Example sentences of "[noun sg] i 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 | When he plugged in — Sonic The Hedgehog I saw the fantastic graphics and nearly fainted . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Away to the right I saw the flat gleam of the loch . |
| 5 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ In the fort I saw the finest set of buildings in the world — but no one was caring for them . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |