Example sentences of "i saw the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I saw the official figures released last week by the Ministry of Information . |
| 2 | He was abreast with the lorry when I saw the oncoming small black car overtaking on the other side , and overtaking fast . |
| 3 | Away to the right I saw the flat gleam of the loch . |
| 4 | His body rolled away and uncovered the blood-spattered broken body of my poor dead sister , and even as I raised my hand to my mouth to stifle the scream , I saw the vicious green lizard dart into her hair . |
| 5 | I saw the hired hand from M. Deloche 's farm coming across the field with it in his hand . |
| 6 | I saw the outlandish figure shuffling into the dock . |
| 7 | For example , I recently came across the word ‘ homerun ’ and tried for several seconds to read it as ‘ homer-un ’ , until I saw the correct morpheme structure . |
| 8 | When next I saw the young couple together it was winter . |
| 9 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue . |
| 10 | I saw the young man lived in Penn … . ’ 'Such dreadful things happen in families nowadays , ’ she said ( I liked ‘ nowadays ’ ) . |
| 11 | I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying . |
| 12 | He started up at my scream and I saw the dark blood on him and on me . |
| 13 | We did so , heaving and pushing until the bed moved a few inches and I saw the slight scorch mark on the stone floor beneath . |
| 14 | And then I saw The Real McCoy that was the last one I think . |
| 15 | I saw the Black Destroyer , and remembered its demise . |
| 16 | Then I saw the small monster too . |
| 17 | He stretched out his hand and I saw the small , faded , white rose lying there . |
| 18 | Then there was another , and others behind it , and I saw the long bare tail like a whip , the narrow head , the yellow teeth that seemed too big for the jaws , the glittering red eyes . |
| 19 | To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone . |
| 20 | The fellow stood up and I saw the long , brown gown of a Franciscan monk , the rough cord round his waist and the wooden crucifix slung on a piece of string round his neck . |
| 21 | I parked the van in one of the perimeter car parks and walked through the campus buildings reading the graffiti until I saw the amended sign reading Stundent Onion , and one which had n't been vandalized saying simply Bar . |
| 22 | ‘ or disorderly behaviour ’ This point can be proved by a description in the police officer 's statement of evidence such as , ‘ I saw the accused push into a queue of football supporters ’ or ‘ I saw the accused jumping over flower containers in the Market Place ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ or disorderly behaviour ’ This point can be proved by a description in the police officer 's statement of evidence such as , ‘ I saw the accused push into a queue of football supporters ’ or ‘ I saw the accused jumping over flower containers in the Market Place ’ . |
| 24 | When he plugged in — Sonic The Hedgehog I saw the fantastic graphics and nearly fainted . |
| 25 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |
| 26 | And with my own eyes I saw the stalled clock at Treblinka … |
| 27 | I was working at a hospital in the out-patients ' department recently and when I was leaving at the end of my shift one day , I saw the following message pinned on the notice board , obviously from an extremely irate patient : ‘ Time is a great healer . |
| 28 | When visiting a church on the south coast , I saw the following notice for the Young Wives ' Social Evening : ‘ If your husband has nothing on , bring him along to join in the fun ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I saw the other dog , ’ said Philip . |
| 30 | ‘ I saw the other riders up beside me and outbraked them . |