Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 2 | To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone . |
| 3 | Brown Owl made a sympathetic noise when she saw the two huge blisters . |
| 4 | As she went upstairs she saw him toss something in a little glass down his throat in one gulp and she saw the swollen nicotine-stained fingers and the watery bad-tempered eyes . |
| 5 | She saw the glistening black heads of the seals driving through the waves … . |
| 6 | She saw the red plush benches which would be filled with students next week , and she ached to be amongst them . |
| 7 | " In Cholon you saw the fat Chinese millionaires taking their ease . |
| 8 | As a weak sun died and the shadows closed in around us , we saw the high pointed gables and turreted walls of the fortified manor house beckoning darkly to us over the treetops . |
| 9 | We saw the same unbelieving stares on the faces of the Americans who watched the ‘ Challenger ’ failure . |
| 10 | Now , with the stilling of the engines , the sudden silence was so absolute that he saw the three motionless figures as if they were a tableau of dummies in a silent world . |