Example sentences of "[conj] saw the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hilary Frome glanced politely in its direction , and saw the two bottles of sherry left over from the last staff festivities , one of them half empty , the other two-thirds empty . |
| 2 | PC Aspinall arrived on the scene and saw the two men pushing a car . |
| 3 | He swept the torch beam round the short passage and saw the two cell doors on his left were ajar . |
| 4 | She checked the power level of her blaster , looked up — and saw the three androids simultaneously raise their hands and aim three blasters at the Dalek Killer . |
| 5 | He had a full scrip of the small white flowers when he made the journey for the seventh time , and saw the three riders pace in at the gatehouse , and stood unobserved to watch Tutilo dismount , part amicably from his guards , and come wearily towards the gatehouse door , as if he would himself take the key and deliver himself dutifully back to his captivity . |
| 6 | When Peter Mantle first arrived in the Doolough Valley five years ago and saw the three lakes linked by the Bundorragha River glinting in the sun , he was completely smitten . |