Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] saw the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Beneath the shirt I saw the outline of her breasts . |
2 | But after a few minutes I saw the creature 's body begin to move . |
3 | When I examined Southgate 's horse I saw the spur marks . |
4 | Here they were presented with a new interpretation of world events from the Kremlin which saw the world as divided into ‘ two camps ’ and called on Communists everywhere to resist US ‘ imperialism ’ . |
5 | Keynes himself saw the liquidity trap as merely a special case : the case where the economy is in deep recession . |
6 | Barnett himself saw the solution to the problem in achieving an amicable peace between rich and poor by finding cultural means of bringing together the " two nations " . |
7 | On the southern side she saw the mandarin silks of the beginnings of civilisation and the huge courage of the Long March ; and on the other , to the north , the eternal silence of the greatest desolation . |
8 | Celebrities among the 2,000 fans who saw the Maple Leafs win a 6–5 victory included actresses Susan George , Fiona Fullerton , Patricia Hodge and Cherie Lunghi , and society hostess Ivana Trump . |
9 | When she placed Morndun across her face and peered through its ghostly eyes she saw the air shimmering with elementals , sharp-faced , wraith-like , coiling and twisting above the river , streaming out of the mouths and eyes of the men by the water and from the piles of skulls by the trees . |
10 | Readers who saw the game on television will recall that Brooke did exactly as the law required and so the try was legal . |
11 | Many of the Asian traders who saw the attack would n't be interviewed for fear of reprisals . |
12 | In practice ‘ reasonable consideration for other road users ’ can be proved by a statement from a witness who saw the actions which amount to lack of consideration . |
13 | The only witness who saw the women on the beach is another tourist , a South African businessman named Ockert Cameron . |
14 | ‘ Ride on ’ can be proved by the police officer or witness who saw the offence . |
15 | Any witness who saw the offence could prove this point . |
16 | Any witness who saw the incident and could identify the accused could prove this point . |
17 | A witness who saw the incident described the driver as white , about 25 years old , six feet tall , and of slim build with broad shoulders . |
18 | ‘ Attempt to drive ’ can be proved by the officer in the case or another witness who saw the defendant attempting to drive . |
19 | Richard took his brother 's car that night , and a witness who saw the accident on the Birdlip bypass said it happened in the dark , the car left the road without attempting to follow the curve of the road . |
20 | A barman who saw the dance at Berwick 's Quarterbeck Club said last night : ‘ She was having a very enjoyable time and was clearly the life and soul of the party . |
21 | A critic who saw the rushes said : ‘ It will probably not be seen by Kylie 's younger fans because of its content . |
22 | The moment the words left her lips she saw the trap , but it was too late . |
23 | Eventually , authors of the calibre of Dashiell Hammett and Chandler moved on to producing full-length books , based often on their early material in the pulps and always with the hero , the person through whose eyes one saw the story , a private-eye , a shamus , a private investigator , a P.I . |
24 | Nevertheless , Bob Smith kept edging her towards Malta and at first light they saw the island over the long swells following the storm . |
25 | Opening his eyes he saw the blood flowing from his arm , from his own bite , blossoming against the snow . |
26 | Then he pushed him towards the light , and in the light he saw the face of a boy of twenty . |
27 | When Patrick came to the door of the aircraft he saw the flight of metal steps leading to the tarmac . |
28 | Ingham , seeded number two , took full advantage of the defeat of top seed Jonathan Hind to outlast Middlesex 's Luke Milligan in a two hour tussle which saw the Lancashire lad recover from set and 3–0 down to win 0–6 , 7–6 , 6–4 . |
29 | Although Labour was defeated in the General Election of 1924 , the election which saw the publication of the ‘ Zinoviev Letter ’ with the allegation that it revealed the Communist intention to stir the masses of workers to revolution through using the Labour Party and the Anti-Soviet treaty , its vote increased by more than one million , or about 24 per cent , even though the number of Labour MPs was reduced from 191 to 151 . |
30 | The outlook , particularly since the general election which saw the defeat of two of the Peace-Tax Campaign 's principal supporters in parliament — Mr A Lyon and Mr F Hooley — is not too encouraging . |