Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] saw the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid you saw the beginning of it . |
| 2 | The next important date in real property chronology is 1925 which saw the enactment of the Law of Property Act , the Settled Land Act , the Trustee Act , the Administration of Estates Act , the Land Registration Act and the Land Charges Act ( the latter amended and re-enacted in 1972 ) . |
| 3 | With a half-shudder , she left the lower bowel and set off gingerly along the rather treacherous surface of the greater intestine which coiled before her — a tunnel she was n't too sure she saw the light at the end of . |
| 4 | I am one of many who saw the appointment of Dr Carey as Archbishop of Canterbury as a prophetic choice for England . |
| 5 | As he turned the corner away from the house and towards the train station , Endill was sure he saw the shape of his father standing at one of the upstairs windows , watching him go . |
| 6 | Most of those who saw the General in the weeks after his resignation did not come away with the impression that he was on the edge of his seat waiting to be asked back . |
| 7 | Even those who saw the need for theoretical models sometimes exulted in a pluralism that had the effect of giving priority to none . |
| 8 | Even those who saw the extension of Moscow 's control over her eastern European neighbours as primarily a response to American expansion objected to the oppressive form of Soviet rule . |
| 9 | As early as July 1728 Wade was able to report : ‘ I am now with all possible diligence carrying on the new road for wheel-carriages between Dunkeld and Inverness , of about 80 English measured miles [ 128 km ] ’ , but it was 1731 which saw the creation of his masterpiece , the road from Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus , in the middle of the Great Glen . |
| 10 | Thus they were forced to remain in hiding and at half past two they saw the glow of the fires that Mayne had lit at Tamit lighting up the horizon . |
| 11 | In 1787 it saw the première of Mozart 's Don Giovanni , with Mozart conducting , and in 1791 his La Clemenza di Tito , commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia . |