Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] saw the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She then returned to work for JS in 1992 at Watchmoor Park , on the deli counter , having been a customer throughout the decades which saw the development of supermarkets into the modern stores of today . |
| 2 | Cooney always seemed a reluctant fighter , a man more pushed into the business by parental desire and promoters who saw the advantage of his size — 6ft 7in — rather than his personal predicament . |
| 3 | Cooney always seemed a reluctant fighter , a man more pushed into the business by parental desire and promoters who saw the advantage of his size — 6ft 7in — rather than his personal predicament . |
| 4 | Little is still known of the designers and speculators of this part of the town 's growth , save that they were often little more than smallholders or jobbing builders who saw the possibility of some quick profits on their small capital . |
| 5 | The emergence of a science of ecology depended not so much on changing assumptions about Nature as upon the creation of a community ( or communities ) of researchers who saw the study of natural relationships as their primary goal . |
| 6 | These writers were , the Woods claim , defending the declining way of life of the landed aristocracy , challenged by urban developments which saw the rise of traders , manufacturers , artisans and wage-labourers many of whom had migrated from rural areas where they had worked as slaves and peasants for the old nobility . |
| 7 | The 1850 Act was regarded with horror by the shipowners who saw the observance of petty regulations added to the loss of their rights to carry freight in British bottoms . |
| 8 | It soon became clear that there was a struggle going on within his party , between the Communists , who wanted violent measures , completely unscrupulous , and the more moderate Socialists , aided by one or two older leaders who saw the promise of Aung San . |
| 9 | Within ten seconds he saw the silhouette of someone approaching beyond the glass . |