Example sentences of "[pers pn] saw [noun prp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elinor said , ‘ I saw Sam for a few minutes , darling . |
| 2 | I saw Michael on a regular basis in the children 's home to which he returned . |
| 3 | Britain , though , was still prepared to offer little , for she saw Egypt as a vital strategic position in the post-war world , and agitation broke out once more , with Zaghlul again exiled . |
| 4 | Closer than seemed possible , striking against an almost purple sky , we saw Kanchenjunga with a bright plume of snow standing out like a triumphal flag . |
| 5 | As the Vikings rowed their warships round the north of Scotland , past Cape Wrath , their ‘ turning point ’ , down the ragged west coast of their ‘ South Land ’ , they saw Suilven as a single , dramatic pillar ; and they named it Sul Val , the pillar mountain . |
| 6 | He saw God as a glorified combination of boat and helicopter , not unlike Jules Verne 's The Terror . |