Example sentences of "[noun sg] he saw the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cutting across country in the morning light he saw the Japanese transports moored peacefully in Dili harbour . |
| 2 | Through the carved window he saw the wet branches of the evergreens , darker on the dark . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the far distance he saw the shadowed mouth of a large culvert angling towards them . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On the bridge he saw the third officer raise his hand to his cap in a debonair salute , and she waved gaily back . |
| 8 | Through the shimmer he saw the huge octopus eyes of the juggernaut grow dimmer . |
| 9 | Over his shoulder he saw the looming shape of Arthur Dooley , the main singer of the group they 'd been listening to . |
| 10 | On the same table he saw the young king , Chief Justice Fortescue , and some of the leading nobility of the realm . |