Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pron] saw [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Also we went down to the H.Q. at Pages Park where we saw some men putting up photographs of the line in the past . |
2 | I have n't been into her bedroom though I saw some chair legs and a pair of shoes as I passed the half-open door . |
3 | I had just checked into the hotel and come down to the sunken terrace when I saw armed men running in a crouched position by the swimming pool . |
4 | A QUICK-thinking driver released his seat belt and jumped into the passenger seat when he saw another car about to smash into his door , a court heard . |
5 | The general impression conveyed is that these women would not necessarily be more satisfied with work if they saw more people , but that they would certainly be less dissatisfied . |
6 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
7 | The boys had been out on their bikes with a friend when they saw two men shooting into the brook . |
8 | The pilot of a puma helicopter flying between the Magnus Oil platform and another platform when he saw two bombers ahead of him . |
9 | Constable Dale Buckingham had just collected the car from the scene of the raid , in Bristol , and was taking it to his police station when he saw two men he suspected of being involved in the raid , and stopped . |
10 | Isabel could have bitten her tongue when she saw one corner of fitzAlan 's mouth kick up . |
11 | I went down to the execution yard where I saw three corpses . |
12 | ‘ He ran for cover when he saw this scruff on the doorstep , ’ said Andy . |
13 | I nearly bit my lip when I saw that header from Fairclough looping into the top right hand corner from the McAllister free kick . |
14 | How many times she had felt a lift of excitement when she saw that sign and knew that Riverstown was only ten minutes away . |
15 | He looked up , frowning , and started almost out of his skin as he saw four heads gawping in . |
16 | Those studies which concentrated on local-central relations ignored local politics because they saw local authorities as mere receptacles for central policy . |
17 | The crucial market for a state was its internal market for he saw free trade within a state as the way to combine the state into one productive role . |
18 | In fact , a rather strange expression crossed her face when she saw Jessamy standing there , as if she was n't in the least pleased to see her . |
19 | On one occasion , I was cycling with my wife at Whipps Cross when I saw two 14-year-olds with their bicycles . |