Example sentences of "[conj] saw [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
| 2 | I looked out and saw for the first time the main street of Koraloona 's largest town , Anani : a dusty white strip of road , a long row of assorted shops , a few cars . |
| 3 | And Nicholas looked , and saw for the last time the face of Katelina van Borselen , into which Abul Ismail read contentment . |
| 4 | The sun was high and bright as he dropped gently out of the hills towards the vale , faintly misted with vapour , and saw in the far distance before him the mole-hill of Ruthyn , hunched and veiled in the smoke of its house-fires , a delicate blue flower in the sparkling folded green , with the giant hogback of Moel Famau towering beyond . |
| 5 | He hoped , an instant before the impact , that the gambit of the fire was not going to spoil the gambit of the Normans , and saw from a distant glitter far on his right that it was not . |
| 6 | She halted , hesitated , flicked a glance at him and saw from the surprised look on his face that he was putting his own interpretation on why she was scurrying to her room . |