Example sentences of "[adv] saw the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , however , the Church lost little — the suppression of the ‘ alien priories ’ by Henry V merely saw the conversion of resources to other ecclesiastical establishments , and the disappearance of a small number of decayed religious houses in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries was caused by the transfer of their endowments to other houses or to colleges at universities ( 218 , ii , 163–5 , iii , 157–8 ) . |
| 2 | I walked along saw the guy in front of mne there were bulltes all around me so it was either him or me . |
| 3 | The autumn of 1529 not only saw the fall from power of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey , who had dominated religious and political life in England for the previous fifteen years , but also the beginning of the first session of the Reformation Parliament . |
| 4 | Some obviously saw the events in Spain as fascism limbering up for an even greater conflict ; Spain was seen as an experimental laboratory for the arms , equipment and strategy of the fascist powers . |
| 5 | Unix System V Release 4.2 — now the official name for Destiny — the desktop version of Unix from Unix System Laboratories Inc — finally saw the light of day at a full-dress industry event in San Francisco last week . |
| 6 | The UN-appointed mediator , Cyrus Vance , nevertheless saw the signing by Bosnia 's Muslim president , Alija Izetbegovic , as ‘ a major step ’ in the peace process . |
| 7 | The year also saw the beginning of modularisation at the University and with this the initiation of procedures by the Enterprise Centre , in conjunction with the Quality Assurance Unit , to monitor the introduction and development of enterprise in all modules . |
| 8 | For example , middle class women were as convinced as working class women by the medical profession 's call for hospitalised childbirth , although just as working class women wanted what they regarded as the additional bonus of hospital rest , so middle class women also saw the availability of anaesthesia as a major reason for welcoming the trend to hospital births . |
| 9 | The Victorian period not only established the modern popular image of public houses , but also saw the involvement of specialists and well-known architects in their design . |
| 10 | She also saw the statue of Molly Malone , minus wheelbarrow , which made her laugh . |
| 11 | I also saw the statue of Sir Winston Churchill outside the Houses of Parliament and the monument to Edith Cavell ; I have a book about her life . |
| 12 | But as Orwell recorded the state of interminable slums , he also saw the landscape in transition . |
| 13 | 1773 also saw the composition of Mozart 's first original piano concerto , a medium he was to make uniquely his own . |
| 14 | These years also saw the rise of Trotskyism . |
| 15 | Out of the Frying Pan , a modern tale based on the Aladdin story , also saw the return of Frank Finlay and included Alan Howard , learning the ropes of acting as an assistant stage manager before later acclaim as a Royal Shakespeare Company member . |
| 16 | The same reader also saw the conga-line of Repo Men that followed him , tittering into their hands and nudging one another . |
| 17 | This in its turn was so successful that , within four months of its introduction in 1949 , the available places for the next four years had been booked , so that no new applications could be considered for admissions before 1953 ! 1949 also saw the introduction of Rugby football in place of Association , " to make better use of the space " , a decision then and since deplored and regretted by the Old Stopfordians ' Football Club . |
| 18 | We also saw the tracks of foxes and snow leopards . |
| 19 | It is argued that the year 1960 also saw the recognition of Le Duan as second in the hierarchy to Ho , representing the new generation of leaders . |
| 20 | 1990/91 also saw the Record of Education and Training ( RET ) extended to include Higher National and Workplace Assessed Units and Group Awards . |
| 21 | It also saw the death of Theoderid . |
| 22 | The 1850s also saw the establishment of schools for the physically handicapped and the ‘ mentally defective ’ . |
| 23 | Sheila Nash also saw the accident on television . |
| 24 | As revered advisers to the tribes , the Druids had a very strong political influence , and they clearly saw the advance of Rome as a serious threat to their power and a challenge to their authority . |
| 25 | Canals were not built in pursuit of a grand national design , although Brindley clearly saw the possibilities for expansion and a number of key " trunk " canals had been cut . |
| 26 | As I wrote to you at the time ( since you refused even then to see me or any of your old friends and supporters ) I accepted the MS as a sacred trust and would do what I could to see that it eventually saw the light of day in the most appropriate form . |
| 27 | In the summer of 1820 , after a visit to Russia the previous year to promote his recently translated New Testament , which eventually saw the light of day in 1847 , Vuk again approached Miloš , this time offering to teach the ruler to read and write . |
| 28 | Often these sorties would result in a skirmish with the pigeons , who presumably saw the ducks as invaders on their patch . |
| 29 | Some writers even saw the transition from imagination to rationality as an evolutionary process ; Vico and Rousseau , for example , both suggested that natural man would have spouted poetry before he acquired rational speech . |
| 30 | From the outset he was at odds with the Conservatives , nominally his own party , who increasingly saw the return to normalcy , along with the need to return to the governmental conventions of party politics of the pre-war era , as the top priority . |