Example sentences of "[pron] saw [prep] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no poor law infirmary nearer than Waterford , so I took her there , and that was the last I saw of that dreadful day . |
| 2 | one night when Paul came up and I was n't asleep and I saw like this bright light |
| 3 | A distinction that must be borne in mind is that between the Court Baron ( which registered the transfers of copyhold lands ) and the Court Leet ( which saw to such practical matters as scouring ditches , mending hedges , muzzling dogs , etc . ) . |
| 4 | But as we saw in that magnificent film The Cruel Sea ( recently re-shown on television ) it was even more nerve-wracking to serve in a slow moving ammunition ship or tanker , bearing a lethal cargo , than to man the depth charges and guns on a naval corvette , which was at least able to defend itself . |
| 5 | It takes many years to perfect and rein-force the practices we saw in these pioneering plants . |
| 6 | As a Scottish member of the Parliament in London for more than thirty years after its inception in 1707 , he had the opportunity to make direct contrasts between what he saw of improved English farming methods and those still prevailing in his own country . |
| 7 | The two threats to this development which he saw in that late summer of 1923 were Lloyd George and unemployment . |