Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw the knife in my mum 's neck . |
| 2 | I saw the bit in the papers bout this too . |
| 3 | I saw the video in court and I have played it again er since this case was adjourned in November . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought you were exaggerating , ’ Oliver admitted , ‘ until I saw the menace in that fellow 's eyes . ’ |
| 5 | I took the milk , and I poured it on the floor where the slate is hollowed , because once I saw the lake in moonlight and it was white . |
| 6 | Installed in 1906 , I saw the piping in full service as late as 1985 . |
| 7 | The mischief in my veins cooled as I saw the fear in his eyes . |
| 8 | I saw the light in Matthew 's office and I went — ’ |
| 9 | I was almost at the centre of the group when I saw the light in the trees . |
| 10 | ‘ Well — I saw the announcement in the Telegraph . ’ |
| 11 | It was only in 1960 that I saw the flaw in the argument . |
| 12 | And so it came to be that the bewitching gesture of her father 's secretary walking down the golden path ( which bewitched me when I saw the woman in the swimsuit take leave of the lifeguard ) had completely gone to sleep in her . |
| 13 | Now I 'd have to say when I saw the report in the Observer , which was a couple of months ago , the rape in the quad report , my feeling was that this was a national newspaper picking on Oxford because Oxford and sex makes great headlines and it was going to be a good sell , and I felt that it was inappropriate in that sexual harassment is a problem in other campuses . |
| 14 | I saw the monster in every shadow . |
| 15 | ‘ It is kind in you to make such a pretence , but I saw the compassion in your face , and I am grateful for it . |
| 16 | This decade , which saw the arrival in London of Spencer Stuart , Boyden and Heidrick and Struggles , also witnessed the origins of the first home-grown headhunters . |
| 17 | It was not the catastrophic defeat at Stalingrad , as often presumed , which saw the turning-point in Hitler 's popularity . |
| 18 | The European market for acetate filament yarn is expected to shrink slightly during 1993 — disappointing but not such a blow as that experienced during the last two years which saw the market in Europe tumble from 40,000 tons to 30,000 . |
| 19 | Behind the gothic-arch pigeon hole , counting out change , she saw the man in boots , the man who had hung about at Faith 's funeral . |
| 20 | She saw the excitement in his face and smiled to please him . |
| 21 | She saw the hole in the grave and the expensive new gravestone , but did not think it could be Fanny 's . |
| 22 | She checked only momentarily when she saw the chaos in the room . |
| 23 | She saw the scene in front of her through a mist . |
| 24 | She saw the agony in him . |
| 25 | ‘ Your mother … ? ’ she asked swiftly and when she saw the surprise in his eyes she went on hurriedly , ‘ Sybil told me . ’ |
| 26 | She saw the puzzlement in the other 's face , and suddenly recollected that she had no notion to whom she was speaking . |
| 27 | She saw the contempt in his eyes . |
| 28 | ‘ She saw the announcement in The Times , ’ continued my mother . |
| 29 | Then , just as if the world had frozen and stopped for a moment , she saw the woman in the driving seat , face white , eyes glassy with shock , the mouth stretched in a grimace which looked like terror . |
| 30 | A mask seemed to fall away from his face , and she saw the torment in his eyes . |