de Vaulles , who held the fief of the manor house , 250 yards from where he and Donald were drinking . |
| 27 | From the first moment I saw Inverness Doogie and his Welsh wife , Miranda , I had them down as a sort of suicidal Sonny and Cher . |
| 28 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw Natalie stand up , salute and begin to silently mouth the words of the Promise ! |
| 29 | From the corner of my eye I saw Nigger retreat a couple of paw lengths , perhaps to get a better run at me . |
| 30 | At one point I saw Bunny write something , probably her ‘ phone number , on a drip mat and slip it into the back pocket of his jeans . |