Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] saw the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A witness who saw the incident described the driver as white , about 25 years old , six feet tall , and of slim build with broad shoulders . |
| 2 | ‘ Attempt to drive ’ can be proved by the officer in the case or another witness who saw the defendant attempting to drive . |
| 3 | That ‘ blatant behaviour ’ was confirmed by another old friend of the Duchess who saw the couple sharing an intimate dinner for two ‘ with their legs entwined under the table ’ in Chelsea 's exclusive L'Incontro restaurant earlier this year . |
| 4 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the Queen watching us and talking to the Director . |
| 5 | Based upon a systematic analysis of 1971 and 1981 Census small area statistics , this study seeks to document social and economic changes in Aberdeen and its suburbs during a period which saw the city becoming a major international centre for the oil industry . |
| 6 | And in that moment he saw the shape formed by the moving depths . |
| 7 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw the stretcher give a great jump . |
| 8 | The tanker driver , Derrick Worrell from Bath told the coroner he saw the car coming straight at him on the wrong side of the white line . |
| 9 | As it also happens to be the only drinker on the Cherwell until you get to Islip , the murderous conspiracies and dark plots which so excite the Kidlington Kops amount to nothing more than the fact that when I opened my curtains that morning I saw the sun shining in a cloudless blue sky and decided to go for the longest and most pleasant of the river walks open to me . |
| 10 | On the television he saw the President waving at the cameras before the doors on Air Force One closed . |
| 11 | Through the smoke he saw the balloon dropping , its basket swinging wildly . |
| 12 | Whitlock swung the Golf Corbio on to the sliproad , past the hoarding , and as he reached the crest of the first rise he saw the plant laid out before him , hemmed in behind ten-feet-high fencing crowned with layers of barbed wire , all of which he later discovered could be electrified at the flick of a switch . |
| 13 | ‘ As I turned the corner I saw the flag flying at half-mast and the meaning of it came like a flash . ’ |
| 14 | Philip ran towards it and as he came round the slight bend in the wide path he saw the boy tugging at it . |
| 15 | As soon as he was inside the garden he saw the couple hitting each other with chairs ; ‘ The woman hit harder and had the upper hand ’ . |
| 16 | Although not a political animal she saw the need to speak up for the Africans ; articulate on their behalf when so often they were not given opportunity to speak for themselves . |
| 17 | One couple who 'd been there told the inquest they saw the plane flying low , coughing and spluttering . |
| 18 | One couple who 'd been there told the inquest they saw the plane flying low , coughing and spluttering . |
| 19 | The track took a right hand curve and for the first time he saw the bridge standing high above the track . |