Example sentences of "[conj] they saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt that Unionists believed in what they were doing or that they saw the government 's actions as justifying their responses . |
| 2 | It was therefore with surprise that they saw the coach draw up bearing the Lassiter coat of arms . |
| 3 | However in nineteen thirty s nineteen forty seven this was n't actually realizing , it was only later on that they saw the incompatibility of the two aims . |
| 4 | ‘ did drive ’ Driving is usually proved by witness statements to the effect that they saw the defendant drive . |
| 5 | It can be proved by witnesses stating that they saw the defendant ‘ drive round the roundabout and wander into the side of another car ’ or ‘ brake rather late and run into the car in front ’ or by the defendant stating that ‘ I misjudged the gap or distance ’ or ‘ I did n't see the other car , motorbike , cycle or pedestrian , etc . ’ |
| 6 | It is also important to note that they saw the taking of law into their own hands as temporary , and pending the recognition by that state of its mistaken attitude towards them and their right to a degree of autonomy . |
| 7 | But both Pound and Lewis were American or Americanized enough to have on the contrary a professional attitude to their respective arts , in the quite precise sense that they saw the continuity of art traditions ensured by the atelier , the master instructing his prentices . |
| 8 | Increasingly , the socialists declared that they saw the republic as a Bourgeois stepping stone in a transition to a socialist regime . |
| 9 | This means that they saw the death of Jesus as part of God 's plan . |
| 10 | It was then that they saw the grenade in his hand . |
| 11 | Once they saw the set up they thought it was wonderful , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Erm I think it it it started off , people would come in the dayroom , with their own supplementary benefit problem , and and clearly we had the sort of handbooks there and and they saw the probation officers on on duty as people who could help them to sort out that sort out that kind of problem . |
| 13 | And I think what that emphasises in the constitution is that the founding fathers , who devised the constitution , saw the congress as the central organ of American government and they saw the presidency as an appendage . |
| 14 | As they passed the third cave , the golden bee flew out of the woman 's sleeve , and they saw the lightning flash and heard the thunder crack behind them . |
| 15 | But er I mean it always er gained there was just a few working with it and they saw the improvement it was making and then everybody for the wild white clover . |
| 16 | If they saw the state of you , you 're going to get pay day . |
| 17 | I never sold a garment or got an order from this source , I wonder if they saw the light of day . |
| 18 | Tomorrow they 'll try and put up a sign to ask anyone who was passing if they saw the accident , yeah ? |
| 19 | It sounded well enough until they saw the size of the rations . |
| 20 | But although delegates opposed the Home Secretary 's proposals , they decided to put the motion on ice until they saw the strength of his final document on the matter , said Chris Burgess , secretary of the Suffolk Police Federation . |
| 21 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 22 | Because they saw the Pope as the Antichrist of the Book of Revelation and the Roman Catholics as apostates , they fiercely attacked all Church of England rites and ceremonies which followed those of Rome , including its set prayers , its administration of the Sacraments , the use of altars instead of tables , its celebrations of saints ' days , its music and its vestments . |
| 23 | Because they saw the world as composed of groups rather than of individuals , they found it easy to articulate rules of general application , to which exceptions required specific dispensation . |
| 24 | Er right welcome back B B C Radio York Whaley 's on until er two this afternoon and before we do anything else er a little bit I saw in the paper , Unions about turn , that 's the shop workers ' union known as USDOR erm have done an about turn and they now say because they saw the writing on the wall , that they think Sunday trading is okay , well more or less . |
| 25 | Because they saw the search coming their way . |
| 26 | Thus high values of B seem to be associated with unusual situations and drivers going relatively slowly ( i.e. in these cases subjects are more likely to say ‘ No ’ than ‘ Yes ’ when they are in fact unsure whether they saw the film previously ) . |
| 27 | After they saw the pig — a pot-bellied Vietnamese — on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law by the way she looks after it at home . |
| 28 | After they saw the pig on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law . |
| 29 | And I have to say that cos Mr ca n't answer that , that is how the western community of Harrogate felt when they saw the way that this public consultation document was led . |
| 30 | When they saw the mission folk were as sincere in their beliefs they were happy to accept and join in . |