Example sentences of "saw [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | He found that Turner by 1833 was painting trees unknown to any botanist ; probably he painted them because he saw them that way ; and indeed with the help of a lens the lecturer could turn a picture of a common tree into a Turner tree for the audience to see for themselves . |
2 | At first I could n't see them , but when I heard a little quack I had a close look and saw them all there huddled together and trying to keep warm . |
3 | Yesterday afternoon , however , saw them all back up to speed with Grant Dalton 's Fisher & Paykel out in front by three miles from Steinlager 2 , skippered by his fellow New Zealander Peter Blake . |
4 | From one dim object to another he let his eyes roam , and he saw them all clearly : the Louis Quinze couch between the long windows , the French glass-fronted cabinet in the corner opposite , the sixteenth-century iron-bound chest standing in the alcove , its lid flat against the wall , held there by a pyramid of logs . |
5 | I saw them all war in her face . |
6 | I saw them all in control of a class ( or at least presenting to a large group ) and I was well pleased with their competence . |
7 | The light seemed to have brightened , which was odd , and she saw them all like actors on a stage , brightly lit , faces made grotesque and heightened by make-up , every . |
8 | I saw them all on a rail . |
9 | His face was moving a little , twitching by one eye , but he saw them this time . |
10 | I saw them this morning . |
11 | ‘ I saw them both as plainly as I see you now . ’ |
12 | One day he saw them both through the window of a hotel bar when he was sitting on a bus in Shaftesbury Avenue . |
13 | Hoisted back to the London street , she saw them both reflected in the plate-glass of the shop window , superimposed in transparency above silk and fur , gilt and leather , the swaggering dummies with blind inscrutable gaze in their preposterous clothes . |
14 | ‘ Saw them both . ’ |
15 | Hindley began to be jealous of his father 's feelings for Heathcliff , and saw them both as enemies . |
16 | ‘ Hey Jitters , you limey bastid , last Thursday I saw me some Argentinian fellers marching down Main Street with GenTech weapons . |
17 | That weekend is also memorable for something Dana said to me in the train on the way back to Salamanca : ‘ I knew you were gay as soon as I saw you that morning in the galleria . ’ |
18 | But when I saw you that first time in the garden , I most certainly wanted you , My Cassie . |
19 | ‘ We saw you all go into the tunnel , and then we went across the hill to see you all come out , ’ explained Peter . |
20 | ‘ And I also saw you this afternoon . ’ |
21 | But er , I met a chap this one day , he says well I , I saw you this morning taking milk out , he says I saw you this afternoon taking coal out , he said I see you tonight going playing tennis . |
22 | But er , I met a chap this one day , he says well I , I saw you this morning taking milk out , he says I saw you this afternoon taking coal out , he said I see you tonight going playing tennis . |
23 | ‘ Oh yes , and I saw you this afternoon . ’ |
24 | ‘ I saw you this afternoon . |
25 | I saw you this morning on erm Churchill Drive , I were working , and you were . |
26 | Gabriel went on , ‘ And then I saw her that night , remember ? |
27 | I saw her that one night look take one of those little ones going up the road but I 've , I mean . |
28 | And it 's so odd , it 's hard now when somebody says , ‘ What was it like ? ’ or says , ‘ What did she use to wear ? ’ because of course we all saw her all the time and thought nothing of it , saw her at the very least once a week ( missing service , it was called , if you went a week without visiting , and it was certain to be discussed amongst the congregation when you did finally show up ) , it 's just very odd for me to think that you were never there and that this is all strange to you when to us it was just an ordinary life . |
29 | ‘ Yes , I saw her this morning when she came . ’ |
30 | Saw her this morning . |