Example sentences of "saw it in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a mental picture of the conductor on the red London bus talking to Hammouda the village postman , of the English boy 's friends playing with Khadija 's grandson , especially Margaret , whose hair reminded me of the coloured feather duster Khadija 's grandson had pleaded for everytime he saw it in the market , thinking that it was a toy or a bird . |
| 2 | I knew as soon as I saw it in the garden sale catalogue , it was unmistakeable . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I saw it in the papers , I even noticed that the car was missing , and it was a BMW . |
| 4 | Jane saw it in the smallest things , all impossible in self-conscious Britain . |
| 5 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But Alexander 's death , I saw it in the water , in the reflecting bowl . ’ |
| 7 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 8 | Susan , that letter — I saw it in the fire . |
| 9 | She felt it with her pores , saw it in the slight lift of his eyebrow and the way one corner of his mouth tucked . |
| 10 | Saw it in the People 's Bookshop window on the way home . |
| 11 | He liked that contempt , that resentment ; the first time he saw it in the boy 's face he knew it reminded him of something , but it was weeks before it came to him what it was . |
| 12 | I saw it in The Times . |
| 13 | She heard it in the raised treble , saw it in the bright eyes . |
| 14 | Mum saw it in the paper . ’ |
| 15 | It 's worth also mentioning , since you saw it in the practical class , that staphylococci in general produce this enzyme catalase all of these er lo thi this is the enzyme which breaks down hydrogen peroxide and detoxifies it . |
| 16 | Every time he bought one you saw it in the papers . |
| 17 | Thomas Baskerville , who saw it in the 1680s , called it ‘ Paradise Restored , for here you find large streets , fair built houses , fine women , and many coaches rattling about , and their shops full of merchantable goods ’ . |
| 18 | Erm what did you think when you saw it in the exam ? |
| 19 | I saw it in the back of Private Eye . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course it is ; I saw it in the register . |
| 21 | ‘ I saw it in the paper , and I 've never been so pleased about anything in all my life . ’ |
| 22 | Donna saw it in the rear-view mirror , convinced and elated that she 'd done it crippling damage . |
| 23 | We all saw it in the newspaper and there is great public concern . |
| 24 | Bowhill , much as Sir Walter Scott saw it in the ‘ Lay of the Last Minstrel ’ is there for all to enjoy . |
| 25 | So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force . |
| 26 | Well I saw it in the last time it was in here on Central and it was n't , it did n't come on ! |
| 27 | But as you know a woman come , we , she saw it in the Post Office in the meantime and we sold it . |
| 28 | I know we did saw it in the fridge . |
| 29 | Yeah , well I , I I saw it in the paper . |
| 30 | I saw it in the papers . |