Example sentences of "see a [noun] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies .
2 He had once seen a naturalist on the television who seemed to him to be an analogue of himself .
3 He was among the founders of the Association of Cricket Statisticians in 1973 , playing a prominent role in their series of publications on the players of each first-class county and producing the A to Z of Cricket Records in 1976 : ‘ I had seen a book on the football records and persuaded the publisher to try a similar volume on cricket records — not only listing them by explaining them .
4 And should you see a sign on the fur side of the street flashing BEEF-BOOZE-NO STRINGS , then you can forget it .
5 Through the raindrops which were snail-trailing across my visor as I accelerated , I could see a marshal on the start/finish line flapping his yellow flag at me and screwing a finger at his temple .
6 ‘ Captain , I can see a man on the ice . ’
7 Immediately you will see a boatyard on the left .
8 She may be encouraged if she sees a poster on the wall about Aids .
9 One witness described seeing a plume of moke and a ball of fire and then seeing a body on the road .
10 I pretended to see a pin on the floor .
11 I saw a cat on the step .
12 The other three saw a flicker on the DI 's face .
13 It should be noted that the 1970s saw a trend on the part of the ‘ nationals ’ to decentralize their operations by forming autonomous regional organizations and promoting regional brands .
14 The moonlight shone into my bedroom , as it did then , and I saw a vision on the ceiling , a white figure looking down on me .
15 I have n't I have n't actually seen one , but I once saw a lady on the bus with one
16 Just then we reached the gate , and I saw a gentleman on a horse looking over it .
17 ‘ I saw a headline on an article about Kylie once which read ‘ I should be so ordinary ’ and I thought , ‘ Yeah , that 's exactly right ’ .
18 You saw a shadow on the wall . ’
19 Around the corner of the building he saw a figure on a bike speeding away .
20 Head south and turn left at the point where you see a track on the right to North Appleford .
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