Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] saw the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only in 1960 that I saw the flaw in the argument . |
| 2 | It was only when you looked at their faces that you saw the difference in both age and expression : Harry 's face was round , his eyes merry , while Joe 's features inclined to length and his grey eyes , which at times seemed colourless , had in their depths a touch of melancholy that had deepened with the years . |
| 3 | It was then that they saw the grenade in his hand . |
| 4 | Michael 's problem was that he saw the glamour in Frank 's position : the love of liberty ; the excitement in the free pursuit of truth ; the shaking off of convention and mere conformity ; the feeling that religion was a ‘ stuffy valley ’ out of which he had grown . |
| 5 | If it is true that he saw the Church in the form of a pyramid , as many people did , with authority flowing down from himself to cardinals , bishops and then to priests , then a Council had no place in any such scheme of things : it only confused the pattern of authority . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought you were exaggerating , ’ Oliver admitted , ‘ until I saw the menace in that fellow 's eyes . ’ |
| 7 | A mask seemed to fall away from his face , and she saw the torment in his eyes . |
| 8 | He turned , and she saw the approval in his face . |
| 9 | ‘ It is kind in you to make such a pretence , but I saw the compassion in your face , and I am grateful for it . |
| 10 | Now I 'd have to say when I saw the report in the Observer , which was a couple of months ago , the rape in the quad report , my feeling was that this was a national newspaper picking on Oxford because Oxford and sex makes great headlines and it was going to be a good sell , and I felt that it was inappropriate in that sexual harassment is a problem in other campuses . |
| 11 | I was almost at the centre of the group when I saw the light in the trees . |
| 12 | And so it came to be that the bewitching gesture of her father 's secretary walking down the golden path ( which bewitched me when I saw the woman in the swimsuit take leave of the lifeguard ) had completely gone to sleep in her . |
| 13 | The mischief in my veins cooled as I saw the fear in his eyes . |
| 14 | Did you not think when you saw the girl in the way you found her that I had actually ruined her , as she calls it ? |
| 15 | ‘ Your mother … ? ’ she asked swiftly and when she saw the surprise in his eyes she went on hurriedly , ‘ Sybil told me . ’ |
| 16 | She checked only momentarily when she saw the chaos in the room . |
| 17 | Peeping up at him , she just as quickly looked away when she saw the devilry in his eyes . |
| 18 | In the light of the lamp her naked body was glistening with rain and perspiration and when she saw the desire in his eyes she fell to her knees beside him . |
| 19 | When she saw the pain in the dark eyes , she went on , ‘ Please , I ai n't a child no more . ’ |
| 20 | As the prophetic people flocked around Jesus , and as they saw the transformation in the lives of his disciples and heard the words of life and hope , they longed for a rebellion against the Roman occupation of Judea or a reformation of the Pharisaical law . |
| 21 | Jane Davis , prosecuting , had earlier told the court that Orchard , of Farringdon , London , had been walking his dog when he saw the girl in a playground in the King 's Cross area one evening last July . |
| 22 | His marriage was only weeks away and the responsibility he felt for Virginia had grown more onerous when he saw the love in her . |
| 23 | He laughed softly , but his eyes glittered as he saw the hatred in hers . |
| 24 | His voice was soft and tender for he saw the terror in her eyes . |