Example sentences of "[adv] he saw the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the ground drifted up he saw the barbarian standing stock still , chest heaving , arms hanging loosely by his sides . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Now he saw the missing details in his nightmare . |
| 4 | And then he saw the same look of horror on Jimmy 's face as he pulled him roughly back . |
| 5 | Then he saw the broken string of a relic-bag and realised it was Mael-Isu of Deer . |
| 6 | It was then he saw the approaching gendarme . |
| 7 | For a second Sharpe 's heart leapt , thinking that a battalion of Riflemen had arrived , then he saw the yellow crossbelts over the green coats and he knew he was seeing Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar 's force of Nassauers . |
| 8 | Then he saw the glowing tip of someone 's cigarette behind the windshield . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Instead , he gave Carter and his advisers a long talk on how he saw the international situation . |
| 11 | Labourer Nick Stylianou , 26 , was repairing paving stones when he saw the first bomb explode . |
| 12 | Coun Jones had been visiting his mother-in-law at the hospital in October when he saw the Labour candidate among the crowd of protestors . |
| 13 | That was when he saw the thin figure jogging towards him in the gloom , and heard the roar of engines come up fast behind him . |
| 14 | To illustrate the problem , and explain why he saw the whole business in gladiatorial terms as a contest resulting in victory over a subdued female Nature , one that became the opposite of what it seemed , docile and yielding instead of cold and repelling , he invoked the example of Shakespeare . |