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Example sentences of "saw [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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 .