Example sentences of "i saw a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was half way up an escarpment , I saw a signpost at the top , too distant to read . |
| 2 | I saw a pool-table , a polythene-wrapped three-piece suite , various devotional ornaments and gewgaws with their special pale glow . |
| 3 | And I saw a hen get killed . |
| 4 | I saw a girl not much older than her battered and dying in a hospital bed , not twenty-four hours since . |
| 5 | I saw a girl who I really fancied , I mean really . |
| 6 | As I wondered , I saw a girl near me reading a book . |
| 7 | ‘ I saw a child walking along the hard shoulder and she was carrying another on her hip . ’ |
| 8 | In the late 1950s this order of dress was even more carefully observed and I saw a detective sergeant ordered home to change from Harris tweed jacket and flannels into ‘ proper clothing ’ . |
| 9 | Walking on up to Glencoe I saw a canary at a window with an ‘ I Love Ballachulish ’ sticker on the base of its cage . |
| 10 | ‘ I saw a case in the clinic only the other day . |
| 11 | Then I saw a stem policeman standing nearby with suspicious and disapproving stare . |
| 12 | I saw a sea of faces and heard the boos and catcalls of the crowd , cheated of their sport . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw a flash of white through the bushes . |
| 14 | ‘ Thought I saw a flash — over there , ’ she said , pointing out of the window . |
| 15 | One night I saw a film about Jesus Christ . |
| 16 | they 're not , they 're not little either , I saw a film and it was hanging past his knee caps |
| 17 | ‘ If I saw a comedy show that was very good , I 'd get depressed , and if I saw something that was very bad , I 'd get depressed . |
| 18 | Earlier this month , I saw a deputation that opposed Norfolk education authority 's proposals to close Bradenham voluntary controlled primary school , led by my hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk , South-West ( Mrs. Shephard ) . |
| 19 | A few years ago I saw a modification with two small hydraulic servos , one fitted to the front and one fitted to the rear brake pipes , ahead of the brake failure device . |
| 20 | Well no , I I just carried on cos I saw a space there , that 's all . |
| 21 | ‘ The idea came to me during September 1991 when I saw a pile of waste paper being loaded into a contractor 's vehicle at the back of 36 St Andrew Square . |
| 22 | Soon after hitting the water , I saw a Hurricane above me which I discovered later was Barber . |
| 23 | I saw a wheelchair there one day and I know |
| 24 | Then I saw a friend using parallel rulers on a map , and I realised that by using a similar technique I could put all those 1/4in cutter into use . |
| 25 | Forty years ago I saw a friend off at Paddington , bound for Totnes . |
| 26 | When I got up I saw a friend by my side with a lot of blood , and I saw she was dead . |
| 27 | But I could n't forget , and about a year later , I saw a friend in town . |
| 28 | ‘ At first I thought art was simply a matter of reproducing what I saw ; but one day I saw a reproduction of Piero della Francesca 's Pietà , and I suddenly realised that there was a huge spiritual element in painting . |
| 29 | The moonlight shone into my bedroom , as it did then , and I saw a vision on the ceiling , a white figure looking down on me . |
| 30 | in Barcelona , where I saw a sign |