Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] saw a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was going to shout to tell them they had forgotten me , when suddenly I saw a huge creature walking after them into the sea . |
| 2 | Suddenly I saw a whole host of photographers hiding behind the bushes . |
| 3 | And then all of a sudden after so long you saw a new Alf . |
| 4 | The moment that red ball began to flatten , she sat on a rock and strained to see along the flat road , along the plain leading to Siena , and sure enough she saw a black dot which grew larger and became a single horse and then she stood up and began to run towards it , waving and shouting . |
| 5 | He peered and suddenly he saw a large form . |
| 6 | Suddenly he saw a white figure slowly crossing the main line towards Brooke End signal box . |
| 7 | Perhaps he saw a comprehensive theology , with the great disputes all ironed out , as a necessary basis for salvation through Christian society . |
| 8 | So far Kine had had little success persuading the BBC 's higher management to take his Department more seriously , so when Doctor Who came along he saw a golden opportunity . |
| 9 | Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire . |
| 10 | As I turned away I saw a small patch of khaki material caught on the very top of the wire . |
| 11 | Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor . |
| 12 | Six minutes later he saw a small movement on top of the hill opposite . |
| 13 | Often I saw a clean-limbed beech , pale and slender , yet firm in its loftiness , that shook delicately arched branches at the top , and below held out an arm on which a form of schoolboys might have sat , — rising out of fine grass and printing its perfect outlines on the sky , — and I could fancy it enjoyed a life of pleasure that was health , beauty that was strength , thought that was repose . |
| 14 | Now I saw a beautiful woman who always wore a hat because she had lost her hair . |
| 15 | Well I saw a little bit of it , if I wo I keep wanting to see this film |
| 16 | Presently she saw a dark shape in the distance . |
| 17 | Then I saw a second light beside the first . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ As we approached the town we swerved to avoid a mine in the road , then I saw a second mine three feet in front of us . |
| 19 | I did quite a lot on that single bed machine , even intarsia and then I saw a double bed advertised for £15 . |
| 20 | Then I saw a light aircraft orbiting overhead and started waving to it , but he disappeared and I did n't know if he 'd seen me . |
| 21 | Then she saw a little glass table with three legs , and on the top of it was a very small gold key . |
| 22 | Then she saw a wrought-iron gate set in the corner , and hurried towards it . |
| 23 | She put the key down and then she saw a little bottle on the table ( ‘ I 'm sure it was n't here before , ’ said Alice ) . |
| 24 | Then she saw a thin trail of smoke rising from her sister 's clothing , and smelt the dry odour of smouldering cloth . |
| 25 | Then she saw a large mushroom near her . |
| 26 | We hear about budgets in all walks of life , indeed we saw a red box only a few days ago . |
| 27 | The builder , of Pretoria Road , Patchway , said seconds earlier he saw a brown car coming fast through the lights and shouted a warning . |
| 28 | Fortunately he saw a nice couple from the Ministry of Education and was able to guide her over to them . |
| 29 | His first impression was that somebody had started to construct a small harbour , but then he saw a shallow groove cut in the face of the cliff which must at one time have accommodated a pipe , and it occurred to him that it had probably been a sewage outfall . |
| 30 | Just then he saw a small boat moving out to sea , towards a ship . |