Example sentences of "[pers pn] noticed the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old friends from the village were talking quietly among themselves , and I noticed the awful Pumblechook trying to catch my eye , as he drank brandy and swallowed large pieces of cake . |
| 2 | It was only then that I noticed the small man seated in the armchair next to mine . |
| 3 | I noticed the other quote was over two hundred flaming quid , and you 've knocked me down ! |
| 4 | Ah yes I thought that would er take you by surprise I noticed the sharp intakes of breath there erm but even now we 're thinking in terms of expansion . |
| 5 | I noticed the following comment in a letter today ( from ? ) : |
| 6 | I am very grateful and so was Paul because after seeing you on Tuesday night after you had left I noticed the vast improvement in Paul which was all down to your visit . |
| 7 | Once I noticed the familiar gap in a row of houses like the space left by a drawn tooth , but I could not be certain that it was the result of bombing and if it was it had happened a long time ago . |
| 8 | As I recall , then , it was only an hour or so after being first entrusted with the mission that I noticed the young Mr Cardinal alone in the library , sitting at one of the writing tables , absorbed in some documents . |
| 9 | I noticed the attractive terracotta-tiled floor and another open fireplace which at the time housed the refrigerator . |
| 10 | It was only as we were doing this and grinning inanely at each other that I noticed the red Transit van turning out of the other end of the street . |
| 11 | As I dodged down the yard I noticed the broken bottle lying in the drain . |
| 12 | It was when I was resting my hand on her flank to steady her that I noticed the little swelling under the skin . |
| 13 | I noticed the little girl with her , yes . |
| 14 | She noticed the slight tremor in Kim 's shoulders . |
| 15 | She noticed the new sweater Flavia was carrying and praised it generously . |
| 16 | Anne , of similar age to Rhoda , had been hanging clothes in the garden , when she noticed the black , heavy smoke rising from the Carter 's smithy . |
| 17 | She noticed the black bruise on her arm and a wicked light glowed in the back of her eyes . |
| 18 | Then she noticed the black Bentley parked outside the gate . |
| 19 | She noticed the lingering doubt in his eyes . |
| 20 | Annie was sitting beside Rachel 's pram , talking and laughing with the child , when she noticed the young man walking slowly along the paved path . |
| 21 | As she descended the escalator towards the platforms , she noticed the digital clock in the ceiling . |
| 22 | When it came slightly up-breeze of Tallis she noticed the appalling stench that emanated from its form : marsh gas and the smell of death which she remembered from her time in the mortuary house . |
| 23 | Eventually she noticed the changing note of the engine as they began to descend , and soon Marc was bringing them to a more sedate pace as he nursed the car over the drawbridge . |
| 24 | She telephoned police and as she waited for them to arrive she noticed the same youths approach a man with two young children and drench one of the children . |
| 25 | As she sat down and took out her notebook , she noticed the grey-haired woman , Gladys whatever-it-was , enter the hall and look around uncertainly . |
| 26 | And with a sigh of relief she noticed the red car continue straight on along the road behind her . |
| 27 | His eyes , meeting hers , were intensely blue and lively and she noticed the fine laughter lines on his face . |
| 28 | Stopping to pick up her mail from the box on her way out a few days later , she noticed the white envelope with the Andorran postmark straight away . |
| 29 | She noticed the eight-pointed-compass shape in the stained-glass window , beneath which Marc was standing , that she had observed in mosaic on the floor of the entrance hall . |
| 30 | ‘ Surely you noticed the antique ring with the garnet that Angy used to wear ? ’ |