Example sentences of "saw [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in more robust days , you would have been more likely to come upon a coven up there , since the summit of La Rhune was one of several places in the Basque lands where witches were held to convene during the very ugly years of persecution early in the seventeenth century — then it was , according to the local inquisitors , that English and Scottish travellers arriving by sea in Bordeaux saw veritable armies of devils making their way towards south-western France . |
| 2 | I saw outstanding examples of team work with results impressive in their professionalism . |
| 3 | But reporters who visited Pailin last week found the area quiet , and saw little evidence of artillery damage to the town . |
| 4 | I saw little evidence of it , certainly not from Kathy Kirby and Dusty Springfield . |
| 5 | Durkheim 's view differed from Freud 's , however , in that he saw little possibility of happiness for people outside a normative societal structure . |
| 6 | He saw little hope of achieving this by gradual measures or appeals to newly established unity . |
| 7 | He longed for the chance to talk to each of them in private , but saw little hope of it . |
| 8 | However , headteachers saw little hope of success especially if persistent truancy was accepted and even encouraged by parents . |
| 9 | At that time he was like many young men of energy and ambition who saw little prospect of self-advancement in Ireland . |
| 10 | He spoke a little stiffly , and again Jean-Paul thought he saw that flash of resentment in the eyes , there and then gone . |
| 11 | I saw that photograph of you both in the paper . ’ |
| 12 | Macmillan , however , saw that amalgamation of the Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply concurrently with sweeping changes in Defence policy would be more than the Defence establishment could take . |
| 13 | Death of man who saw charred body of Hitler |
| 14 | Fairham swallowed hard as he saw another portion of the carcass cut away by a powerful blow . |
| 15 | I looked past Robin-Anne to where the moon 's path gleamed on the long waves , and then I glanced forward and saw another belt of silver , but this one diffuse and hazy , showing where the first crepuscular light seeped over the world 's grey edge . |
| 16 | The Prussian gunner officer saw another troop of Dragoons threatening to outflank his position . |
| 17 | At last , faint and far off in the total blackness which now surrounded him , he saw another gleam of light . |
| 18 | Now he saw another side of her . |
| 19 | Gerald Thomas saw another side of Ken as well as the jovial clown . |
| 20 | Between 1800 and 1850 there were many bankruptcies in the area and mills saw repeated changes of ownership and tenancy . |
| 21 | She glanced at them , saw some lines of poetry . |
| 22 | Sophia saw some tins of a well-known brand of cat food , neatly packed into the bottom of the bag . |
| 23 | Contemporaries saw some kind of jealousy here ; Owen was not one who could brook a rival for the position of British Cuvier . |
| 24 | Although there was still no sign of the Central Committee meeting on the national question , the autumn of 1988 and early months of 1989 saw some elements of a rather different nationalities policy begin to acquire form . |
| 25 | In February 1965 the first annual general meeting of the association saw some changes of officers and in the membership of the executive committee , but no change of direction nor amy indication of a breakthrough . |
| 26 | ‘ Saw some Jocks of all people on the way to the station just now . |
| 27 | Against the woman 's express wishes , he lit a piece of paper and went into her bedroom anyway , and reported a ‘ bedstead of wood with heath [ heather ] upon it by way of a bed ; at the foot of which I saw some sort of blankets of covering rolled in a heap ’ . |
| 28 | The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw some redistribution of the population , for the towns grew faster than the villages because of immigration from the countryside . |
| 29 | Then I saw some pictures of these Zamaitis guitars and thought they were such beautiful instruments that I 'd want to try to get one . |
| 30 | The Doctor whispered to her , ‘ And that 's where you saw this ghost of yours ? ’ |