Example sentences of "saw [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he saw the black-haired woman sitting beside the stream , he thought at first she was simply another ephemeral vision transmitted by the trees . |
| 2 | Others on the right saw the fearsome prospect of a Kenneth Clarke leadership . |
| 3 | The next chapter saw the Prime Minister , Toshiki Kaifu , being questioned in parliament about the £2,000 he is alleged to have received . |
| 4 | This is not to say that the twentieth century saw the total disappearance of open opposition to democracy . |
| 5 | She looked into his face , saw the serious expression and gave a short , harsh laugh , fighting to hide the hurt . |
| 6 | In his drugged dreams he saw the silent faces crying ; he saw the loving mouth distorted with grief ; he knew about the humiliation and the want — all his fault , his fault , his responsibility , his wickedness , his weakness , his sin , his sacrificial past , the victim to what end — who was murdered at that powerful stone circle near Keswick ? |
| 7 | That 's only because you 're looking at it in a very short- term perspective , they , the way they saw the communist revolution was by a very long drawn out process and so it was n't that the revolution had just created this was , this was an important step in order to lead to their ultimate goal . |
| 8 | Then Neva had a better idea ; she looked up to heaven and saw the mighty sun travelling across the sky overhead , darting his gold rays down like arrows . |
| 9 | Mr Collum 's two years as chairman saw the 100 Group 's profile rise significantly , and Mr Lawrence intends to capitalise on his efforts . |
| 10 | She saw the poised head nod slightly . |
| 11 | She saw the querying eyebrow and decided to satisfy his curiosity . |
| 12 | If you know what 's good for you , Thessy and Ellen , none of you even saw the Belgian boat this morning ! ’ |
| 13 | 1834 saw the legal end to this practice ( at least in theory ) when Edwin Chadwick drafted , and Parliament passed , the Poor Law Amendment Act . |
| 14 | The Kennedy round of cuts in the later sixties saw the average level of tariffs on manufactures falling by one-third , and by half on machinery and vehicles . |
| 15 | Joint stock companies found it possible to grow larger by issuing new shares to increase their capital , and mergers and takeovers saw the average size of firms grow . |
| 16 | The anthropologists saw the rural smallholder as the bearer of tradition and wedded to the same way of life as the generations before him . |
| 17 | Horrified holiday-makers saw the five-foot reptile clamp its jaws round her leg after she and a pal went for a dip in a national park pool . |
| 18 | The essence of what the popes required of the emperors and how they saw the imperial office is enshrined in the imperial oaths taken at the time of coronation and in the prayer at the conferment of the sword . |
| 19 | Oscar fought desperately for control , saw the outer metal barrier rear up before him , swivelled his foot — too late — for the brake . |
| 20 | I lived in York for 17 years before returning home and saw the outer ring road being built there . |
| 21 | Police are appealing for anyone who was near the service station at 9.15pm on Saturday or anyone who saw the gold-coloured car being abandoned in the school grounds to contact them at North Ormesby CID on Middlesbrough 301835 . |
| 22 | She saw the chunky figure of a child in vest and knickers , neck red from scrubbing , eyes red from weeping . |
| 23 | As the couple approached him , George could not hear what remarks were passed but saw the dull flush of anger suffuse the shepherd 's face , as the farmer picked up his wrist and spanned it , passing his hands up the man 's arms to judge his muscles . |
| 24 | Basically the minority who think about northern politics saw the good guy with his arm around the bad guy , at a time when bombs were still going off . |
| 25 | Two days later the Communists saw the new grouping as an " essentially disruptive organisation which can only hinder the development of unity between existing political parties and organisations against the Chamberlain Government " . |
| 26 | The scientific age saw the new phenomenon of the instantaneous transmission of thought across vast distances . |
| 27 | In happy mood on 31 December , he saw the New Year in . |
| 28 | In the gaslit passage , Joe saw the new lady lodger coming down the stairs , her hat and coat on . |
| 29 | He then visited Quebec Barracks and saw the new brick buildings there which had only just replaced the old South African war huts . |
| 30 | Monday May 11th saw the new timetable introduced and with the withdrawal of InterCity from Shrewsbury , a basic hourly service from Birmingham to Shrewsbury has been provided by Regional Railways to Shrewsbury with alternate services onwards , one going to Aberystwyth and the other to Chester . |