Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] saw a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an instant I saw a different woman : not the sour , bored old creature I had grown to expect , but someone strong and humorous . |
| 2 | Later that afternoon I saw a horse-drawn van pull up outside the cottage and soon a burly fellow was fetching furniture out and loading it into the van . |
| 3 | When we were going out of the theatre at the end of the pantomime I saw a little lad crawl under the seat and put it in his pocket . |
| 4 | Farther down the coast we saw a huge kittiwake colony on an inland cliff and went to investigate . |
| 5 | Things seemed quiet enough , but it was an uneasy calm and in the late afternoon , there was a crump of a bomb and when I looked out of the window I saw a black pall of smoke in the distance . |
| 6 | From my window I saw a tan Mercedes sports car pull up to the moving steps which were being fitted into place . |
| 7 | In that dream they saw a new life in a humane , liberal , decent West , run by people like Douglas Hurd . |
| 8 | He sailed for Algiers in March 1943 and during the last days of the Tunisian campaign he saw a mere fortnight 's active service . |
| 9 | In a sort of aperture she saw a white baby hanging upside down from a nail of light . |
| 10 | I was watching the Granada Sport Preview on Friday night with Elton Welsby , sitting half asleep through all the usual crap about City being in crisis , United going to win everything , etc , when all of a sudden I saw a scandinavian player being interviewed about his being signed to Oldham ( I think ) . |
| 11 | In his mind 's eye he saw a faceless man marching over the child 's body . |
| 12 | As he walked through the centre of the town he saw a large group of navvies sauntering across the wide market square , whistling at the women and calling out to any particularly young or good-looking girls — or those of any age who were careless enough to throw a smile in their direction . |
| 13 | But in the room he saw a young man who had once been his friend . |
| 14 | Walking into the dining room he saw a huge man about seven or eight feet tall standing behind the desk at the other end of the room . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course we saw a great deal of each other . ’ |
| 16 | All in all it was with a feeling of indescribable joy that on the sixth day I saw a familiar figure coming towards me among the prompt arrivals . |
| 17 | After the service I saw a small fishing boat had just returned and was beginning to unload . |
| 18 | The raft drifted very slowly , making no disturbance , and there through the mirror-smooth surface I saw a giant pike , lying in wait for its prey like a lurking U-boat . |
| 19 | Many years ago at Woking Station I saw a full train and an empty one both apparently on their way to London . |
| 20 | One day you saw a loose woman |
| 21 | Suddenly far above her head she saw a little shaft of light . |
| 22 | Against the wall they saw a fine portrait of the young Dorian Gray , in all his wonderful youth and beauty . |
| 23 | As they walked along one of the stone-flagged paths and came to the gate in the flint wall they saw a neat pile of mowings waiting , apparently , to be composted . |
| 24 | Every week we got the New Musical Express and looked to see who was playing , and one week I saw a tiny ad for David Bowie at a place called The Country Club on Haverstock Hill which , as it turned out , was like a garage behind a row of shops . |
| 25 | It does n't sound like Mozzer is going to have to explain himself ; last week I saw an Asian punk rock band called Cornershop articulate many people 's feelings by setting fire to a poster of the misguided buffoon . |
| 26 | On the M1 last season I saw a whole coachload of West Ham fans wearing our strip ’ . |
| 27 | Among the fragments of blackened paper he saw a used safety match , the unburnt half of the stem clean and white as if it had only recently been struck . |
| 28 | Adams stated that whilst he and Moore were at supper he saw an unusual light in the direction of the Body Shop but , instead of going to see what it was and turning on the water from the hydrants to endeavour to arrest the progress of the flames , he caused the alarm bell to be rung and then ran to the gate to admit the Fire Brigade . |
| 29 | Beneath the door they saw a thin rind of light . |
| 30 | They had n't gone far when at the side of the road they saw a small boy . |