Example sentences of "[pers pn] saw [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I saw a second light beside the first . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ As we approached the town we swerved to avoid a mine in the road , then I saw a second mine three feet in front of us . |
| 3 | The ‘ Let ’ rule has stood since 1880 without too much fuss and I think I might get annoyed if I saw the fifth set in a Wimbledon final decided by a serve which simply hit the net and ‘ died ’ on the receiver 's side . |
| 4 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 5 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 6 | then I had another I had another wee problem that I 'd been , I had been to see , and it was Doctor I had been , and the doctor that I saw the last time er I had three big bruises on my back , and she |
| 7 | Blackburn could now get within 7 points — if anyone saw the game last night ( I saw the last 30 mins ) , when Liverpool scored their 3rd scums defence was absolutely sh*tting itself EVERY time someone put the ball into their area . |
| 8 | I saw the last few minutes of the game when I got back from the pub last night and was amazed to hear some commentator say ‘ Manchester United have n't lost at home in the European Cup for 37 years ’ . |
| 9 | When I saw the next auberge coming up , I drew in to the side of the road , put on my raincoat , and walked along to it . |
| 10 | She saw the first researchers , long-dead now but their essence still lived , frozen in the flow of electrons . |
| 11 | That was the day she saw the first crocuses around the roots of the tree . |
| 12 | Alone she saw the last of the adult Callanish eagles fall ; alone she watched . |
| 13 | As she collapsed she saw the last of the assassins crumple , his body lifted once then once again as the shells ripped into him . |
| 14 | Oh , you saw the first |
| 15 | JTR had chickened out and was travelling south - ‘ we saw the first snows fall before we left … ’ — to write up his chapter retrospectively on previous rambles in Skye , for some obscure reason . |
| 16 | Is it six weeks since we saw the last one then ? |
| 17 | I know people imagined I was much older than I was when they saw the first film because some newspapers referred to me as ‘ the Old Lady of the Dales ’ . |
| 18 | Both David Whitaker and Verity Lambert had been captivated by Terry Nation 's Dalek story right from the moment they saw the first ‘ treatment ’ ( story idea ) . |
| 19 | It saw the first public flotation of a building society , the first moves towards acquisition of a major bank , Girobank , by another society , some further widening of building society powers , a tendency for more societies to become ‘ tied agents ’ of insurance companies and further excursions by societies into the wider field of financial services . |
| 20 | When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’ |
| 21 | As he saw the first men fall in the ambush , Lachlan 's shipmaster yelled for his men to fall back . |
| 22 | Labourer Nick Stylianou , 26 , was repairing paving stones when he saw the first bomb explode . |
| 23 | A micro-second after he saw the first flash , the bullet which had come from it was embedding itself in his skull . |
| 24 | He moved as soon as he saw the first bead of sweat break on her pallid face , and then he was almost too late . |
| 25 | At last he saw the first of the dawn , like light faintly perceived round a corner at the far end of an unknown burrow ; and in the same moment a yellow-hammer sang . |
| 26 | The Merkut clan was camped along the curve of a small lake , and when he saw the first yurts Burun kicked his st'lyan into a gallop , his spirit soaring with anticipation . |
| 27 | He saw the first group of storm-troopers in the forest to his left . |
| 28 | Mr Clay said he saw the second article on the plane flying home . |
| 29 | A moment later he saw the second of the men go down with a sharp groan , clutching his balls . |
| 30 | On the bridge he saw the third officer raise his hand to his cap in a debonair salute , and she waved gaily back . |