Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] saw [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , ’ began Enfield , ‘ I was coming home about three o'clock on a black winter morning , when suddenly I saw two people .
2 The next morning I was sitting in the garden in the sun when suddenly I saw young Rupert of Hentzau on horse- back coming through the trees towards me .
3 So we saw this fellow go up to the window and look and then he went and got a stone from the kerb and ‘ bang ’ on the window .
4 But finally I saw one animal come through the grass to play .
5 Yesterday we saw some criminals being paraded in public on a lorry , and being ‘ criticised ’ by the crowd .
6 When he came home we saw each other often .
7 Thereafter he saw distinguished service in the Peninsular war in Portugal from 1809 under Sir Arthur Wellesley ( later first Duke of Wellington , q.v . ) .
8 THE only civilian witness to the events surrounding the deaths of two teenage joyriders in Northern Ireland claimed yesterday he saw one soldier attack another .
9 And the more he tried to visualise her , the more he saw another face .
10 Two days later I saw dark clouds in the sky , and I knew that a storm was coming .
11 A little later we saw another cow and then through my glasses I picked up a bull lying down in the distance .
12 Kylie 's organisation believed the unofficial pictures were literally losing their star millions and whenever they saw those pictures on sale they moved to sue the publishers .
13 Cu cut out I Saw Three Ships , and put Hark the Herald Angels in .
14 She determined that she , not he , would decide how often they saw each other and how they would occupy their time together .
15 They will have to answer for the team 's performances and can expect to be closely questioned on how often they saw those performances .
16 Now he saw another side of her .
17 Well I saw this present I thought I could find it sort of erm well I suppose I would off everywhere .
18 Well I saw these skid marks tonight , and I thought well how I did n't realise , until I suddenly realised what had happened that someone
19 Here I saw several herds of beisa oryx , Soemering 's gazelle , and occasional lesser kudu and gerenuk .
20 ‘ On my way here I saw wild roses in the hedge .
21 Today we saw these animals on his land .
22 His host had darted across the room presumably to bring him a drink and as he looked around he saw other doors , other lights — so this spectacle which did not shock him nor dismay him but which he did not wish to be a part of , might not be the only play .
23 Then I saw two men hitting each other , others running , some falling down .
24 And then I saw another Tedesco .
25 Then I saw another policeman .
26 Then I saw another picture : a very old woman ( it was Celia ) searching for the grave of the mother she had abandoned , and coming upon that inscription .
27 Then I saw another monster .
28 I looked at lots , and then I saw this fairytale cottage , like something out of Alice In Wonderland .
29 Then I saw some pictures of these Zamaitis guitars and thought they were such beautiful instruments that I 'd want to try to get one .
30 During the first few days of the Blitz I had to go to Kings Cross and there I saw whole streams of weary and frightened East Enders pouring through the station , intent only on getting away from the bombing with what bits and pieces of their belongings they had been able to salvage ; with their small children crying and bewildered , and family pets bundled up in rugs or protesting loudly in makeshift cardboard boxes .
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