Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] saw the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beneath the shirt I saw the outline of her breasts . |
| 2 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 3 | When I examined Southgate 's horse I saw the spur marks . |
| 4 | On the southern side she saw the mandarin silks of the beginnings of civilisation and the huge courage of the Long March ; and on the other , to the north , the eternal silence of the greatest desolation . |
| 5 | Not that hooligan we saw the other day the one messing about in the dodgems . ’ |
| 6 | Nevertheless , Bob Smith kept edging her towards Malta and at first light they saw the island over the long swells following the storm . |
| 7 | In Makassar harbour they saw the great black-sailed trading schooners of the piratical Bugis tribe , with whom , just 120 years previously , the remarkable naturalist-explorer Alfred Russel Wallace had sailed on his historic odyssey through the Spice Islands to become the first Westerner ever to see alive the Greater Bird of Paradise . |
| 8 | Cutting across country in the morning light he saw the Japanese transports moored peacefully in Dili harbour . |
| 9 | Then he pushed him towards the light , and in the light he saw the face of a boy of twenty . |
| 10 | My master said they had a splendid library , as well they might , but the only work I saw the nuns do was clever and intricate embroidery of curtains , cloths and napkins . |
| 11 | From the window I saw the flats opposite , their even lines making them look like children 's drawings . |
| 12 | When he plugged in — Sonic The Hedgehog I saw the fantastic graphics and nearly fainted . |
| 13 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 14 | Framed in the narrow window she saw the landscape , lit and brilliant as the background of a painting . |
| 15 | As the Dwarfs from Karaz a Karak marched south they saw the rising plumes of smoke in front of them . |
| 16 | Out of the front window he saw the ‘ For Sale ’ sign , the white paint of the board showing up in the light that shone from between the curtains of Tom 's cottage . |
| 17 | Through the carved window he saw the wet branches of the evergreens , darker on the dark . |
| 18 | But looking out of the window he saw the hills again . |
| 19 | Reaching the bottom he saw the Emperor Frederick with a long beard , sitting on a golden throne . |
| 20 | His motion dashed the tears from his eyes , and as he came to a halt he saw the visitor plainly . |
| 21 | In horror she saw the guerrilla 's hand go to the knife at his belt . |
| 22 | But whoever it was , they were determined to catch Artemis , for when Artemis stole another look she saw the horse behind was really stretching out . |
| 23 | For a fleeting moment I saw the face of a young boy , about 15 years old , with a fresh face and golden curls . |
| 24 | For a fleeting moment I saw the face of a young boy , about 15 years old , with a fresh face and golden curls . ’ |
| 25 | The moment I saw the church , although there were considerable differences — the main and obvious one being it was not on a hill — I accepted it as my church . |
| 26 | Whatever it was , the moment I saw the Parsons I knew them for British as surely as though they 'd had the word stamped on their hides like bacon . |
| 27 | I had n't come to this place with the conscious intention of divesting myself of my now cumbersome virginity ; but from the moment I saw the actor again — certainly from the moment his arms went round me and I felt the sense of fond familiarity , of affection rediscovered — I knew it was inevitable that we should , sooner or later , make love . |
| 28 | Away to the right I saw the flat gleam of the loch . |
| 29 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue . |
| 30 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the Queen watching us and talking to the Director . |