Example sentences of "[pron] saw [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unfortunate that the verse saga ascribed to Llywarch Hen , which celebrates Cynddylan 's defence of the River Tern in Shropshire on the Powys border and laments the destruction of his residence at Pengwern , situated perhaps on the Wrekin or at nearby Wrockwardine , is essentially unhistorical , but the statement , ‘ I saw armies on the ground of the field of Cogwy [ Maes Cogwy ] and the battle full of affliction : Cynddylan was an ally ’ , may possess value as an independent fragment . |
| 2 | I saw Joseph by the back door , caught hold of the lamp he was carrying , and ran with it to the gate . |
| 3 | Again I saw change as the enemy . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ I may have mentioned I saw service in the desert … ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 6 | When I say that I saw Karen at the funeral , I mean that quite literally . |
| 7 | I almost dropped the flowers when I saw Lisabeth on the phone in the hallway as I kicked the door shut . |
| 8 | Mark Higgins is just 10 and said : ‘ I saw boxing on the TV and loved it so I started at the gym twice a week . |
| 9 | They are but not as I saw things at the time — I did n't think I would marry . |
| 10 | " He asked me to met him several times a year , I tried to advise him , to tell him how I saw things in the world . " |
| 11 | The late and much missed Fred Rival By the way I saw Mercy at the horse of the year show a few weeks ago . |
| 12 | I saw Bernard outside the American University Hospital . |
| 13 | ‘ I know , because one day when we went to look at the airport I saw water on the other side , by the road . |
| 14 | After some hours the storm passed , and I saw land to the south . |
| 15 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 16 | ‘ I saw Melody through the window . |
| 17 | Behind me his body began to beat against the stern of the boat , and as I turned toward him I saw Rachel from the corner of my eye begin to clamber up from her seat and I called out to her to stay sitting and not to stand but she laughed lightly and tossed back her head and I felt Casey behind me clambering into the boat . |
| 18 | ‘ I saw Celia on the other side of the road and ran across to her . |
| 19 | Sometimes I saw nyala on the bare mountain-tops but never in the forest . |
| 20 | Some days ago I saw pictures of the Baghdad suspension bridge being destroyed . |
| 21 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 22 | I think the first time I saw Day At The Beach they had it written on the wrong strings . |
| 23 | In a police statement Conley , of Park End , said : ‘ I saw Wayne by the fence and I walked over to him . |
| 24 | When I pressed the button there was the ripping noise that was characteristic of the Hurricane 's eight guns and I saw strikes on the fuselage of the Stuka . |
| 25 | On 6 November I saw a delegation of small business men who had been customers of BCCI , and yesterday I saw representatives of the BCCI depositors protection association . |
| 26 | ‘ I saw Gabriel on the cover of a magazine , and David Mellor was on the cover of something else and I thought , who 's looking funkier ? |
| 27 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 28 | Anyway , I saw Tony from the ‘ Guardian ’ , at the exhibition . |
| 29 | ‘ I saw Travis over the weekend , ’ Leith plunged . |
| 30 | ‘ On the afternoon Lady Eleanor died , I saw horsemen in the trees . ’ |