Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] saw the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps you saw the Shell poster with the headline : " Nothing is more dangerous than a wet Zebra . " |
| 2 | Elinor 's only defence system was to say , in a tone fractionally the right side of panic — ‘ I 'm in here ! ’ — if ever she saw the door move . |
| 3 | I was still angry , but there was no point in pursuing what was over , so I went back topsides to trim the ship , and five minutes later I saw the stateroom lights go out , and half an hour after that the lights in Ellen and Robin-Anne 's cabin were doused , leaving only a light in the forward starboard cabin to show that either Rickie or Jackson Chatterton was still awake . |
| 4 | Then he saw the metal dart in Burun 's hand . |
| 5 | Then he saw the mullion windows were open . |
| 6 | And then he saw the pet shop . |
| 7 | Again he saw the car signalling , signalling to turn right into Via Mazzetta which was the route south out of the city . |
| 8 | Again he saw the thing divide and grow and change , like the ever-evolving pattern in a kaleidoscope , but this thing was real , alive as alive as only a thing whose sole purpose was to kill could be . |