Example sentences of "[pers pn] saw [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw one of the dowdy ladies gliding up ; she touched his arm , and he turned . |
| 2 | Havelock Wilson records the tactics of both sides in Liverpool in June and July 1889 : " I saw some of the principal owners at the beginning and endeavoured to have all questions settled on conciliatory lines . |
| 3 | But , when she saw one of the tough , huge policemen casting his eyes up to the ceiling in exasperation , she hurriedly continued her story . |
| 4 | We saw some of the best parts of Rugby Union … the fitness and handling . |
| 5 | To redress the balance , we saw some of the juicier moments for the visitors in past Scotland v Wales encounters , yet it hardly seemed the sort of material designed to instil optimism in Welsh ranks . |
| 6 | and we went up and down erm the valley and we saw some of the Hindu temples |
| 7 | Beside him his father 's rifle recoiled , and they saw one of the two calves stagger , then begin stumbling after the bull . |
| 8 | Ken was delighted to have completed the walk , despite inclement weather conditions he said he saw some of the best scenery in the British Isles . |
| 9 | It may be that he saw this as the best means of curtailing a war that was tearing apart Christian Spain . |