Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] saw the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her topcoat was open , and I saw the belt of knives — with one missing — strung from shoulder to waist . |
| 2 | Somebody brought a light and I saw the inside of the house . |
| 3 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 4 | I thought it was a brown leaf , but it moved again , and I saw the object of my greatest dread , a toad . |
| 5 | Briefly his gaze rested on Rachel and she saw the flicker of uncertainty in his eyes but there was no time for questions . |
| 6 | She saw her aloneness , now loneliness , and she saw the vista of age , which she had never contemplated before . |
| 7 | When he came to the part about the clip he glanced up , and she saw the flare of excitement in his silvery-green eyes before they dropped once again to the page . |
| 8 | He smiled , and she saw the gleam of perfect white teeth . |
| 9 | On the very Sunday that the new church opened we looked in vain for the empty seats in St Luke 's : it seemed that God had given to us at the mother church a new group of people who had either moved into the area or who were to be converted and we saw the truth of the saying : ‘ Give and it will be given to you , pressed down and running over . ’ |
| 10 | Past a house that was larger , set back from the road , beyond a lawn on which the rain made ponds , and he saw the flash of an old woman 's face at a window and then the falling of a lace curtain . |
| 11 | And he saw the work of an old favourite of his from the London days , J Maris , who had some beautiful things on show . |
| 12 | ‘ We are pretty certain Watson just mugged because they were there and he saw the chance of easy pickings without much danger of violence being offered back to him , ’ said a policeman . |
| 13 | Baden-Powell was particularly fond of this extravagant , but nevertheless deeply felt historical posture , and he saw the shadow of Rome hanging over the huge crowds attending the football stadiums which he likened to the ‘ unmanly ’ attitude of the young Romans who loafed around the circus entertainments — ‘ they paid men to play their games for them , so that they could look on without the fag of playing , just as we are doing in football now ’ — as he charged into battle against this betrayal of the British traditions of ‘ fair play ’ and sportsmanship : |
| 14 | From the darkness where the thicker growth of box began , a shadowy figure slipped out to join him , and he saw the oval of a girl 's face as a paler gleam above her dark coat . |
| 15 | I had heard my mother 's friends sometimes whispering ruefully of The Change , but I saw the loss of innocence as the greatest and the worst change . |
| 16 | But I saw the sheen of her lipstick as she drowned in stinking slurry . |
| 17 | His face above hers was also shadow , but she saw the savagery of it , to match her own . |
| 18 | Kate had been reluctant to agree , but she saw the sense of it . |
| 19 | She could not see much of the room because of how he filled most of the doorway , but she saw the glow of the fire and a glimpse of a baize-covered table on which were papers . |
| 20 | They were standing in deep shadow but she saw the gleam of his teeth . |
| 21 | He made no reply , but she saw the glint of amusement in his eyes and turned away , her lips tightening in annoyance . |
| 22 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 23 | The room was dim because the curtains were half drawn , but he saw the sparkle of her eyes . |