Example sentences of "saw [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile Lieutenant Denis O'Flaherty and Trooper Sherington made a determined effort to reach the warehouse ( 'F' ) with Peter Young , who saw three stick grenades flung towards him in quick succession ; the first two missed and the third did not go off . |
| 2 | Not only has this reduced the operating costs , but it has also meant that for the first time in its history the Central Wales Line has been able to support a Sunday service ; indeed in July 1987 , one Sunday saw fourteen train movements , what with BR 's own service train , the various Recreation Ramblers , sponsored by the Sports Council , and two excursion rail tours . |
| 3 | Jenny saw one way by which she could reach and stop Miss Clinton before either of them — if she had the pluck . |
| 4 | I saw one demonstrator crumple as the rest fled … |
| 5 | But finally I saw one animal come through the grass to play . |
| 6 | I saw one man being struck by a mounted officer 's baton , picked up by some shocked onlookers and given first-aid ; I heard a policeman say to another : ‘ I 'd shoot the whole fuckin' lot . ’ |
| 7 | He saw one man hitting another . |
| 8 | And I saw one man the fact that he was me uncle do n't make any difference , but he was , and and he was very religious , very Christian man , S Sunday School superintendent . |
| 9 | He saw one man motioning animatedly with his arms , as if to deflect the other boat from its route . |
| 10 | Neighbours saw one man drive away and it looked as if he was hurt . |
| 11 | They also saw one man throw a cock into the air . |
| 12 | ‘ I saw one man thrown at least 20 feet in the air by the blast , ’ said a porter , Anand Mojar , from his hospital bed . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw one man thrown at least 20 feet in the air by the blast , ’ said a porter , Anand Mojar , from his hospital bed . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , but you do n't want to … ’ she began to deny , but her voice faded when she saw one eyebrow ascend — as if it was unheard-of for anyone to tell him what he wanted or did not want to do . |
| 15 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 16 | ‘ I only saw one battalion of skirmishers . ’ |
| 17 | We tested children in pairs so that each child in the pair observed visual illusions from different angles such that one child saw one kind of illusory view and the partner saw an opposite but equally conflicting view . |
| 18 | He said , He saw one boy hit one of these tops and it went straight over a house top . |
| 19 | Robert Half recruitment consultants has collected an entertaining batch of true stories which saw one candidate zoom into the room on a skateboard and another , keen for the interviewer to see how sorely he needed the job , reveal the holes in his shoes . |
| 20 | When my father went on an embalming course he saw one fellah eating his sandwiches , reading a book propped against a body . |
| 21 | Yeah , why I did n't see that , I only saw one bit of it , tiny bit |
| 22 | Yes , they 've got a week or two to get it together and send it in , but we know from what people have pledged that that 's what we can expect at least , and that 's from over a thousand cyclists ranging from , I saw one child in a seat behind their parents on a bike , up to an eighty nine year old lady from Brill who cycled for the first time in years and really enjoyed it . |
| 23 | He says he saw one person fall but he was n't hrut and it seems safe . |
| 24 | During 7½ hours of observation , the biologists saw one collision between a rufous-sided towhee and a web . |
| 25 | The Italian fell on his leg after a tackle — with horror , Walker saw one tooth embedded in his knee ! |
| 26 | The first policemen on the scene , Pcs Jim Birtwell and Warren Pash , saw one dog was attacking Mr Daszczuk about the head and the other biting his arms and legs . |
| 27 | The association has taken heart from a recent prosecution which saw one offender fined £20,000 . |
| 28 | I saw one player push fans out of the way at the Australian Open this year . |
| 29 | She saw one entity , one woman , the reality of her — rather forbidding , she thought . |
| 30 | ‘ I never saw one thing she wanted that did not sell , ’ but nonetheless insisted that this undisciplined approach was unacceptable for a customer trying to furnish a house , who might have kept a sample for six weeks only to find she could not reorder the same fabric . |