Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his way home through Weatherbury he saw the coach from Bath . |
| 2 | In Inverness , Johnson held forth on the benefits Scotland had derived from the Union , and after church they saw the Quay and Macbeth 's Castle , and had lunch with Mr Keith , the excise collector , whose wife quizzed Johnson about his ‘ drinking water ’ . |
| 3 | The emergence of a science of ecology depended not so much on changing assumptions about Nature as upon the creation of a community ( or communities ) of researchers who saw the study of natural relationships as their primary goal . |
| 4 | At the beginning of February we saw the transfer of our bag production to Exeter . |
| 5 | The period chosen was a critical one for the British economy , emerging from the difficulties of the post-War period and embarking on a major period of expansion which saw the increase of real wages and affluence in British society . |
| 6 | Or perhaps I would simply be unable to communicate with people who saw the world in the ‘ old ’ way . |
| 7 | In horror she saw the guerrilla 's hand go to the knife at his belt . |
| 8 | Early in March we saw the film 55 Days at Peking . |
| 9 | After reading some of the comments from people who saw the game or who listened on the radio , the above seems to be about as true reporting as you 'd expect from the NOTW . |
| 10 | In Layton he saw the splendour , and the viability , of the poetic destiny . |
| 11 | Yet the same forces and influences on society which saw the emergence of the Die-hards as the main force of the radical right after the First World War also saw more extremist reactions from a small but significant group who thought like Banister , and who were prepared to use Burton 's supposed evidence . |
| 12 | There was even a report from three sea anglers off Folkestone who saw the eagle heading south-west over the Channel towards France . |
| 13 | Now , in the dream influence of the moon , Fenna told Maggie to look down on all the kingdoms of the world , and across China she saw the snaking of the Great Wall . |