Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] saw [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my days as a Justice 's Clerk I saw enough corpses to know that death can grossly disfigure even the comeliest of faces . ’ |
| 2 | During the pilot study I saw 160 patients ; only four chose to see a doctor in preference to the ENP . |
| 3 | ‘ The innocence I saw five years ago is gone , ’ he said calmly , ‘ and one day you 're going to tell me how it happened . |
| 4 | The speech was welcomed by the opposition who saw these developments in sharp contrast to the more cautious approach to change signalled by Iliescu during the election campaign . |
| 5 | When she looked into the dark she saw corrupt towers and crumbling walls , high on the cliff , the rooting place , now , of gigantic trees . |
| 6 | He liked the idea of tricking batsmen from the moment he saw older boys having a go in the nets . |
| 7 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw some wirelesses in a shop window . |
| 8 | Over 48 hours we saw four doctors . |
| 9 | And it was er , it was quite amazing when we were going on the motorway we saw these cars with erm er er there was like Pakistani erm and Turkish flags flying and when we got , er when we was going at the night time to Blackpool it was crammed ! |
| 10 | One of the neighbours told officers he saw two youths running away from the scene just prior to the fire being discovered . |
| 11 | The 21-year-old Ulster girl is making her international debut in this tournament and in her first singles match she came up English star Joanne Morley , losing 3 and 2 in a game which saw eight birdies , five from Morley and three from McCool . |
| 12 | Streatham beat previously undefeated Trafford 10-6 in a game which saw seven players receive match penalties . |
| 13 | For The Northern Echo it began in the early 1960s when editor Harold Evans introduced a cuttings library which saw 200 stories a day being cut , pasted and stored under appropriate headings . |
| 14 | The second explained them as a protest against society by deprived people who saw violent attacks upon the forces of law and order as a way of calling attention to their grievances . |
| 15 | These were people who saw local opportunities to improve transport for fuel , raw materials and goods and so to make profits for themselves . |
| 16 | From our patio we saw three streaks of red shoot towards Los Rios — a US civilian area . |
| 17 | As often happens , this younger generation of ‘ Tractarians ’ who were leading the crusade on the side of ‘ collectivism ’ joined forces with the older generation like J. A. Macfadyen who had remained Calvinist in their views and ‘ deplored the modern nondenominational spirit , the temper of indifference to questions of church order ’ , the spirit which saw local churches as ‘ mere voluntary associations for religious purposes , with power to determine their own polity and prescribe their own sphere of action ’ . |
| 18 | First , the settlement house policy of ‘ neighbourliness ’ was trenchantly criticized by young radicals such as George Lansbury and C. F. G. Masterman who saw such movements either as laboratories for ambitious young men or as having lost their initial enthusiasm . |
| 19 | It seems the industry is just not learning because we are continuing to see the same accidents we saw 30 years ago , ’ says John Summerscales , deputy chief inspector . |
| 20 | In this little thing I saw three truths . |
| 21 | While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment ! |
| 22 | It might be thought that in a reign which saw bitter struggles between king and nobles the church , if astutely led , could gain some significant concessions in exchange for support carefully distributed . |
| 23 | It was Nottinghamshire 's Marc Powell who secured victory in the Men 's U-14 event , overcoming the Wirral 's nationally top five-ranked player Daniel Curtis in a final which saw both players display a great deal of spirit , skill and flair . |
| 24 | Melanie Phillips celebrates in carols the hopes and fears of a year which saw environmental issues high on the agenda . |
| 25 | Despite productivity gains and cost savings , margins were much lower than in 1991 , a year which saw exceptional results in the first quarter because of strong product demand and supply disruptions in the Middle East . |
| 26 | ‘ They take all sorts of fancy things to trade — brass basins , beads , looking glasses … last time I saw great bales of cotton stuffs , all red and blue and gold . |
| 27 | Gawd help us , no wonder the launch was ‘ shrouded ’ in mystery : the last time I saw those shirts they were wrapped around the kneelers in Mitchley Crematorium ! |
| 28 | For the first time she saw small lines of weariness grooving the side of his well-shaped mouth , as his shoulders flexed beneath her gaze . |
| 29 | It is about time we saw some answers . |
| 30 | In the last section we saw three ways in which speakers can miss their target of JC . |