Example sentences of "i saw [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that was the film with the scene of the boy coming into the bar that I said I thought of when I saw Boy coming in sometimes . |
| 2 | We noticed that they touched each other all evening , shoulder to shoulder , knee to knee , nothing obvious , although I did see O raise Boy 's hand to his lips once , and later I saw Boy rest his head on O 's knees , just lay it there for a moment like a dog . |
| 3 | They are warm and but it 's colour I do n't know whether I perhaps if I saw cream again this year I might buy it but erm I 'm not sure that I want to when this deep orangy colour . |
| 4 | they are warm , er , but its colour , I do n't know whether I perhaps I , if I saw cream again this year I might buy it , but erm , I 'm not sure that I want erm there 's this deep red , because I 've , I 've bought a red one in a different style , same sort of fabric , its very do you remember ? , when I bought that black and white checked skirt I bought a red |
| 5 | ‘ As soon as I saw newspaper reports that a body had been found , I had a gut feeling that it was Nealle . ’ |
| 6 | Mind you we used to fire guns , I saw Cathedral knocked down , by Gerry . |
| 7 | Again I saw change as the enemy . |
| 8 | ‘ I saw evidence of fires . ’ |
| 9 | I saw sense and decided I would n't take my bat home after all . |
| 10 | I saw Relief on their last tour in Salt Lake City . |
| 11 | I saw sand , and Zuwaya all round it . ’ |
| 12 | And then I sat and watched everyone very closely , and after a while I saw Finn chewing and chewing , and then he swallowed it . ’ |
| 13 | He said , ‘ I may have mentioned I saw service in the desert … ’ |
| 14 | When I saw Computer Services , I was immediately a bit disappointed . |
| 15 | I saw Chase hump his tuba case over the tailboard and climb in after it , just as Dod climbed out . |
| 16 | But I saw judgement in your face , and it shattered me , precisely because I know I must seem to deserve the very worst that anyone could imagine . |
| 17 | ‘ But there 's a very seductive love and lushness about the way Reservoir Dogs is filmed , for instance , and when I saw Man Bites Dog the audience just laughed all the way through — it 's a difficult , dark , disturbing film and if that 's what people are finding funny , it 's very worrying . ’ |
| 18 | Mark Higgins is just 10 and said : ‘ I saw boxing on the TV and loved it so I started at the gym twice a week . |
| 19 | ‘ I saw state policemen drag strikers across the road and make them kneel in the ditch there while they held shotguns in their backs . |
| 20 | I think I saw tide tables in the post office . ’ |
| 21 | I saw Mum catch Mrs F 's eye , and Mrs F said , ‘ Brian , I still have n't washed the dishes . |
| 22 | I burst into tears when I saw Mum , and told her what had happened . |
| 23 | I saw park , full of traffic down the high street . |
| 24 | ‘ When I saw Honey End and Greek Scholar coming at me I did n't think they could catch up but I gave Foinavon one more slap just in case as we jumped the last . |
| 25 | The late and much missed Fred Rival By the way I saw Mercy at the horse of the year show a few weeks ago . |
| 26 | I did n't think I saw condemnation in his eyes . |
| 27 | If I said I saw sex organs when I looked at your rotten ink blots that would really get you going , would n't it ? |
| 28 | Perhaps my problem is the way I perceived the first news of the crumbling of the old Europe ; sitting in hospital and festooned in drip feeds and stoned out of my mind on pethidine as I came round from an anaesthetic , I muzzily watched the news on the TV in the corner of my room and truly believed I was hallucinating as I saw kitchen choppers taking down the Berlin Wall ; after such a beginning to the thaw , how can I believe that as well as East Germany 's arrival in the West , Czechoslovakia is almost herself again . |
| 29 | And there one personal explanation when I saw appendix A as opposed to the information on appendix five under page two |
| 30 | I saw yesterday' in Markstadt a shelter which has beds for 100 of these children ; 42 children had died in the last 24 hours , but these places had been filled up . |