Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] saw a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times I saw a big bull , sometimes even two together . |
| 2 | In the woman 's eyes he saw a like recognition and knew his senses did not deceive him . |
| 3 | By way of contrast we may note that between 1939 and 1959 , years which saw a major debate and official investigation of the subject , there were only two major books . |
| 4 | Looking inside the curtains I saw a little shelf full of books , just under the window . |
| 5 | On one of the islands he saw a shaggy water rat ; he shouted at it and it slid into the water and swam away with only the top of its head showing . |
| 6 | After about five minutes he saw a strange sight of what he took to be three men approaching ; he challenged them in the usual way and shouted , ‘ Halt or I fire . ’ |
| 7 | He shut his mouth and swallowed hard , and in the space of about two seconds she saw a whole kaleidoscope of emotions flash in succession through his mind . |
| 8 | Leaving Courrières he saw a small colliery . |