Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of women , I saw the type of her , heroic greatness in Mrs Siddons ; of her fascinations , in Mrs Jordan and Mlle Mars ; I listened with rapture to the dreamy monologues of Coleridge — ‘ that old man eloquent ’ ; I travelled with Wordsworth , the greatest of our lyrico-philosophical poets ; I relished the wit and pathos of Charles Lamb ; I conversed freely with Goethe at his own table , beyond all competition the supreme genius of his age and country . |
| 2 | Nearly two years ago , I saw the type of package that really interested me BUT , of course , it was not for my computer . |
| 3 | ‘ If I loved him , replied the river , ‘ it was because , when he leaned over my water , I saw the reflection of my waters in his eyes . ’ |
| 4 | In the driving mirror I saw the driver of the estate-car was growing restive . |
| 5 | Normally this point is proved by the officer in the case examining the registration document and including in his statement a passage such as ‘ On examining the vehicle 's registration document I saw the date of first registration was … ’ |
| 6 | Somebody brought a light and I saw the inside of the house . |
| 7 | Well cos I saw the cover of it and it looked really good . |
| 8 | When I learned one day that an amateur American flyer had set ‘ the world 's record ’ in altitude for a single-engined aircraft , carrying two to a height of more than 18,000 feet , I saw the possibility of a news story if I could beat that record . |
| 9 | I protested , waving my arms and running after her as I saw the possibility of getting into Ashley 's increasingly attractive body slipping away from me . |
| 10 | I felt so enthusiastic when I found this out and I began to read the stories , that I thought I saw the River of the Leprechauns , which is the crystal road to their kingdom ‘ Undersea . ’ |
| 11 | In the lunch interval of the Test I made my way to the bar , where I saw the editor of the Herald , Mac Pollock , father of Springboks Peter and Graeme , and decided to discuss Vorster 's threat with him . |
| 12 | Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek . |
| 13 | When I saw the title of the next album — ‘ The Sunday Brunch ’ — I immediately assumed this must be the ‘ American ’ one ( ) . |
| 14 | Beneath the shirt I saw the outline of her breasts . |
| 15 | And we had to help them to move and you know help them to move their things and really I saw the kind of difficulties the girls would be living under . |
| 16 | I saw the sense of this , though regretfully : there is very little real communication that can take place between one generation and another . |
| 17 | I remember the shock of fear when I heard her scream and the sickening jolt of pain through my stomach when I saw the angle of her hand to her arm . |
| 18 | He says : I still was n't sure about him until I saw the video of his goals . |
| 19 | ‘ I used to have the impression that I should feel almost privileged to work at certain big-name establishments when I saw the size of my pay packet , and I never used to know my general manager . |
| 20 | In Confucius and his teaching about right relationships — parent-child , teacher-pupil , ruler-subject , man and his neighbour , I saw the presentation of the cultured Chinese ideal of learning , virtue and duty . |
| 21 | Then I saw the colour of your face , and I stopped laughing . |
| 22 | Later I saw the degree of animation which videos like this can stimulate among activists . |
| 23 | Believe it or not , when Charles approached me for help , I saw the attraction of a company specialising in producing beautiful things , which also cares about the people who produce them . ’ |
| 24 | For a time I saw the folly of the recklessness of our affair . |
| 25 | Her topcoat was open , and I saw the belt of knives — with one missing — strung from shoulder to waist . |
| 26 | John of the Cross , the Spanish mystic , wrote ‘ I looked at the Cross and there I saw the song of love ’ . |
| 27 | I saw the formation of the Black Workers ' Group and the concessions that we had won as a lever or a rolling stone which would have a knock-on effect . |
| 28 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 29 | When I saw the amount of entries I had to sift through , my gills went into overdrive and I hyperventilated . |
| 30 | From outside it looked like a faded bell but within was a brilliant and sumptuous chamber of fiery gold adorned with most exquisite tapestry , and it moved me as much as I was moved when I saw the dome of the Blue Mosque at Isfahan , the most beautiful building I have ever seen . |