Example sentences of "[pron] saw the [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ Let ’ rule has stood since 1880 without too much fuss and I think I might get annoyed if I saw the fifth set in a Wimbledon final decided by a serve which simply hit the net and ‘ died ’ on the receiver 's side . |
| 2 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 3 | He saw the first group of storm-troopers in the forest to his left . |
| 4 | He moved as soon as he saw the first bead of sweat break on her pallid face , and then he was almost too late . |
| 5 | Mr Clay said he saw the second article on the plane flying home . |