Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [noun sg] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I was a referee now unless I saw the forward actually trying to stay on his feet I would view all of those fouls very suspiciously . |
| 2 | Sheila was emboldened from what she saw the night before to ask Rose when Moran had gone out again . |
| 3 | Alex first witnessed the perils of pop stardom a decade ago when , having done Killing Joke 's laundry , he saw the band almost split over who owned which pair of newly washed socks . |
| 4 | As Dexter staggered out of the door , he saw the superintendent still pondering over Nicola 's letter , her face bathed in the light of her desk lamp . |
| 5 | And Senator Eagleton , who had successfully brought in a reclassification amendment so that amphetamine would be more tightly controlled , stated , when he saw the amendment subsequently overturned : ‘ when the chips are down , the power of the drug companies was simply more compelling than any appeal to the public welfare ’ ( p. 53 ) . |