Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beneath the shirt I saw the outline of her breasts . |
| 2 | When I examined Southgate 's horse I saw the spur marks . |
| 3 | On the southern side she saw the mandarin silks of the beginnings of civilisation and the huge courage of the Long March ; and on the other , to the north , the eternal silence of the greatest desolation . |
| 4 | ‘ Ride on ’ can be proved by the police officer or witness who saw the offence . |
| 5 | Any witness who saw the offence could prove this point . |
| 6 | Any witness who saw the incident and could identify the accused could prove this point . |
| 7 | A witness who saw the incident described the driver as white , about 25 years old , six feet tall , and of slim build with broad shoulders . |
| 8 | ‘ Attempt to drive ’ can be proved by the officer in the case or another witness who saw the defendant attempting to drive . |
| 9 | Richard took his brother 's car that night , and a witness who saw the accident on the Birdlip bypass said it happened in the dark , the car left the road without attempting to follow the curve of the road . |
| 10 | A barman who saw the dance at Berwick 's Quarterbeck Club said last night : ‘ She was having a very enjoyable time and was clearly the life and soul of the party . |
| 11 | Between ( e ) and ( g ) there is a range of behaviour not fully illustrated by a still picture such as ( f ) , which looks like a superposition of ( e ) and ( g ) : if one watches the oscilloscope one sees the picture alternating randomly between the chaotic pattern and the ordered one . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , Bob Smith kept edging her towards Malta and at first light they saw the island over the long swells following the storm . |
| 13 | Then he pushed him towards the light , and in the light he saw the face of a boy of twenty . |
| 14 | Although Labour was defeated in the General Election of 1924 , the election which saw the publication of the ‘ Zinoviev Letter ’ with the allegation that it revealed the Communist intention to stir the masses of workers to revolution through using the Labour Party and the Anti-Soviet treaty , its vote increased by more than one million , or about 24 per cent , even though the number of Labour MPs was reduced from 191 to 151 . |
| 15 | The outlook , particularly since the general election which saw the defeat of two of the Peace-Tax Campaign 's principal supporters in parliament — Mr A Lyon and Mr F Hooley — is not too encouraging . |
| 16 | We are left with a verdict which sees the savage as fatally limited because cut off from God 's Word which passes understanding ; similarly , The Waste Lands fertility cults were cut off from the peace of ‘ Shantih shantih shantih ’ . |
| 17 | I stop at my usual vantage point and even before I have switched off the engine I see the otter . |
| 18 | A pacy thriller which sees the return of Tweed , imperturbable Deputy Director of the SIS . |
| 19 | In the sand you see the iron although it broke it more but this plough he 'd kept the thing fairly together . |
| 20 | Framed in the narrow window she saw the landscape , lit and brilliant as the background of a painting . |
| 21 | The sight had brought her as swiftly out of the house as a child who sees the ice-cream van . |
| 22 | His motion dashed the tears from his eyes , and as he came to a halt he saw the visitor plainly . |
| 23 | The board itself saw the advantage of this course but the chairman , Humphrey Browne , was worried that privatization would lead to a crippling strike . |
| 24 | In horror she saw the guerrilla 's hand go to the knife at his belt . |
| 25 | I 'll have , have to do that later for you because you wo n't be doing it then , this lesson next year , and if your pots do n't go up in the kiln I will be glazing for you , so of course you see the colour and everything we do n't have the time to do that , it 's a shame , well actually they 'll look very smart just with the glaze on , but I 'll try and get that done for you , okay , can you put your hand up if there is |
| 26 | But whoever it was , they were determined to catch Artemis , for when Artemis stole another look she saw the horse behind was really stretching out . |
| 27 | That ‘ blatant behaviour ’ was confirmed by another old friend of the Duchess who saw the couple sharing an intimate dinner for two ‘ with their legs entwined under the table ’ in Chelsea 's exclusive L'Incontro restaurant earlier this year . |
| 28 | The moment I saw the church , although there were considerable differences — the main and obvious one being it was not on a hill — I accepted it as my church . |
| 29 | I had n't come to this place with the conscious intention of divesting myself of my now cumbersome virginity ; but from the moment I saw the actor again — certainly from the moment his arms went round me and I felt the sense of fond familiarity , of affection rediscovered — I knew it was inevitable that we should , sooner or later , make love . |
| 30 | For a fleeting moment I saw the face of a young boy , about 15 years old , with a fresh face and golden curls . |