Example sentences of "[pers pn] see the [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 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 | No but I saw the new X R two five O. |
| 6 | As a conservator in Europe , involved with the treatment of stone and marble affected by the ravages of twentieth-century pollution , I was delighted when I saw the great marble buildings at Agra seemingly unaffected by such problems . |
| 7 | And I cursed my weakness , dashing the back of my hand over my traitorous eyes , for I saw the American woman look at me . |
| 8 | No I saw the very end bit . |
| 9 | Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire . |
| 10 | I saw the ageing winger Chicka being rubbed down on a massage table and smoking a cigarette . |
| 11 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 12 | Mine itches the very moment I see the ruddy school letter . |
| 13 | ‘ But Janet — have you seen the new Dr Finlay ? |
| 14 | ‘ Have you seen the new Supersight putter ? ’ asked Toby . |
| 15 | Have you seen the new Star Trek yet then ? |
| 16 | All he said was , ‘ Did you see the Georgian State Dancers ? ’ |
| 17 | Dimly she saw the Great Tower peak in a cone of white flame ; Adam seemed not to move , but Fand and Liban fell , and Fincara staggered before the sheeting fire . |
| 18 | She saw the flaming jet slam into the block where her friends lived 100 yards away . |
| 19 | She was wandering down an arcade when she saw the new Tissot boutique . |
| 20 | She saw the poised head nod slightly . |
| 21 | She had drawn the curtains at the house the previous evening and was carrying out a routine check at about 7.30 am when she saw the smashed back porch . |
| 22 | For the first time she saw the red tin container he had been hiding behind his back . |
| 23 | Perhaps you saw the two TV programmes on American fundamentalism recently which put the ghastly and unacceptable face of that form of fundamentalism before us . |
| 24 | You were sitting in your seat , pressed back by the acceleration , and you saw the light beams curve . |
| 25 | Do n't confuse them with the metallic Yambuki Ogons , which look decidedly vulgar when you see the two varieties side by side . |
| 26 | You will be seeing more of our vision on roads all over the world , wherever you see the new Toyota logo . |
| 27 | Click on Create new presentation you see the New Presentation dialog box which lists the types of slides you can add to a presentation . |
| 28 | If you 've been impressed so far , you 'll be pleased to know that there 's even more to discover when you see the new Moffat Discovery for yourself . |
| 29 | The Selkirk coach , John Rutherford , anticipates an open contest and noted : ‘ When you see the Watsonian back division it represents a great challenge for our boys . |
| 30 | So you often see on nature programmes , for example , when a bird comes back to a nest with several chicks in , you see the parental bird kind of poking its , its beak in the in the gaping beaks of all the chicks . |