Example sentences of "[pron] noticed [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I mean I noticed from the draft P P G thirteen that they do not define small . |
| 2 | I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . |
| 3 | He 's a gem , always full of good humour , and he 's been on a few times , now , but this particular moment was when I noticed in the studio lights a glint of trouser zip . |
| 4 | I noticed round the edge of the hall a few other people were hovering , and wondered who they were . |
| 5 | The hotel is a group of buildings surrounded by gardens and trees in a compound , and we noticed from the start a vaguely British feeling about it — we asked our guide and he told us it had been formerly the British Embassy ( presumably during the years when this had been Chiang Kai-Shek 's capital ) , and had remained in British hands until 1960 or so , I suppose it was a consulate or something . |
| 6 | The Northern Echo having failed to penetrate Pembrokeshire , we noticed in The Guardian a faintly familiar report . |
| 7 | The scope or character of a piece of criticism is naturally related to the magazine or newspaper in which it appears , as we noticed in the case of Dore Ashton 's dismissal from the New York Times because it was asserted that her work could not be understood by the paper 's readers . |
| 8 | They suppose that collective responsibility can be assigned only through something like the first method we noticed in the accident example . |
| 9 | It was only when Dexter parked the car back at the Yard that they noticed in the paintwork of the boot two long , deep scratches . |
| 10 | He noticed on the map a straight line that passed over hill tops through various points of interest and these points of interest were all ancient . |
| 11 | Presently , as he sat by himself in a remote corner of the banqueting hall , he noticed on the wall beside him an ascending column of white ants ; as they reached the ceiling they spread their wings and slowly drifted down in a delicate living veil . |
| 12 | He noticed inside the newspaper that one of his old friends had become rich and famous . |
| 13 | What he noticed in the camps , however , were large numbers of evangelicals , presumably converted by American missionaries while the Catholic priests were away . |