Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I saw the Angel Gabriel , and as God 's my witness ‘ t is the first sight I 've seen these twenty-five years ! |
| 2 | I saw the knife flash , a cold gleam as the man swung his arm back to strike at Ward 's belly . |
| 3 | It was a great thing the other day when I saw the combine harvester coming up the glen . |
| 4 | But not before I saw the speedometer register over 100 mph and decided to fasten my seat belt . |
| 5 | I saw the shipping company 's advertisement and decided to apply . |
| 6 | As I approached the pool I saw the pug marks of the tigress in the soft earth at the edge of the water . |
| 7 | I sat there a long time , bored , with a cold bottom , and I was about to open the pub door to tell him I was going home when I saw the organ grinder trundling his barrel-organ down the street . |
| 8 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 9 | I saw the way Rohan looked at you . |
| 10 | When I examined Southgate 's horse I saw the spur marks . |
| 11 | In my mirror I saw the ford taxi moving up on me fast . |
| 12 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 13 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 14 | I saw the Rabbit Grounds again , and the flaming bodies as they jumped and sped . |
| 15 | Almost one might , says the other Robert , and I saw the seed fall on fertile ground , and there he 's tended it ever since . |
| 16 | ‘ I saw the stage version . |
| 17 | I saw the student riots in Rome and it was an experience which greatly moved me . |
| 18 | And I saw the science club one about the bones . |
| 19 | He was really going to buy cigars at the shop next door , but I saw the sugar mice in the window and he could n't get me away until he came in and bought some . |
| 20 | I thought within myself , ‘ With what eyes these poets see nature ! ’ and ever after , when I saw the sun-set stream upon the objects facing it , conceived I had made a discovery , or thanked Mr Wordsworth for having made one for me ! |
| 21 | I saw the creature jump at Sir Henry and throw him to the ground . |
| 22 | I saw the glass case over the mantle , filled . |
| 23 | I had on the Ring of Luned that brings invisibility , and I saw the Glass Castle and the chains hanging in the Great Tower . |
| 24 | I saw the Wing Commander who was to do the reconnoitre and give the signal for the fusing of the lights talking anxiously to Ryan . |
| 25 | I saw the producer price figures issued this morning , and they are good news . |
| 26 | I saw the infant children of one of the finest second-rowers in the Phil Lowe tradition , Crusher Cleal , playing with their father 's steaming boots . |
| 27 | Then , unbelievably , I saw the line move up the river . |
| 28 | One Christmas I was flying over the city of Boston in America it night and I saw the Christmas lights like networks of jewellery flickering through the freezing air ; and hardly ever in my life had I seen anything more dazzling or beautiful . |
| 29 | I 'll see you , phone you one day in the week , I saw the post lady coming up the drive and I said to Henry who 's that , he threw himself against the top window so there was indeed someone coming up the drive , tore into the dinning room , picked up his tennis ball , raced back to the window and wow , wow , wow , with his ball in his mouth , and I said Henry you 're really going to frightened off intruders with a ball in your mouth , I said . |
| 30 | I was half way up the road when I saw the fire engine come . |