Example sentences of "saw [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her mind 's eye she saw the assassin 's mouth open and close , and on them read the syllables of her name . |
| 2 | Rosie handed the doll to her new employer , who when she saw the doll 's broken face flashed a look of pure hatred at the child before her . |
| 3 | In horror she saw the guerrilla 's hand go to the knife at his belt . |
| 4 | I saw the kwai 's body for myself . ’ |
| 5 | There is no doubt that Unionists believed in what they were doing or that they saw the government 's actions as justifying their responses . |
| 6 | But for the great bulk of Joseph 's subjects this was a meaningless luxury ; and in any case the later years of the reign , as opposition mounted , saw the government 's control of publication and the press partially reasserted . |
| 7 | On the 8th , Baldwin saw the King 's Private Secretary , Lord Stamfordham , and told him that although he ‘ had come to no decision ’ , his inclination was ‘ not to meet Parliament but to resign ’ . |
| 8 | Sadly there is no description of the Princess at this period ; the only proper account of Roshanara to survive dates from very late on in her life ; it was written by Bernier , who saw the Princess 's marvellous train on its way from Delhi — perhaps from this garden — to Kashmir to escape the summer heat : |
| 9 | Suddenly , to Sophie 's alarm , she saw the hippo 's mouth open again and his jaws close round Robert 's boot . |
| 10 | But they reckoned without the mood of the chairmen , who saw the committee 's proposal as an intolerable and misguided interference in the detail of their management policy . |
| 11 | The more conservative-minded members of the leadership probably saw the students ' anti-Japanese protests as a way of criticising the ‘ reformist ’ faction . |
| 12 | Parson James Woodforde must have thought the throne was already shaking when , as he described in his diary on 29 October 1795 , he saw the prince 's father being grossly insulted as he drove in the state coach through St James 's Park . |
| 13 | She saw the prince 's chamberlain lean out and speak to his waiting page . |
| 14 | The author has also included new research on Kandinsky 's early collectors who include the Chicago Lawyer Arthur Jerome Eddy and the important English patron Michael Sadeler , Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University , who first saw the artist 's work at an exhibition in the Albert Hall , London , in 1911 . |
| 15 | A GOOD day for Scotland 's bowlers yesterday saw the women 's side set up a home international decider this afternoon against England while the men 's team , bidding for a third successive title , cruised to a convincing win over Ireland . |
| 16 | He is the only one who saw the monk 's face , by the altar lamp as they lifted the reliquary . |
| 17 | Philip turned quickly and saw the boy 's dog bounding over the bracken towards them . |
| 18 | It sounded nonsense to Jinny , but she saw the boy 's face go pale . |
| 19 | He saw the Frenchman 's small moustache above the bared teeth . |
| 20 | Then she saw the man 's face through the open mouth and immediately turned her head away so that she appeared to be looking at something of consuming interest outside the window . |
| 21 | He looked round sharply then exhaled deeply when he saw the man 's face peering in at him . |
| 22 | He saw the man 's limbs , tightly clenched as he drove his horse towards the Cutcherry guns , suddenly relax as if something inside him had snapped . |
| 23 | She saw the man 's eyes , staring round the side of the dune towards the sea . |
| 24 | Violet saw the man 's face harden and decided it was better to give way on this occasion . |
| 25 | I jumped at the horse 's head , and saw the man 's face above me . |
| 26 | Eventually , however , the breakthrough was made in Japan where a £1 million deal saw the country 's favourite singer endorsing cars and electrical goods in TV , poster and newspaper campaigns . |
| 27 | This week saw the country 's biggest parent group , the Scottish Parent-Teacher Council , claim that chaos could result from devolving budgets at the same time as council reform . |
| 28 | When they came into the light her mother saw the child 's face covered in blood and felt faint . |
| 29 | Eye to the crack in the door , Jezrael saw the girl 's own guilt palm the cuber as though she 'd been watching the security scanner all along . |
| 30 | He saw the girl 's smooth face like a polished fruit pucker with pain . |