Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] saw the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat .
2 Not that hooligan we saw the other day the one messing about in the dodgems . ’
3 Cutting across country in the morning light he saw the Japanese transports moored peacefully in Dili harbour .
4 When he plugged in — Sonic The Hedgehog I saw the fantastic graphics and nearly fainted .
5 In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury .
6 As the Dwarfs from Karaz a Karak marched south they saw the rising plumes of smoke in front of them .
7 Through the carved window he saw the wet branches of the evergreens , darker on the dark .
8 It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute .
9 Those who defended the idea were supporters of the evolutionary hypothesis who saw the linear arrangement as the ladder by which life had ascended to the highest form , humankind .
10 Away to the right I saw the flat gleam of the loch .
11 Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue .
12 In the pairs Ronnie Oliver and Ian McClure had a 21-14 win over Emmet Downey and Gary Rutledge in a match which saw the brilliant McClure on the top of his form .
13 At one extreme , within the committee of officials charged with reshaping the national educational system , was the isolated Cleary who saw the common school at the age of eleven gradually extending itself across the whole of the secondary age range .
14 There was no sign of them in the next field , but ahead of him at the top of the hill he saw the young dog , looking black against the morning sky .
15 Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire .
16 ‘ I could hear their croaking and their arguments and they came ever nearer until suddenly out of the mist I saw the grey shadow of a wing and wet spike of a beak .
17 It was a day which saw the political demise of UDP man Ken Kerr and a poor showing for the Ulster Unionist party on the Waterside , where only group leader John Adams was re-elected , despite fielding four men .
18 On a day which saw the All-Ireland side go down to England 16-2 , Curran made a strong start in her under 18 confrontation with Kate Warne-Holland .
19 As she went round to the boot she saw the furtive movement in one of Mrs Aldiss 's bedroom windows .
20 When she turned her head she saw the calm face of a man , a gentle man , a debonair man , a wandering but caring man .
21 ‘ The day we saw the outstanding location of Crystal Springs House was the day I decided to develop my first hotel .
22 In the far distance he saw the shadowed mouth of a large culvert angling towards them .
23 In his head he saw the hung sheets dotted with coal-smuts torn from their pegs and ripped into bandages as they sailed above the foxgloves .
24 Her mother thought it was better for her not to be at home as there was not much space , so the following week they saw the social worker and it was arranged that she go to a house run by the Catholic anti-abortion organisation LIFE .
25 As Cranston and Athelstan turned into Cheapside they saw the festive spirit had spread .
26 In his chair he saw the familiar features of the president looking back at him , the face he knew so well from his television set and the newspapers .
27 As they rounded another bend she saw the lighted windows of the Swan Inn , relief swept through her .
28 Three metres in front of Quiss they saw the tall human and skidded to a stop , in unison .
29 But Wessels , with 103 off 124 balls , and Rushmere ( 64 ) took them home by six wickets with five deliveries to spare , a fitting end to a summer which saw the domestic game overshadowed by international action on foreign fields .
30 In slow motion she saw the jagged indigo from his mind outpace the reciprocal movement he made .
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