Example sentences of "he saw in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a presence at his side now and he saw in surprise that it was Barbara . |
| 2 | He thought he saw in Osman , beneath the intransigence and fanaticism , a certain uneasiness as to his own role in the affair . |
| 3 | Whatever specific qualities Donald Wilson observed in Whitaker 's style of writing , and saw as suitable for Doctor Who , can only be guessed at , but it is very likely he saw in Whitaker the sought-after bridge of writing for adults and writing for children . |
| 4 | Uncritical adherence was clearly out of the question by 1868 , as appears from various sober notes on the logical problems that he saw in Schopenhauer 's system . |
| 5 | What he saw in David was not a man , but a boy . |
| 6 | Or to put it differently , he saw in nature a storehouse of artistic forms . |
| 7 | Even when , sixteen years later in 1833 , he saw in trade unionism the instrument through which to establish industrial democracy , the change was to be painless , to steal upon the country unaware , ‘ like a thief in the night ’ . |
| 8 | A police officer told the court he was sure it was Betteridge whom he saw in Houndgate , Darlington , at 11.50pm on Saturday as he had known him since he was 15 . |