Example sentences of "saw the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went down to the river Thames and saw the famous London Bridge , with all its shops and houses . |
| 2 | When he saw the black-haired woman sitting beside the stream , he thought at first she was simply another ephemeral vision transmitted by the trees . |
| 3 | He saw the tatty rooms , the junk-shop furniture … hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through , so that we could be together again . |
| 4 | He was furious when he saw the rubbishy episodes . |
| 5 | Each district to be balloted to produce its squad for the six thousand , and if the ballot brings up your name , ’ he paused again and saw the hundreds of eyes fixed on his , ‘ then you must go off to the Army , or else pay £10 to hire a substitute . |
| 6 | Others on the right saw the fearsome prospect of a Kenneth Clarke leadership . |
| 7 | He saw the faintest of glows ahead , from between two of the joists . |
| 8 | The next chapter saw the Prime Minister , Toshiki Kaifu , being questioned in parliament about the £2,000 he is alleged to have received . |
| 9 | This is not to say that the twentieth century saw the total disappearance of open opposition to democracy . |
| 10 | But feminists saw the serious implications for women in this clause , since problems in the rehousing of the other partner in cases of marital breakdown were bound to result , and campaigned , unfortunately with no success , against this clause . |
| 11 | She looked into his face , saw the serious expression and gave a short , harsh laugh , fighting to hide the hurt . |
| 12 | In his drugged dreams he saw the silent faces crying ; he saw the loving mouth distorted with grief ; he knew about the humiliation and the want — all his fault , his fault , his responsibility , his wickedness , his weakness , his sin , his sacrificial past , the victim to what end — who was murdered at that powerful stone circle near Keswick ? |
| 13 | That 's only because you 're looking at it in a very short- term perspective , they , the way they saw the communist revolution was by a very long drawn out process and so it was n't that the revolution had just created this was , this was an important step in order to lead to their ultimate goal . |
| 14 | Then Neva had a better idea ; she looked up to heaven and saw the mighty sun travelling across the sky overhead , darting his gold rays down like arrows . |
| 15 | Mr Collum 's two years as chairman saw the 100 Group 's profile rise significantly , and Mr Lawrence intends to capitalise on his efforts . |
| 16 | We suddenly saw the wizened old man in a new light . |
| 17 | She saw the poised head nod slightly . |
| 18 | She saw the querying eyebrow and decided to satisfy his curiosity . |
| 19 | If you know what 's good for you , Thessy and Ellen , none of you even saw the Belgian boat this morning ! ’ |
| 20 | 1834 saw the legal end to this practice ( at least in theory ) when Edwin Chadwick drafted , and Parliament passed , the Poor Law Amendment Act . |
| 21 | Holly saw the blackened uniforms of the guards as they moved amongst the debris of the office that they had retrieved . |
| 22 | She came at 7.15am and saw the blackened windows and gutted room through the window . ’ |
| 23 | Joint stock companies found it possible to grow larger by issuing new shares to increase their capital , and mergers and takeovers saw the average size of firms grow . |
| 24 | The Kennedy round of cuts in the later sixties saw the average level of tariffs on manufactures falling by one-third , and by half on machinery and vehicles . |
| 25 | The anthropologists saw the rural smallholder as the bearer of tradition and wedded to the same way of life as the generations before him . |
| 26 | It was a delight to see Diana 's and Mary 's faces when they arrived cold and stiff from their long journey , and saw the warm fires and polished furniture , and smelt the cakes and meat dishes cooking . |
| 27 | Horrified holiday-makers saw the five-foot reptile clamp its jaws round her leg after she and a pal went for a dip in a national park pool . |
| 28 | Now the German soldiers stared suspiciously at Sharpe 's strange uniform until one of the troopers saw the Imperial ‘ N ’ on the horse 's saddle-cloth and the sabres rasped out of their metal scabbards as the horsemen shouted at Sharpe to surrender . |
| 29 | The essence of what the popes required of the emperors and how they saw the imperial office is enshrined in the imperial oaths taken at the time of coronation and in the prayer at the conferment of the sword . |
| 30 | Oscar fought desperately for control , saw the outer metal barrier rear up before him , swivelled his foot — too late — for the brake . |