Example sentences of "[noun sg] i 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | From my window I saw a tan Mercedes sports car pull up to the moving steps which were being fitted into place . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | After the service I saw a small fishing boat had just returned and was beginning to unload . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Many years ago at Woking Station I saw a full train and an empty one both apparently on their way to London . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | On the M1 last season I saw a whole coachload of West Ham fans wearing our strip ’ . |
| 13 | Then we were by the counter and through the glass I saw a feathered corpse , twisted to show its plumpness . |
| 14 | LAST week on a bus I saw a young mother spank her little boy when he said the F-word . |
| 15 | ‘ as if by magic I saw a yellow dinghy about thirty metres away . |