Example sentences of "[pers pn] see a man [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Points were awarded for where information was repeated ; for example , for the sentence ‘ I saw a man with a telescope ’ , the reading where the prepositional phrase attaches to the verb would score more highly because ‘ telescope ’ was defined as a thing for seeing or looking with . |
| 2 | I saw a man with a large black beard looking out of the taxi window . |
| 3 | I thought it might of been Pat sort of at that time , but erm when I looked out I saw a man with a billboard thing |
| 4 | White blurs passed around us and coloured pills stuck in my throat but , from time to time , I saw a man in a room on my own and he always asked me how I was feeling . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw a man like that at Thunder Bay , ’ he said . |
| 6 | A woman points one way but I see a man with a bulge in his coat and I leap on him . |
| 7 | Suddenly , she sees a man near an upstairs window . |
| 8 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |
| 9 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw a man in a white coat floundering through the snow towards them , and in some intuitive way this increased her anxiety to be off . |
| 10 | Opening the door a crack she saw a man in a clerical collar and a woman beside him . |
| 11 | The race used to be cash-orientated but these days attracts more enthusiasts than those determined to be first over the line , said Mr Brown , who was reminded of the film made about the race when they saw a man in a huge Alvis wearing what appeared to be an animal . |
| 12 | But , just then , inside a shop , he saw a man with an expensive umbrella . |
| 13 | Sometime during the next day he saw a man in a harness being lowered by cable towards Corti ; heard a shout : ‘ I have him ! ’ |
| 14 | In it he saw a man from Macedonia calling to him . |