Example sentences of "[adj] saw [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some saw him as a prophet , a Welsh Kossuth or Mazzini , a ‘ lost leader ’ . |
| 2 | Some saw it as a policy platform for the conclave that could not long be delayed . |
| 3 | Some saw it as the beginning of the end of Nazism , which had again almost ‘ run itself to death with victories ’ . |
| 4 | The whole incident had been exaggerated with talk of a threat to the institutions of government , and many saw it as a further example of the insensitivity of the Republican administration to the human sufferings of the period . |
| 5 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 6 | We all saw it in the newspaper and there is great public concern . |
| 7 | When he first saw her on the day of her father 's accident , something happened to him . |
| 8 | I had been horrified at his scarecrow appearance when I first saw him at the clinic , and when I met him by chance in Tala-Tala I felt so sorry for him that I asked him if he would like to come for dinner . |
| 9 | I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday . |
| 10 | I first saw him in a supporting role at the Croydon Rep in 1936 , where another young actor , seven years his junior , by the name of William Devlin , who dared to tackle King Lear at about the same time . |
| 11 | He was wearing the crumpled suit he had been wearing on the day Robert first saw him in the pub . |
| 12 | ‘ When I first saw him in the orphanage , he had a swollen head and a tiny little starved body with a pot belly . |
| 13 | People certainly built last year who first saw us at the Ideal Homes Exhibition in 1984 and 1985 . |
| 14 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 15 | " When I first saw you at the governor 's reception I thought you seemed … unhappy . " |
| 16 | ‘ How long is it since I first saw you in the surgery ? |
| 17 | And no one saw him in the street ; that little turning is almost entirely occupied by people who are out at work all day . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But no one saw him near the flat that afternoon . |
| 19 | ‘ A year ago , he was driving a new BMW 5-series car , but I last saw him in an E-registered Ford Fiesta . ’ |
| 20 | Most saw it as an evil , although the ways suggested to combat the condition varied greatly . |