Example sentences of "[pron] only saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only saw the driver but there could have been others inside the wagon . ’ |
| 2 | Hundreds of people were there and I only saw the Queen at the beginning when she came out with Prince Philip and the Queen Mother and stood at the head of the terrace whilst a band played the National Anthem . |
| 3 | ‘ In the hope of following them to the base , since we do n't know where the land entrance is — I only saw the inlet that allows ships in . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Because I only saw the car ? ’ |
| 5 | as a last sort of erm two days of the sale or something , they have their special offer next week or fifty percent off everything or something I feel sorry for these places really , that do you know it 's funny I only saw the car immediately in front of this grey one in there must of been a dip there because there 's two cars in front of me |
| 6 | But she only saw the girl who had now returned her full attention to the case . |
| 7 | Well no , now you see , now is , what 's happened is this tt we argued er the case after we saw the notice , but we only saw the notice about a week before it went into com into committee , so we 'd only a very short time to get everything organized , well we got letters and this petition , we sent it in to the council , Stanley came round and talked to one of the young men round our place , not like that , but he was saying oh we 'll do this , that and the other , but when he came round and now we know they 'd lobbied all the committee that were good and they knew it was gon na be passed , they knew before they went in it was gon na be passed |
| 8 | We only saw the adult shearwaters at sea and they looked a bit like a small Manx shearwater , but with a brownish tinge to the upper parts . |
| 9 | ‘ He only saw the shintiyan ! ’ |