Example sentences of "[pers pn] see a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We seated ourselves and he regarded us expectantly , so I opened with , ‘ Can you tell me all about lymphomas and can I see a lymph node ? ’ |
| 2 | In the late 1950s this order of dress was even more carefully observed and I saw a detective sergeant ordered home to change from Harris tweed jacket and flannels into ‘ proper clothing ’ . |
| 3 | Then I saw a stem policeman standing nearby with suspicious and disapproving stare . |
| 4 | Hall reported : ’ … when I saw a vapour trail and warned my Section Leader who manoeuvred for position , scanning the sky for enemy fighters . |
| 5 | ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’ |
| 6 | The first time I saw a golf course it was Royal Birkdale . |
| 7 | ‘ Once I was driving up High Street East in Sunderland with a local priest when I saw a furniture van ahead with its ramp down . |
| 8 | How come I saw a school bus this morning in half term ? |
| 9 | I saw a school essay containing the word ‘ yrnetn ’ for wire netting ; and only the other day the Independent Magazine carried an advertisement for Philips Dictation Systems with the interesting sentence : ‘ In the time it took Dickens to write A Tale of Two Cities he could of told us a dozen more . ’ |
| 10 | At a junk-shop a little further along I saw a china snuff-box painted with ribbons in lover's-knots , and an M on the lid , which I bought for Mavis . |
| 11 | I saw a documentary programme about the Manchester United team that was destroyed by the Munich disaster . |
| 12 | Through cobwebby windows I saw a relief model of the surrounding mountains and a large vacant video screen hanging from the ceiling . |
| 13 | But if I were a teenager and I saw a TV star telling me that he had taken coke , I would reckon that there must be a reason why the famous spend a fortune on this drug . |
| 14 | As I was closing the door I saw a car turn into the end of the street , very slowly and very quietly , driving on sidelights only . |
| 15 | The officer 's evidence will probably be in the following terms : ‘ I had a good view of the zebra crossing when I saw a pedestrian step on to the crossing limits from the footpath outside the Town Hall and walk about one third of the way across the crossing when the defendant drove in front of the pedestrian etc . ’ |
| 16 | I mean like I saw a double-decker bus on the moon and that sort of stuff . |
| 17 | Nothing could be heard above the noise of the engine , but I saw a lark spring skywards out of the heather , and another , a few minutes later , sink to its rest . |
| 18 | All of my fish are from South America and although I find fish from other parts of the world attractive , I have never had any desire to keep them until I saw a Myxocyprinus asiaticus . |
| 19 | A few years ago I saw a catalogue offering Scotch , sometimes called ‘ Burnett ’ , roses . |
| 20 | Our duels were not on the scale of the later Clarke versus Prescott battles , where in the 1987 general election I saw a television chairman leave his chair several times to restore order . |
| 21 | SOME months ago I saw a television documentary on hostels for young homeless people in London . |
| 22 | I saw a spaceship land near the house . |
| 23 | At first it appeared to be empty , but then , on the dappled ground , I saw a rock python . |
| 24 | ‘ I saw a motorbike combination by the side of the track . |
| 25 | My feet got so hot and sweaty I took my trainers and socks off and walked along in my bare feet till I saw a traffic warden looking at me as if she 'd get me arrested . |
| 26 | I see a road sweeper . |
| 27 | I see a road sweeper . |
| 28 | ‘ Not often I see a lady cab driver , not in London anyway . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I see a selling climax building up , ’ said Baring Securities ' Nick Cant . |
| 30 | Had she seen a plastic brick floating , or did she have to think of a name for her wavy line and enclosed shape ? |