Example sentences of "saw [art] old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire . |
| 2 | They used to giggle and splutter when they saw the old man , thinking of him sitting on a toadstool in the moonlight . |
| 3 | He saw the old man 's face , the half-smile he still remembered so well . |
| 4 | She saw the old man who had accosted her on her walk that afternoon proceeding at the head of a little posse consisting of a neatly dressed man , a woman with untidy hair and a couple of children . |
| 5 | that is , until they saw the old man 's face , |
| 6 | He saw the old man as in need of what , by current standards was a very small sum to enable him to wind up his affairs . |
| 7 | I suppose you saw the old man about it . ’ |
| 8 | He saw the old hedgehog rolling round among the windfalls early in the morning . |
| 9 | We went to Emmerdale Farm , we went down to the pub you know and er I saw the old vicar and er , who else did we see ? |
| 10 | And they saw the Old Bill nicking us and letting the coons go . |
| 11 | I looked past him and saw the old motor bike , which he parked in our front garden . |
| 12 | And of course the old keeper knew what was there alright when he saw the old dog coming out . |
| 13 | Rachaela saw the old face close again like a crab upon its story . |
| 14 | One of the works engine drivers had a traumatic experience when he saw the old tramp pass straight through the train of works wagons as he was moving them . |
| 15 | She gave Nana a quick , guilty glance and saw the old woman , arms still folded , standing a few paces apart , maintaining her vacant expression . |
| 16 | Peg pulled the sheet away from her face , and saw an old pair of battered old button-up boots . |
| 17 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
| 18 | McKenzie initially felt unwelcomed in the unfamiliar surroundings until he saw an old Melbourne friend who introduced him to the irrepressible club coach , Jeff Sayle . |
| 19 | He saw an old paste cross and he would n't offer any money for it . ’ |
| 20 | At one of the tram stops on the way to the industrial estate where Anna worked , she saw an old lady in a shabby grey coat pull herself on , and recognised with surprise and a sinking of her heart her mother-in-law . |
| 21 | Every week Diana and another girl saw an old lady in Sevenoaks . |
| 22 | Looking down from a height of ten or twelve feet , she saw an old friend , the MGM lion . |
| 23 | I saw an old man in the Park ; |
| 24 | She saw an old man digging in one of the vegetable gardens , but he looked cross and unfriendly , so she walked on . |
| 25 | One morning I was driving along the road when I saw an old man frantically waving a walking stick at passing cars . |
| 26 | He saw an old man sitting in a chair . |
| 27 | I turned round and saw an old Austin Ten slowly approaching us . |
| 28 | In March , on a visit to Leatherhead , I was walking around the JS branch when I saw an old customer . |
| 29 | He looked into the cradle the painters were using to paint the outside of the balustrade from , and saw an old radio so spotted with paint it could have been an art exhibit . |
| 30 | Inside the summerhouse she saw an old woman and a boy . |