Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] saw the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She told you Alex was the father , and suddenly you saw the awful vision of history repeating itself . |
| 2 | Perhaps you saw the two TV programmes on American fundamentalism recently which put the ghastly and unacceptable face of that form of fundamentalism before us . |
| 3 | I had a good laugh about it and eventually she saw the funny side . |
| 4 | Once more she saw the attractive man she had noticed in the High Street , and her colour rose as she recalled how she had hoped to meet him some day . |
| 5 | As the ground drifted up he saw the barbarian standing stock still , chest heaving , arms hanging loosely by his sides . |
| 6 | This time it proved to be the tunnel 's end , and as he drew nearer he saw the shadowy outline of a ladder etched against the concrete . |
| 7 | If she looked left she saw the wider road to Lulling , with a few comfortable houses standing well back in leafy gardens . |
| 8 | Now she saw the true worth of all his protestations . |
| 9 | Dimly she saw the Great Tower peak in a cone of white flame ; Adam seemed not to move , but Fand and Liban fell , and Fincara staggered before the sheeting fire . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Then I saw the small monster too . |
| 12 | I thought about leaving a few of Simon 's visiting cards around , or suggesting they all get together and build a glider in the loft , but then I saw the frosty-eyed Matron in a blue uniform and matching hair rinse clocking me from behind the desk . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Then I saw the senior registrar , who had already been briefed by the house officer about my history of abuse . |
| 15 | Then she saw the major snag with the whole idea . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've got the premises already , ’ Emily said and then she saw the surprised look on Hari 's face . |
| 17 | Then she saw the horrible picture . |
| 18 | She jumped back with a startled squeak , but Bridhe laughed ; and then she saw the little girl who had slipped in under her arm to comfort the baby . |
| 19 | Fortunately they saw the funny side . |
| 20 | The essence of what the popes required of the emperors and how they saw the imperial office is enshrined in the imperial oaths taken at the time of coronation and in the prayer at the conferment of the sword . |
| 21 | And then he saw the same look of horror on Jimmy 's face as he pulled him roughly back . |
| 22 | Then he saw the broken string of a relic-bag and realised it was Mael-Isu of Deer . |
| 23 | It was then he saw the approaching gendarme . |
| 24 | Then he saw the glowing tip of someone 's cigarette behind the windshield . |
| 25 | He was called to the next bungalow ; the woman 's trying to sell it ; and there he saw the happy couple saying goodbye to each other . |
| 26 | Instead , he gave Carter and his advisers a long talk on how he saw the international situation . |
| 27 | I kept my birthday a secret , except that some students wanted me to sign some books , and as I signed them I put the date and I happened to say that ‘ I am signing this on my 44th birthday ’ , and after that the news spread mysteriously and my whole class greeted me with ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in English , and today , when I saw the other class , they sang ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in Portuguese . |
| 28 | She had drawn the curtains at the house the previous evening and was carrying out a routine check at about 7.30 am when she saw the smashed back porch . |
| 29 | Incidentally , we went by public transport , first by train from Aberystwyth to Ruabon , where we saw the original departure platform . |
| 30 | This was the place where we saw the 1:1,000,000 map , but there were none for sale , and in general the airfield was pretty sleepy . |