Example sentences of "[pron] saw [art] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one Oxfordshire school in which I spent a day , I saw a nine year old begin a piece of descriptive writing at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 2 | And many more died from accidents ; I saw a hundred children die from fire . |
| 3 | At the target range in Van Nuys , a lower middle-class white suburb in the Valley , north of Central Los Angeles , I saw a dozen people line up early in the morning to take target practice with hand-guns , shooting at targets shaped like men — most of them at 25 paces : ‘ the most common range for street warfare , ’ as one man there put it . |
| 4 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 5 | I saw the three goals but was n't very impressed overall . |
| 6 | And as she stood , she saw a dozen men enter the room to stand in a semicircle around her . |
| 7 | She said she saw the two defendants tormenting an elderly woman by prodding her from behind . |
| 8 | She saw the two women lying in their beds . |
| 9 | She looked up eagerly at the sound of footsteps , but then , as she saw the two women , with an almost human expression of disappointment she turned her head away and with a heavy sigh lowered her head to her paws . |
| 10 | In her rear-view mirror she saw the two men hurrying back towards the administration block . |
| 11 | Mr Jarrett said she saw the four defendants go for Mr Johnson , holding knives and stabbing at him uttering threat of drawing blood.It was a fatal single stab wound to the neck that caused his death . |
| 12 | Looking out of the window on this pleasant Sunday afternoon , she smiled as she saw the three children engaged in various activities at the far end of the garden . |
| 13 | She saw the 1975 Act 's emphasis on adoption as positive . |
| 14 | Perhaps you saw the two TV programmes on American fundamentalism recently which put the ghastly and unacceptable face of that form of fundamentalism before us . |
| 15 | No one who saw the 1986 Gold Cup and knew of Dawn Run 's subsequent fate could look with unmixed emotions on her statue by the Cheltenham parade ring , where she left a permanent mark on racing history . |
| 16 | Those who saw the 30 yard putt she holed stone dead at the eighth , or her playing of the 18th , where she hit a glorious seven iron to ten feet before holing for her birdie , could be forgiven for wondering what on earth she was talking about . |
| 17 | He appealed for anyone who saw the three youths on the road at 8.15pm on Thursday to contact Chester CID on . |
| 18 | After the interval we saw The Two Pigeons with Sandra Madgwick , Michael O'Hare , Anita Landa , and Chenca Williams in the leading roles . |
| 19 | This was the place where we saw the 1:1,000,000 map , but there were none for sale , and in general the airfield was pretty sleepy . |
| 20 | Yeah we saw the seven hills as we drove past Rome because you |
| 21 | Initially , many believed that their retention would only be temporary ; they failed to understand , however , that Elizabeth herself saw the 1559 settlement as final , and that she intended to resist all pressure from her councillors , divines , and MPs to purify or reform these ceremonials . |
| 22 | They saw no one approach the bell . |
| 23 | They saw no one approach . ’ |
| 24 | At the window they laughed together and bit a knuckle , like children or housemaids — watching avidly , they saw the two boys get out of a car that could not be Robert 's . |
| 25 | New witnesses have told police that they saw the two youths with James in Walton . |
| 26 | They saw the two ideas as analogous , but that " The very core of the ideal was home in a rural village community " ( 1976 p 140 ) . |
| 27 | Mr Dovaston said witnesses had told police they saw the two men shout to Magee to catch up with them . |
| 28 | When it saw the three figures it stopped , then , perhaps with memories of puppy-walkers , still with a broken leather couple round its neck , it approached the man whimpering softly , its tail waving . |
| 29 | Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction . |
| 30 | He saw the two women sitting there as the Orion glided past and disappeared up a side street . |