Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elinor 's only defence system was to say , in a tone fractionally the right side of panic — ‘ I 'm in here ! ’ — if ever she saw the door move . |
| 2 | More and more they saw the folly of setting out with a medium in search of a message … |
| 3 | And we had to help them to move and you know help them to move their things and really I saw the kind of difficulties the girls would be living under . |
| 4 | Yeah , and then we saw the man |
| 5 | The car took us to the Monument , and then we saw the Worm . ’ |
| 6 | A black flipper gave the game away , and then we saw the diver 's head . |
| 7 | And then she saw the creature again . |
| 8 | The orange light resolved itself into four roadwork lanterns — and then he saw the cordon and roadblock with its black-and-white wooden pole which had been set up ahead , blocking off the entrance road which led up to the office-block frontage and car park . |
| 9 | And then he saw the squire 's letter and looked surprised . |
| 10 | And then he saw the pet shop . |
| 11 | And then he saw the boat . |
| 12 | And then I saw the man . ’ |
| 13 | There were rapid footsteps outside my bedroom door , and then I saw the light of a candle in the room . |
| 14 | I came out of the house and then I saw the roof on fire . |
| 15 | John of the Cross , the Spanish mystic , wrote ‘ I looked at the Cross and there I saw the song of love ’ . |
| 16 | Their grey sandy fur was ruffed out for warmth and occasionally he saw the snarl of their teeth as they turned for a moment on each other in play . |
| 17 | But here I saw the way the streets were going , how they darkened despite the sun , the juicy air , the innocence of the covering blue . |
| 18 | Jack Foley began , but then he saw the car that had been pulled away from the corner where it had crashed . |
| 19 | But then I saw the keeper struggling . |
| 20 | But then I saw the victim . |
| 21 | Of course , we took it , but then she saw the reason . |
| 22 | But then she saw the pain on Berg 's face . |
| 23 | I took the milk , and I poured it on the floor where the slate is hollowed , because once I saw the lake in moonlight and it was white . |