Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Away to the right I saw the flat gleam of the loch . |
| 2 | ‘ In the fort I saw the finest set of buildings in the world — but no one was caring for them . |
| 3 | Then I saw the spare figure of Captain Robins walking towards me , bag in hand : even on land after such a short voyage he had the kind of rolling gait that proclaimed him a man of the sea . |
| 4 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 5 | And when I turned my head to take a parting glance at the tug which had just left us anchored outside the bar , I saw the straight line of the flat shore joined to the stable sea , edge to edge , with a perfect and unmarked closeness , in one levelled floor half brown , half blue under the enormous dome of the sky ( 3 ) . |
| 6 | I mean it was cursory , it became cursory when I saw the bloody pile of stuff that I 'd got to read , and I thought , ‘ Well I 'll you know we 'll skip that and I 'll just say what a wonderful lot you are for doing so much . ’ |
| 7 | I saw the candle-lit flash of the little star at her throat ; saw too that to contrive a longer stay would only put her under further pressure . |
| 8 | Fanshawe was giving a kind of war whoop as , through the grey fumes , I saw the unmistakable figure of Quigley . |
| 9 | I conjured up a vivid representation of the plushy murk in the Theatre Royal , I saw the shiny tip of the hypodermic gleaming against the dark fabric of The Fat Controller 's trouser leg . |
| 10 | ‘ I could hear their croaking and their arguments and they came ever nearer until suddenly out of the mist I saw the grey shadow of a wing and wet spike of a beak . |
| 11 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 12 | Then I saw the top tier of the cake and that has got to be the er piece , piece de resistance I think as the French say and I know that some very exciting ideas are coming out of the South East region . |
| 13 | In Britain the other terms referred to by Miller , ‘ society ’ and ‘ culture ’ , have been familiar at least since the 1950s , which saw the early work of Hoggart and Williams and the cultural climate of the New Left , which in turn drew on Scrutiny and the Victorian debates on the Condition of England . |
| 14 | It was a day which saw the political demise of UDP man Ken Kerr and a poor showing for the Ulster Unionist party on the Waterside , where only group leader John Adams was re-elected , despite fielding four men . |
| 15 | Since most of the states were members of its western alliance and important for its own economy , this rift was a matter of grave concern to the United States , which saw the abrupt ending of the Maudling negotiations as effectively signifying the ending of the OEEC 's role as the leading West European economic organisation . |
| 16 | The billhook had sliced into his naked thigh and , turning , she saw the great curve of red blood begin to bubble in the air , saw him slowly sink like a wounded animal , his hands plucking the air . |
| 17 | She saw the silken flash of the sheen of petals |
| 18 | Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed . |
| 19 | She saw the bright-red arrow of the lift ascending . |
| 20 | She saw the chunky figure of a child in vest and knickers , neck red from scrubbing , eyes red from weeping . |
| 21 | ‘ Seven hundred years of British rule , ’ Kevin declared , and she saw the tight line of his mouth . |
| 22 | Now she saw the true worth of all his protestations . |
| 23 | After a moment or two to pull herself together and wash her face , she went back through the bedroom , her stomach heaving again when she saw the crumpled disorder of the bed . |
| 24 | She saw the sudden narrowing of his eyes and mouth . |
| 25 | She saw the smiling face of a beautiful young girl , a child almost . |
| 26 | Sophie 's heart sank a little as she saw the grim line of his mouth but his eyes at first showed open admiration as they swept over her . |
| 27 | But she saw the intellectual side of Ken as well . |
| 28 | When she turned her head she saw the calm face of a man , a gentle man , a debonair man , a wandering but caring man . |
| 29 | She saw the little procession of horsemen climbing the ramp towards Parfois , and crept up through the trees to see more closely , for it seemed to her that the middle figure of the five was bound , and one of those who rode beside him led his horse by the bridle . |
| 30 | It was as they stepped from the dodgem stand and Rachel turned from helping Belinda down the steep steps to the grass that she saw the little group of her family watching them . |