Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] 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 | Away to the right I saw the flat gleam of the loch . |
| 9 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue . |
| 10 | After the interval we saw The Two Pigeons with Sandra Madgwick , Michael O'Hare , Anita Landa , and Chenca Williams in the leading roles . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ In the fort I saw the finest set of buildings in the world — but no one was caring for them . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | As she went round to the boot she saw the furtive movement in one of Mrs Aldiss 's bedroom windows . |
| 16 | When she turned her head she saw the calm face of a man , a gentle man , a debonair man , a wandering but caring man . |
| 17 | That was the day she saw the first crocuses around the roots of the tree . |
| 18 | ‘ The day we saw the outstanding location of Crystal Springs House was the day I decided to develop my first hotel . |
| 19 | In the far distance he saw the shadowed mouth of a large culvert angling towards them . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | As Cranston and Athelstan turned into Cheapside they saw the festive spirit had spread . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | On the bridge he saw the third officer raise his hand to his cap in a debonair salute , and she waved gaily back . |
| 25 | As they rounded another bend she saw the lighted windows of the Swan Inn , relief swept through her . |
| 26 | In her rear-view mirror she saw the two men hurrying back towards the administration block . |
| 27 | Three metres in front of Quiss they saw the tall human and skidded to a stop , in unison . |
| 28 | In slow motion she saw the jagged indigo from his mind outpace the reciprocal movement he made . |
| 29 | In the end she saw the giant fish-hooks come down down into her and she thought they would haul her out of the depths , but they did not . |
| 30 | That 's only because you 're looking at it in a very short- term perspective , they , the way they saw the communist revolution was by a very long drawn out process and so it was n't that the revolution had just created this was , this was an important step in order to lead to their ultimate goal . |