Example sentences of "[adv] saw a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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1 | A juror asked what the comforts were , for he only saw a little straw in the corner of the room , the windows of which were broken . |
2 | I do n't think I ever saw a nude woman in the house — certainly there were women in various states of undress … but never nude . " |
3 | The Church of England is behind the Baptist Union in halting its decline : the Baptists turned the corner between 1980 and 1985 , and thereafter saw a slight growth in membership . |
4 | The last decades of the century also saw a vast development in America 's capacity for science education . |
5 | France also saw a large increase in public spending and taxation in the nearly two decades from 1971 , as did Italy from a lower base . |
6 | By using water instead of dilute caustic soda for backwashing , we immediately saw a dramatic improvement in caustic losses and in plant operation . |
7 | Watson and Thacker shot down — informed that all was clear but continued weaving — just as well as I then saw a red spinner in my mirror . |