Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] see the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He started up at my scream and I saw the dark blood on him and on me . |
| 3 | I was in the United States when the invasion of Iraq the invasion of Iraq into Iran , and I saw the whole situation with the aid of erm the United States mass media , so actually erm I had different ideas about erm what is the outcome and what is the results of the erm invasion was , and I took erm throughout the conflict I took an opposing view , because I always viewed the Iraquis as being aggressor and they inflicted damaged to a neighbouring country and erm they had erm no whatsoever rights to do anything like that and we see it again when erm they invaded Kuwait , they have no right at all erm they it is just the policy of the governing body of the Iraqui regime . |
| 4 | 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 : |
| 5 | You were sitting in your seat , pressed back by the acceleration , and you saw the light beams curve . |
| 6 | And you see the nice people coming in and not getting really |
| 7 | And you see the two players tangling on the ground here . |
| 8 | And I left Rhos-y-Bol when I retired because I felt I they 'd have to have another nurse there , and you see the other nurse would never be able to enjoy the They would always be running to me a and it would n't be fair to another nurse . |
| 9 | But you talk with a group of youngsters , one of whose friends has just been flown back from a border patrol paralysed for life ; or to a big warm-hearted farmer who tells you , as he jokes with his grandchildren , how he sleeps with his rifle beside his bed and watches every road for landmines — and you see the other side of the coin . |
| 10 | and you see the same telephone number , you know different model |
| 11 | At the end of the summer , a beautiful girl passed , and she saw the tall weed , and plucked it and put it in her dress , where it blushed a glorious red and died content ; the weed on the bank saw it die , and laughed , and reflected that it would live till the next year . |
| 12 | He turned his head a little and she saw the blue glass flowering from his skull , its silken stamens drooping elegantly as he moved . |
| 13 | Then her vision cleared and she saw the familiar objects , the Aga and the gas stove with the nearby working surfaces , the table of polished oak in the middle of the room with its four elegantly crafted chairs , and at the far end Alice 's office with the walls covered with bookshelves and her desk piled with proofs . |
| 14 | Since the baby 's birth and its mother 's death her whole view of life seemed to have changed abruptly , as though someone had shaken a giant kaleidoscope and she saw the whole world and herself in a different light . |
| 15 | She sat down beside him , instinctively putting her arm out to support him , but he jerked forward with a sharp gasp , and she saw the brown lines of dried blood across the back of his shirt . |
| 16 | And she saw the big staircases leading up to the libraries and the lecture halls . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's a relief , ’ he said , but he did n't sound relieved and she saw the sombre look in his eyes deepen . |
| 18 | ‘ Seven hundred years of British rule , ’ Kevin declared , and she saw the tight line of his mouth . |
| 19 | She sees the similarity of these , although each person feels unique , and she sees the likely outcomes , even though she can not always reveal them . |
| 20 | And we saw the religious people , the religious men , who erm are the only people that are allowed to smoke drugs , you know , illegal drugs er things like marijuana , they 're actually allowed to because the people view them as half alive and half dead and that was interesting to see . |
| 21 | Garrett and songwriter Rob Hirst both acquit themselves verbally and we see the horrid side of the Aboriginal lot , but the ultimate drift is that important chances have been missed here . |
| 22 | We have raised it through the United Nations , and we see the United Nations as the primary focus for encouraging a much wider group of countries to sign the treaty and abide by it . |
| 23 | There God dwelt among them and they saw the visible manifestation of his presence . |
| 24 | And they saw the Old Bill nicking us and letting the coons go . |
| 25 | If they 're in here working all day and everyday and they see the other girls taking exams and they know I 'm going to make them work , quite often they 'll take the exams because there 's no point in not taking them , whereas I think if they were at home they would not have the same incentive . |
| 26 | Now it so chanced that the king of the country passed through Marko 's village , and he saw the golden-fleeced ram and set his heart on it . |
| 27 | She turned towards him , her head propped on her hand , and he saw the strong afternoon light shafting with gold the cropped brightly dyed hair . |
| 28 | He was at Ibrox in 1971 when 66 fans died in a crush on the steps of the stadium ; in September 1980 , he had to watch the pathetically outmatched Welsh bantam-weight Johnny Owen die at the hands of Lupe Pintor , after writing beforehand ‘ this fight could end up in the intensive care unit ’ ; and he saw the heart-bursting tension of a World Cup qualifying match kill the man with whom he had an almost filial relationship , the Celtic and Scottish national football manager , Jock Stein . |
| 29 | Then a flicker of movement caught his eye off to one side of the clearing , and he saw the two youngsters were still hovering there uncertainly . |
| 30 | She yawned like a cat and he saw the red inside of her mouth . |