Example sentences of "[pers pn] saw [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw Joseph by the back door , caught hold of the lamp he was carrying , and ran with it to the gate . |
| 2 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 3 | I saw Bernard outside the American University Hospital . |
| 4 | ‘ I know , because one day when we went to look at the airport I saw water on the other side , by the road . |
| 5 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 6 | ‘ I saw Celia on the other side of the road and ran across to her . |
| 7 | Sometimes I saw nyala on the bare mountain-tops but never in the forest . |
| 8 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 9 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 10 | She saw leaves of the last fall encased inside them and , yes , it was cold , but there was a fine frosty light , and the mist over the lake made her think of a stoat 's white fur . |
| 11 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 12 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 13 | Pickering said : ‘ Dave Mackay did a great job for Derby in his mid-thirties and we saw Robson as the same type of leader . ’ |
| 14 | They saw similarities with the Malaysian Bumiputra system by which ethnic Malays received preferential treatment in business over their Chinese compatriots . |
| 15 | When Charles knelt to support him , he saw tears in the sick man 's eyes . |
| 16 | He saw service in the Baltic Republics and earned a special commendation for his analysis of the situation among the ethnic groups . |
| 17 | He was on the pavement , waiting , when he saw Volkov on the opposite side of the road . |
| 18 | He saw movement at the far side of the field , close by a dark-leafed wood . |
| 19 | Durkheim 's investigations into religion , with their historic results , were prompted by the fact that he saw religion as the major source of values and , despite increasing secularisation , religion still plays an influential role in society 's moral codes . |