Example sentences of "they saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He disentangled himself from Madra before dawn to share his watch with Bicker , and the two of them saw the sun come up . |
| 2 | But at least none of them saw the light of print — until today 's souvenir edition . |
| 3 | one of them saw the body and passed out cold . ’ |
| 4 | As they passed the third cave , the golden bee flew out of the woman 's sleeve , and they saw the lightning flash and heard the thunder crack behind them . |
| 5 | They took ship as soon as they saw the way things were going in 1934 . |
| 6 | And I have to say that cos Mr ca n't answer that , that is how the western community of Harrogate felt when they saw the way that this public consultation document was led . |
| 7 | And through the window of the spaceship they saw the Moon before them , cold , white and beautiful ; and under the Moon , there was the Moon colony ! |
| 8 | Thus high values of B seem to be associated with unusual situations and drivers going relatively slowly ( i.e. in these cases subjects are more likely to say ‘ No ’ than ‘ Yes ’ when they are in fact unsure whether they saw the film previously ) . |
| 9 | More and more they saw the folly of setting out with a medium in search of a message … |
| 10 | They saw the God of Israel ( 9–11 ) : having a meal with someone is the essence of fellowship in the Near East . |
| 11 | It was therefore with surprise that they saw the coach draw up bearing the Lassiter coat of arms . |
| 12 | They saw the animal only for a very short time . ’ |
| 13 | Thus they were forced to remain in hiding and at half past two they saw the glow of the fires that Mayne had lit at Tamit lighting up the horizon . |
| 14 | They saw the sky . |
| 15 | They saw the mixture of deterrence and retribution that characterised neoclassical criminology as too soft — favouring criminals ' rights at the expense of the protection of society . |
| 16 | At one point , they saw the sea receding from the near-by beaches ; sucked away and apparently forced back by the earthquakes , so that quantities of sea creatures were left stranded . |
| 17 | They saw the casket taken from the cargo hatch , and draped in their flag , and lifted onto the shoulders of Harry Lawrence 's work friends . |
| 18 | And I think what that emphasises in the constitution is that the founding fathers , who devised the constitution , saw the congress as the central organ of American government and they saw the presidency as an appendage . |
| 19 | Erm I think it it it started off , people would come in the dayroom , with their own supplementary benefit problem , and and clearly we had the sort of handbooks there and and they saw the probation officers on on duty as people who could help them to sort out that sort out that kind of problem . |
| 20 | It sounded well enough until they saw the size of the rations . |
| 21 | As wage earners themselves , they saw the morality of equal pay . |
| 22 | As the prophetic people flocked around Jesus , and as they saw the transformation in the lives of his disciples and heard the words of life and hope , they longed for a rebellion against the Roman occupation of Judea or a reformation of the Pharisaical law . |
| 23 | They were all crossing together when they saw the skid , the boy on the motorbike , out of control and ploughing towards the sedate black Morris Minor . |
| 24 | There is no doubt that Unionists believed in what they were doing or that they saw the government 's actions as justifying their responses . |
| 25 | They saw the man reach for a list , run his finger down it and nod . |
| 26 | They saw the man come in from the street and stand for a moment adjusting to the darkness . |
| 27 | In particular , they saw the function of the British fascists as providing stewards for Conservative party meetings to help maintain free speech and law and order . |
| 28 | They saw the bill as part of the renewed offensive against the poor , following in the wake of the Contagious Diseases Acts . |
| 29 | And when they saw the rash then they were , but , but tt oh , I see , she says . |
| 30 | Mrs Olive Davis , 47 , was walking home with her husband , Joe , 59 , when they saw the crash and she spoke of how Mr Swales died in her arms . |